Posted by Al Gordon on November 02, 1998 at 19:57:10:
Where does diabetes research funding go once NIH receives it from Congress?
19% Type 2 Diabetes
17% Basic Physiology of Glucose Homeostasis
17% Type 1 Diabetes
(6.3% Pathogenesis/Autoimmunity/Genetics)
(4.7% Therapy)
(2.9% Prevention)
(2.6% Epidemiology)
(0.5% Viral and Environmental)
13% Microvascular Complications
12% Obesity
10% Resources
09% Macrovascular Complications
03% Other Complications
Source: National Institutes of Health
Notice how there is not so much as a passing mention of islet transplantation? Is it incompetence? Disinterest? Arrogance? Vested interest? Self-dealing? Or just the usual aimless wallowing that happens whenever a group of people are without leadership?
Al