2008
May - Studies Test New Approaches to Islet Transplantation
March - Diabetes Research Institute Develops Revolutionary Technique to Accelerate Research
January - DRI Scientists Improve Islet Encapsulation Using Nanotechnology
2007
November - DRI Unites with Global Diabetes Community to Recognize World Diabetes Day
August - DRI Invention Promotes Increase In Insulin Producing Cells
June - New Drug Shows Promise; DRI Research Results Presented at National Scientific Meeting
May - Dr. Camillo Ricordi Named Distinguished Professor of Medicine
May - Information for people who are treated with Avandia
May - Diabetes Research Institute Launches New Drug Discovery Initiative
April - Dr. Jay Skyler Writes JAMA Editorial on a Promising New Cellular Therapy Strategy
2006
November - Cherie Stabler, PhD, to Head DRI Tissue Engineering Lab
July - Dr. Camillo Ricordi Receives Transplant Award
May - New Implantable Device for Islet Transplantation
May - Global Research Alliance Created to Cure Diabetes
March - Dr. Camillo Ricordi Receives Prestigious International Award
February - Researchers Find Striking Differences Between Human and Animal Insulin-Producing Islet Cells
January - Quality of Life After Islet Transplantation
2005
October - New "Virtual Laboratory" Links Scientists Worldwide
September - Islet-Stem Cell Transplants Result in Insulin Independence in New Clinical Trial
August - DRI investigators identify cells central to self-tolerance
June - Workshop Helps Scientists Determine Health, Quality of Cells
June - Study Finds Inhaled Insulin Effective in Type 1 Diabetes
May - Researchers Identify Key Immune Target in Type 1 Diabetes
February - Diabetes Research Institute Demonstrates New Approach to Transform Stem Cells Into Insulin-Producing Cells
2004
October - Diabetes Research Institute Receives Prestigious Designation from the National Institutes of Health as Islet Cell Transplant Center
May - Two UM School of Medicine Scientists to Participate in United Nations Debate
February - UM School of Medicine Researcher Receives Prestigious Diabetes Funding
2003
April - Naturally Occurring Protein Protects Islet Cells from Death. DRI Scientists Discover EPO Receptor on Insulin-producing Cells of Several Species
2002
August - Diabetes Research Institute Announces Nine U.S. Patients Off Insulin Using New Method August - New Use of Bone-Seeking Compound Enables Acceptance of Bone Marrow and Tissue Grafts Without Use of Harmful Anti-Rejection Drugs
August - Who Says You’re Too Old to be an Organ Donor? Diabetes Research Institute Isolates Cells from “Unusable” Organs
June - Diabetes Research Institute Director Wins 2002 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award January - Diabetes Research Institute Isolates and Ships Insulin-producing Cells for Texas’ First Successful Islet Cell Transplant in Patient With Type 1 Diabetes
2001
February - Nessim Habif World Prize in Surgery
October - Diabetes Research Institute Announces First U.S. Patients Off Insulin Using New Method
2000
December - UF and UM earn $10.4 Million for New Gene Therapy Initiative in Diabetes
1998
May - The first clinical trial in which patients can receive islets "alone."