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Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Physical Activity in Pediatric Diabetes

Are cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and physical activity lower among youths with diabetes compared with youths without diabetes? In this systematic…
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Establishing evidence for immune surveillance of β-cell senescence

Cellular senescence is a programmed state of cell cycle arrest that involves a complex immunogenic secretome, eliciting immune surveillance and…
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Factors Affecting Quality of Life in Adolescents Living with Type 2 Diabetes: A Sub study of The Improving renal Complications in Adolescents with type 2 diabetes through REsearch cohort

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) impacts adolescents living in challenging socioeconomic conditions disproportionately. However, impacts of T2D on quality of life…
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24-h ambulatory blood pressure readings and associations with albuminuria in youth with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional analysis from the iCARE cohort

24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitors (ABPMs) are recommended for screening at risk children, however this test is not often used…
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A new piece of the puzzle to explain how Type 1 Diabetes occurs and model the process in beta cells

A new study by CHRIM staff member and lead author Gabriel Brawerman in the lab of Dr. Peter Thompson has…
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Tafazzin Deficiency Reduces Basal Insulin Secretion and Mitochondrial Function in Pancreatic Islets

Dr. Doucette, Dr. Dolinsky, and Dr. Hatch conducted a study to study the role of TAZ (Tafazzin), a cardiolipin (CL)…
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Circadian Regulation of the Pancreatic Beta Cell

Dr. Doucette conducted a mini-review study where they have reviewed the recent literature that explores the importance of the pancreatic…
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Beta cell therapies for type 1 diabetes

Dr. Thompson’s Lab published a study on different Beta Cells dysfunction and their respective therapeutic targets in preventing Type 1…
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Prostaglandins and heart disease

Dr. Joe Gordon from our lab has published his recent study that highlights both the key historical studies that underpin…
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Insulin 100 Webinar

DREAM theme launched a webinar series in 2021 to promote the works of all the PI’s and celebrate the 100th…
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Effects of consuming artificial sweetener during pregnancy

Dr. Meghan Azad and Dr. Vernon Dolinsky published a translational study about prenatal artificial sweetener exposure made possible by their…
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Diabetes Canada Podcast

Listen to the recent Diabetes Canada podcast featuring DREAM trainee Taylor Morriseau. She discusses her work studying type 2 diabetes…
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