Joslin Diabetes Center

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The Joslin Diabetes Center (right in the foreground)

The Joslin Diabetes Center is a clinical and research center for the treatment and research of diabetes mellitus based in Boston . It is named after its founder Elliott P. Joslin , from whose diabetes practice originated in 1898, which later developed into a group practice and from 1934 was also equipped with research laboratories. From 1952 the facility was called Joslin Clinic , and in 1981 it was renamed Joslin Diabetes Center . The facility, often referred to as “the Joslin” by patients and doctors in the USA , is one of the world's leading institutions in the field of diabetes treatment and research.

The Joslin Diabetes Center has around 600 employees and is associated as a teaching hospital with the medical school of Harvard University . It is divided into the three areas of Joslin Clinic for patient treatment, Joslin Research for research activities and Joslin Strategic Initiatives for the development and marketing of products, services and educational programs for patients and doctors. The research area, to which around 40 group leaders and a total of more than 300 employees belong, has an annual budget of around 40 million US dollars.

Research at the Joslin Diabetes Center focuses on the biochemical and genetic basis of the development of diabetes mellitus and its late complications. In the clinical area, it is particularly focused on the treatment of children and adolescents with diabetes, on the care of diabetic mothers during pregnancy and on the therapy of diabetes-related complications . The number of patients is around 23,000 per year.

literature

  • Joslin Diabetes Center. In: William A. Jr Petit, Christine A. Adamec: The Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases And Disorders. Facts on File Inc., New York 2005, ISBN 0-8160-6638-8 , pp. 147/148
  • C. Ronald Kahn , Julie Fitzpatrick Rafferty: Series: Molecular Medicine Institutions. The Joslin Diabetes Center. In: Molecular Medicine. 6 (2) / 2000. Picower Institute Press, pp. 65-68, ISSN  1076-1551

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