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Monash University has secured $32 million in the latest round of National health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding - the University's highest ever NHMRC funding amount for the greatest number of projects. Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon announced the health and medical research grants. Monash University researchers will share in a total of $32M for 62 individual projects, including: $1.

A respected Queensland University of Technology researcher and his team have received $5 million from the Juvenile diabetes Foundation International, the third-biggest grant they have ever given to an Australian research team.

Boehringer Ingelheim announced that patients and physicians may have several innovative Type 2 diabetes treatment alternatives available in the coming years. At its Second International Research & Development Press Conference, Boehringer Ingelheim unveiled a pipeline of unique oral anti-diabetic compounds in phase II and III, establishing the company in the Type 2 Diabetes arena.

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AFP - New Zealand on Tuesday gave the green light for clinical trials involving the transplantation of pig cells into humans in a potential breakthrough treatment of diabetes.

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