"It was 1983 when my wife, Mary, finally succumbed to her lifelong struggle with type 1 diabetes. Before she passed, I promised her that I would find a cure for this terrible disease within my lifetime. Since then, we've made some incredible progress. But as proud as I am of the work my staff and our Iacocca Foundation-funded researchers have done, there is much work yet to be done. I ask you to support our aggressive cure research by making a donation to The Iacocca Foundation today."


Research News

November 4, 2007 - University of Massachusetts Medical School - UMass Medical to study diabetes under grants

November 1, 2007 - University of Massachusetts Medical School - UMass Medical School Consortium Receives $300,000 from Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Iacocca Foundation

August 15, 2007 - Massachusetts General Hospital - Updates from the Faustman Lab

August 15, 2007 - Joslin Diabetes Center - New Joslin Research Identifies Sirtuin Protein Instrumental in Fat Production and Metabolism

June 21, 2007 - Massachusetts General Hospital - Update from the Faustman Lab

June 8, 2007 - Harvard School of Public Health - Drug against diabetes, atherosclerosis on the anvil

January 22, 2007 - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute - Cells passed from mother to child may be first step in developing new treatments for Type 1 diabetes and similar diseases

November 23, 2006 - Massachusetts General Hospital - New data from NIH lab confirms protocol to reverse type 1 diabetes in mice

November 13, 2006 - Putting Up with Self - Scientific American online

August 24, 2006 - Baylor College of Medicine - Chan receives $500,000 from Iacocca Foundation for diabetes research

April 24, 2006 - Harvard School of Public Health - Gene Variant Protects Against Type 2 Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Hypertriglyceridemia

March 1, 2006 - Joslin Diabetes Center Study Provides First Physiological Evidence that Insulin is Critical for Blood Vessel Formation