Welcome

Welcome to Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre, DVDC, bridging the gap between research and product development for type 1 diabetes.

News

Congratulations to DVDC's Board member, Professor Ian Frazer, on his awards of 2006 Australian of the Year, and the US Cancer Research Institute's 2006 Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Tumour Immunology.

Expressions of interest

Call for Expressions of Interest:  DVDC is interested in receiving Expressions of Interest at any time; formal calls for applications will be announced in June and November.

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Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre bridging the gap between research and product development for type 1 diabetes.

INIT II commences dosing: Press Release,  March 27, 2007.

Congratulations to DVDC Board member, Professor Ian Frazer (2006 Australian of the Year) on winning the prestigious Florey Award in March 2007 for his breakthrough cervical cancer vaccine.

Call for Expressions of Interest:  DVDC will accept Expressions of Interest at any time.

Intranasal Insulin Vaccine Trial

Are you...

  • - A blood relative of someone with type 1 diabetes?
  • - Interested to know more about your own risk of getting type 1 diabetes?
  • - Aged 4-30 years old?
  • - Generally healthy?

If so you may be eligible for a new study to see if type 1 diabetes can be prevented.

Interested? Click on the link above or call 1300 138 712

The Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre (DVDC) is a jointly supported initiative of
Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International.
The DVDC is administered through The Garvan Institute of Medical Research

DVDC acknowledges the provision of financial assistance and support from the New South Wales Government,
acting through the Department of State and Regional Development.