By Dr Aleena Ali, Australian Centre for Accelerating Diabetes Innovations, and Professor Grant Morahan, Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research Foundation
Two million Australians have diabetes and a third of people with diabetes develop serious complications that have a significant impact on quality of life and impose a high economic toll.
One of the complications of diabetes is diabetic kidney disease (DKD), the leading cause of kidney failure in developed countries. Treating DKD costs Australia $2.68 billion annually.
There is an urgent need to reduce the impact of DKD and other diabetes complications. ...
Two million Australians have diabetes and a third of people with diabetes develop serious complications that have a significant impact on quality of life and impose a high economic toll.
One of the complications of diabetes is diabetic kidney disease (DKD), the leading cause of kidney failure in developed countries. Treating DKD costs Australia $2.68 billion annually.
There is an urgent need to reduce the impact of DKD and other diabetes complications. ...
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