Curing T1D
No one knows where cures will come from, but we continue to pursue several avenues that have the most promise. Our goal is to make cures available to everyone affected by or at risk of T1D.
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Curing T1D · Improving lives
Research
Breakthrough T1D’s primary goal is to find cures for type 1 diabetes (T1D) through research – as quickly as possible. To support people with T1D while cure research is advancing, we also fund ground-breaking research that seeks to make life with T1D easier, safer and healthier.
Our primary focus
Breakthrough T1D’s primary focus – research
Breakthrough T1D is the largest non-profit organization in the world that is exclusively focused on T1D.
Since 1970, Breakthrough T1D (then known as JDRF) has funded in whole or in part, every major scientific breakthrough in T1D research.
Success for Breakthrough T1D is defined by the availability of affordable life changing therapies that improve the lives of people who live with, or are at risk of T1D. To this end, we invest across the research pipeline, from the early stages to clinical trials to adoption of breakthrough treatments.
Breakthrough T1D is also committed to a collaborative approach by working with a variety of partners – including academia, foundations, industry, government, and other non-profits – to achieve our goal.
Two core objectives
Our research has two core objectives: to cure T1D and improve lives
Improving lives
Breakthrough T1D-funded research is making a difference every day to ease the burden of those living with the disease. Until cures are found, our goal is a world where people with T1D live healthy and burden-free lives.
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Clinical trials
A key component of Breakthrough T1D’s research strategy is the support of clinical trials because they help advance work that has been tested extensively in the lab to testing in people.
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Breakthrough T1D funded projects
To support people with T1D while cure research is advancing, we also fund ground-breaking research that seeks to make life with T1D easier, safer and healthier.
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Grant opportunities
Breakthrough T1D provides funding and support for the best and brightest minds in type 1 diabetes research in Canada.
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Why your support matters
Insulin remains the only treatment and is not a cure
T1D is a chronic condition that must be managed every day. Insulin remains the only treatment and is not a cure. Although it mitigates the effects of the disease, diabetes complications remain a very real concern for everyone living with T1D. Heart disease, kidney failure, vision loss, and amputations are all possible complications, and the severity and likelihood of developing one of these increases the longer a person has had T1D.
Breakthrough T1D funds the most promising research that both improves lives today and brings a cure within reach. Every dollar donated is stewarded with consideration of how to best get us closer to our ultimate goal of a cure. Together, we can create a future without T1D.
I am so proud to be part of this change-making organization working at the interface of global, cutting-edge research and the T1D community. Every day is rewarding, as I truly feel that we are making real and rapid progress towards improving lives and, ultimately curing T1D.
Dr. Sarah Linklater
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Together, we can create a future without T1D.