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Max McGee National Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes
Max McGee, the famous Green Bay Packer, is most remembered for Super Bowl I where he scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history. He played in two Pro Bowls and on five World Championship teams. He is also known for his color commentary on the Green Bay Packers Radio Network. But Max would prefer to be known for his contribution to finding a cure for juvenile diabetes and providing a better quality of life. He started The Maxi Fund after his youngest son, Dallas, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of two.
The Max McGee Research Center is associated with Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Together they are committed to establishing an internationally recognized center for diabetes research. The Maxi Fund will provide the means to establish and sustain a state of the art research center dedicated to helping children with diabetes.
There are many different areas of diabetes research; however, the main focus of this research center will be to find why and how type 1 diabetes occurs. The main tools used will be functional genetics combined with genetic mapping to identify potential molecular pathway for therapeutic intervention.
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Facts About Juvenile Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic condition caused by the body's inability to break down glucose (sugars) and store them properly. When an individual's system is unable to efficiently process glucose, it will back up in the person's bloodstream creating multiple health problems.
Over thirty thousand individuals will be diagnosed with diabetes this year alone. It is estimated that over one hundred and twenty million individuals worldwide have diabetes. It is further estimated that approximately five million individuals have diabetes that has yet to be diagnosed.
You have diabetes because either:
Your body makes too little or no insulin. This is called Type 1 Juvenile diabetes; or
Your body can't use the insulin it makes. This is called Type 2 diabetes.
Click here for more information about Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes.
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