Today while Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, exciting action towards increased diabetes research funding was taking place in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives passed, by a voice vote, H. Res. 35, a resolution urging increased federal funding for type 1 diabetes research.
Introduced by Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) and co-sponsored by 101 House members, this non-binding resolution highlights the economic toll diabetes places on our country.
The resolution's support for increased federal research funding is in sync with the six goal areas established by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These goal areas were established to guide type 1 diabetes research focused on preventing, reducing and curing type 1 diabetes and its complications.
H. Res. 35 acknowledges the advice of leading diabetes researchers to double the current level of NIH funding for type 1 diabetes research. In 2009, NIH provided a total of $433 million in diabetes research. Included in that funding is $150 million specifically for the Special Diabetes Program that Congress currently provides annually though fiscal year 2011.
The research supported by this exceptional program is showing real progress in identifying the root causes of the disease, testing new therapies and treatments and making great strides in our effort toward a cure for type 1 diabetes.
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