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Changes

June 17, 2016

This site is so last school year. Head over to http://www.curedumn.com for an overall better and more informed experience. -Nick

Our next meeting will be Sunday, April 17 from 12pm-1pm in the Coffman Board Room (CMU 307). We hope that you can make it. Agenda: Scott K. Johnson, a blogger, speaker, writer, advocate, co-host of DSMA Live, and Type 1 diabetic will be speaking on his experiences with diabetes and the community The end of … More April Meeting

Dash for Diabetes 5K

March 25, 2016

The Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, in collaboration with AGD Sorority and DTD Fraternity, are hosting the Dash for Diabetes 5K to raise money for JDRF. Sign up to race and get a free event shirt. What: Dash for Diabetes 5K Registration is $15 and includes a t-shirt When: Sunday, April 3 To register, contact Lauryn Check-in: 1:30pm-2:30pm (myhra013@umn.edu) … More Dash for Diabetes 5K

Post-Spring Break Meeting

March 23, 2016

Come back relaxed and ready to get to work. Our next meeting will be Friday, March 25 from 3pm-4pm in Coffman 323 Agenda: A short presentation on stem cells in diabetes research and the use of DENTISTRY!!! to harvest these cells Our group t shirts are available at the meeting to hand out, so you … More Post-Spring Break Meeting

Thank You and Update

March 11, 2016

Thank you to those who were able to make it to the One Walk at the Mall of America! It was an incredible experience and JDRF was able to raise $1.6 million towards research! The tentative plan is to have our next meeting the Friday after Spring Break. So keep a look out for an email. … More Thank You and Update

Spring Kickoff Meeting

January 28, 2016

I know you’ve all been waiting for it, and it’s finally here! CURED will be holding the Spring Kickoff Meeting at Coffman 323 from 3pm-4pm on February 12 and there are lots of great things you won’t want to miss. We will be hearing from JDRF Board Member Debbie Evans, who will be telling us more … More Spring Kickoff Meeting

Join the JDRF One Walk Team

January 4, 2016

Join the CURED team for the JDRF One Walk on February 20 at the Mall of America. You can follow this link to register and add your name to the team. More information will be available as we get closer to the walk date. Feel free to email us at cured@umn.edu if you have any … More Join the JDRF One Walk Team

TED Talk – CRISPR Cas9 Technology

December 28, 2015

Here is the TED Talk for the Gene Editing Technology being used by the Schulze Institute to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes:

U Diabetes Research in the News

December 28, 2015

Check out this exciting Star Tribune article from today’s edition about the Schulze Diabetes Institute’s landmark research using the relatively new CRIPSR-Cas9 gene editing technology. (There is a great TED Talk on this). This technology allows researchers to directly edit pig islet cell DNA in order to avoid immune responses by the human body during … More U Diabetes Research in the News

Group Meeting Recap

December 8, 2015

Hey Everyone: Thank you to those of you who were able to make it out to the group meeting Sunday afternoon, but even if you weren’t able to, you can still get caught up on the information you missed. Please check out the meeting slides on the “Meeting Minutes” tab of the webpage. Good luck … More Group Meeting Recap