Georgetown Women's Team Launches "Squash Diabetes" Campaign
from CS Media
Washington D.C. December 12, 2012 -- The Squash Diabetes Campaign was launched today by the Georgetown University Women's Squash Team, where a team member successfully competes in the vigorous game of squash despite the health challenges of Type 1 (Juvenile) diabetes. Campaign proceeds support advocacy and human trials to cure diabetes through the new breakthroughs in bio-artificial pancreas technology. Team Captain Carolyn Meister said, "Last year, we had a wake-up call when Lucy joined us as a freshman with Type 1 diabetes. It is a deadly dangerous disease and growing in epidemic numbers. This year, we decided we can't ignore T1D and we want to do something about it -- so we've launched Squash Diabetes!"
New Generation Foundation is the non-profit platform that supports the Squash Diabetes Campaign.
Georgetown Squash Coach Adam Pistel said: "Given the conditioning requirements of collegiate squash and the metabolism challenges of diabetes, it is almost inconceivable that a Type 1 diabetic could play this game. But we've been proven wrong. A Type 1 diabetic, with determination and proper controls, can live a normal life. That said, there is nothing normal about this devastating disease. We need to find a cure and we believe one is at hand."
New Bio-Artificial "Encapsulife" Pancreas -- Points To A Cure for Diabetes
Recent break-through developments in bio-artificial pancreas technology -- and successful animal trials in dogs and chimpanzees -- hold the promise of automatically reversing diabetes without harmful immunosuppression drugs. A living-cell bio-artificial pancreas is comprised of encapsulated islet cells, organized into a "patch" and, when implanted under the skin, produces insulin in response to glucose in the blood stream. The most successful progress in this arena is based on NASA-derived technology discovered and advanced by physicist-astronaut Dr. Taylor Wang at the Vanderbilt University and more recently in collaboration with Harvard Medical School.
About New Generation Foundation
New Generation Foundation works to raise awareness and funds to support a cure for diabetes and support other programs to promote access to opportunity for young people. New Generation Foundation, is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization based in Washington, D.C.
FACT SHEET:
"Squash Diabetes" Campaign to Support Human Trials
For New Bio-Artificial Pancreas Technology to Cure Diabetes
ñ The "Squash Diabetes" Campaign is the brainchild of the Georgetown University Women's Squash Team -- where a team member successfully competes in the vigorous game of squash despite the health challenges of Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes. The campaign is now rapidly expanding to other colleges and communities.
ñ Campaign proceeds support advocacy and human trials for a new breakthrough bio-artificial pancreas technology -- to cure diabetes.
ñ New living cell, bio-artificial "encapsulife" pancreas technology, and successful animal trials that have automatically reversed diabetes in dogs and chimpanzees, hold the promise of reversing diabetes in human diabetics without harmful immunosuppression drugs.
ñ A living-cell bio-artificial pancreas is comprised of encapsulated islet cells, organized into a "patch" and, when implanted under the skin, produces insulin in response to glucose in the blood stream.
ñ This new technology is based on NASA-derived technology discovered and advanced by physicist-astronaut Dr. Taylor Wang at Vanderbilt University and more recently in collaboration with Harvard Medical School.
ñ New Generation Foundation is the 501 C, 3 non-profit organization that supports the Squash Diabetes Campaign. New Generation Foundation works to raise awareness and funds to support a cure for diabetes and other programs to promote access to opportunity for young people.
ñ To Learn More about:
◦ The Squash Diabetes! Campaign: www.SquashDiabetes.org
◦ New Generation Foundation: www.NewGenFoundation.org
◦ Encapsulife technology: www.Encapsulife.org
ñ Contacts:
◦ About Georgetown Women's Squash: Coach Adam Pistel -- aapistel@gmail.com
◦ About Diabetes Cure Technology: Tom Gibson -- tgibson@NewGenFoundation.org
◦ About Squash in the U.S.: Conor OMalley -- conor.omalley@ussquash.com
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