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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Ambulatory & Primary Health Care, Health, Specifically Named Diseases, Specifically Named Diseases Research
Mission: The Diabetes Institutes Foundation began in 1988 as the supporting arm of the Strelitz Diabetes Institutes at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. The Institutes developed as a response to a vital need in southeastern Virginia for cutting-edge care for over 120,000 people who have diabetes. Two years later a research program was added to complete the Institutes as a comprehensive center for the cutting-edge treatment and management of diabetes.
The Institutes sees 22,000 patient visits every year with patients coming from around the world for help in the management of their diabetes and relief from complications - especially neuropathy.
Pioneering research towards a cure focuses on islet cell regeneration through the use of a gene (INGAP)discovered at the Institutes and believed to regenerate the insulin making capability of the damaged pancreas. This exciting research allows the body to regenerate its own cells and heal itself.
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