DRIVE TO CURE DIABETES
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Mission Statement
Drive to Cure Diabetes' sole purpose it to raise money for the Faustman Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital where they are working on a cure for type 1 diabetes. They are beginning Phase II human clinical trials in early 2015 using the drug BCG. They proved in their Phase I trials that injections of BCG kill the defective t-cells that are attacking the pancreas' Islet cells. They showed that once the t-cells are destroyed the pancreas regenerates and starts producing insulin. This was shown to occur even in patients who have had the disease for 15-40 years!
About This Cause
Drive to Cure Diabetes raises money for the Faustman Lab. All donations through Benevity are donated directly to the lab. We also host an annual golf outing, where all proceeds are donated to the lab. To date, we have raised $83,000. Dr. Faustman needs $25.2 million to fund the Phase II trials. To date she has raised $22 million.