About ITP
What is the Islet Transplantation Program?
Islet Transplantation is a promising cure for type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease where the body mistakenly destroys its insulin producing islet cells.
In 2004, the Federal Government committed $30 million to fund Australian research into islet transplantation. The Australian Islet Transplantation Program (ITP) aims to replace islet cells lost through type 1 diabetes by isolating healthy cells from a donor pancreas and infusing them into a recipient, thus restoring the body's ability to produce its own insulin.
The ITP is managed by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and aims to take islet transplantation from an experimental procedure to a real clinical option for all Australians with type 1 diabetes.
Contact
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Level 4/80-84 Chandos Street
St Leonards NSW 2065
Phone: (02) 9966 0400
Email: itp@jdrf.org.au
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