The Joslin Medalist Study Will Continue A Few More Years

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I joined the Joslin site on Face Book and posted the following question:

"When I participated in the Medalist Study in December, 2009, I was told that the Study might end in April, 2011. Is that still true? It was mentioned that additional funding might keep the Study going beyond that date."

The reply today from the Joslin Diabetes Center:

"Hi, Richard. Here’s a message from the Medalist Study staff:

No, no, no! The Medalist Project is thriving! We are happy to report we have funding from JDRF, NIH and generous donors for a few more years. As you may know funding for research is a year-to-year project, but Drs. King and Keenan and their colleagues are adamantly pursuing it and will be for years to come. We appreciate all the Medalists’ support through their participation."

Now I have mixed emotions about that reply. I felt certain that it would end in April, and I was so anxious to read the final report.


I also realize that the additional years will enable them to have even more findings, and be more conclusive about the statements in the final report. So, I am trying to be happy about the delay of that report.

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I never heard of this project and I am a patient at Joslin. I am hoping they will continue what they do.

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Amy, here is a link to the study. I participated at Joslin in December, 2009.

http://www.joslin.org/news/ultimate_diabetes_survivors_the_joslin_50-year_medalists_give_clues_to_cures.html

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ahhh…no wonder! I’ve only been a diabetic since 2006. The article was very interesting. I do wonder if type1s still produce some type of insulin. I dont believe the pancreas shuts down completely. But again I do hope the study is continued so it perhaps can help with a cure or better medicines.