Investigators: Grant Morahan, Tim Jones, Liz Davis
Study Staff: Heather Roby
Both types of diabetes tend to run in families. This means that certain genes we inherit from our parents may increase or decrease the risk of developing diabetes.
By testing DNA samples from families affected by diabetes, we can identify genes which increase the risk of this disease. Identification of diabetes genes is important as it will help us to understand better why some people become diabetic, and help researchers to develop new treatments.
The Australian Childhood Diabetes DNA Repository (ACDDR) is aiming to collect DNA samples from Australian families affected by diabetes. Families with a child with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes are invited to participate. DNA for the Repository is collected once via saliva samples. To participate, both biological parents and the child with diabetes provide about a teaspoon of saliva in a special pot that we supply and can be collected in clinic or at home.
The Repository stores samples of DNA, so that Diabetes researchers, with the approval of relevant Ethics Committees, can then apply to access this Repository rather than asking your child and you for more blood samples.
Funders
- NHMR Enabling Grant