ing on one specific molecule to find an answer." ment of type 1 diabetes in humans. from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health. Her research is also funded by a two-year, $40,000 Busch Biomedical Grant, by the Charles and Johanna Busch Memorial Fund. Meanwhile, Dr. Virdis has applied for a postdoctoral fel- lowship from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. says Lisa Denzin, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and resident scientist, Child Health Institute of New Jersey (above, left), who is working with postdoctoral research fellow and former Sardinian graduate student Francesca Virdis, PhD, to understand the role of DM in preventing the development of type 1 diabetes in humans. |