Research Profile - College of Medicine and Health Science - United ...
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Diabetes <strong>and</strong><br />
Cardiovascular<br />
James Cook University, Queensl<strong>and</strong>, Australia<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Bristol, UK<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Leeds, UK<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Central Lancashire, UK<br />
Karolinska Institut, Sweden<br />
Semmelweis University, Hungary<br />
CNRS, France<br />
Future plans<br />
The group is planning to establish a Diabetes<br />
<strong>Research</strong> Centre. The centre will provide a facility<br />
that enables <strong>and</strong> facilitates a multidisciplinary<br />
approach to the study <strong>of</strong> diabetes <strong>and</strong> its<br />
complications <strong>and</strong> to provide the infrastructure<br />
for diabetes related undergraduate <strong>and</strong> postgraduate<br />
research <strong>and</strong> teaching activities.<br />
Publications<br />
Members <strong>of</strong> the DCRG published more than 36<br />
diabetes-related papers in top quality peerreviewed<br />
journals including but not limited to<br />
Annals <strong>of</strong> New York Academy <strong>of</strong> <strong>Science</strong>s, BMC<br />
Nephrology, Chemical Biology & Drug Design,<br />
Clinical Immunology, Current Medicinal<br />
Chemistry, Diabetes <strong>Research</strong> <strong>and</strong> Clinical<br />
Practice, Endocrine Practice, Experimental<br />
Physiology, Gynecological & Obstetrics<br />
Investigation, Molecular <strong>and</strong> Cellular<br />
Biochemistry, Peptides, Peritoneal Dialysis<br />
International, Reviews in Diabetes Studies, The<br />
Endocrinologist, Toxicology <strong>and</strong> Applied<br />
Pharmacology in 2008. The cumulative impact<br />
factors <strong>of</strong> these journals exceeded 79 (See<br />
Departments <strong>of</strong> Anatomy, Biochemistry,<br />
Community <strong>Medicine</strong>, Pathology, Pharmacology,<br />
Physiology, Psychiatry, Internal <strong>Medicine</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
Medical Microbiology for relevant publications).<br />
A<br />
B<br />
Glutamic acid decarbioxylase (GAD)-positive cells are present in normal Goto-Kakizaki rat (A). Some GAD-positive (green)<br />
cells co-localize with insulin-positive cells (red) in pancreatic islets (B).<br />
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