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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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