A 30-year winning streak is pretty impressive. Not even the beloved Red Wings can beat that score. It's not sports related, however. It's research grants. And not just any research grants, but diabetes research grants.
And this year is business as usual for the
University of Michigan Health System.
The UMHS have won a five-year $8.9 million federal grant for the
Michigan Diabetes Research & Training Center that will be applied to their continued fight against this growing disease.
Nearly 150 UM diabetes researchers who receive support from the center, which is one of seven in the U.S. supported by the National Institutes of Health, will have their work bolstered by the grant.
Unfortunately, it's a bit fitting that this type of lengthy research is being conducted in Michigan, which has an above average diabetes rate. According to UMHS rates have risen 52 percent in the last eight years.
The MDRTC has three main components: Biomedical research, prevention and control, and their grants program, which – as stated earlier – is on a 30-year win streak.
Maybe the MDRTC should coach the Lions.
Source: University of Michigan Health SystemWriter: Terry Parris, Jr.
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