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*Extended Deadline!* Indigenous Summer Research Institute 2025

Are you an Indigenous student interested in learning how to do research? The University of Manitoba is now offering a…
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Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids modify glucose metabolism in THP-1 monocytes

Congratulations to Dr. Samantha Pauls and her lab on their first publication, published in Biochemistry and Cell Biology! Abstract: Chronic…
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3 DREAM Researchers Receive CIHR Funding

Congratulations to all the recipients of the latest round of project grant funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research…
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New Training Opportunity for Indigenous Undergraduate Students

Are you an Indigenous student interested in learning how to do research? The University of Manitoba is now offering a…
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Now Recruiting Participants for a Research Study!

Study title: Monitoring markers of survivor beta cell function and stress in recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes Is your child…
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UM Knowledge Exchange: Type 2 Diabetes in Children

On Wednesday May 8, 2024, UM Knowledge Exchange explored the factors contributing to the development of type 2 diabetes in…
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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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