A COALITION government would provide $35 million to seek a cure for type 1 diabetes, which afflicts 122,000 Australians including 20,000 children.
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Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong auto-immune disease that usually occurs in children although it can be diagonised at any age. It is one of the most common chronic diseases in children.
A Coalition government would give $7 million a year for five years for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Clinical Research Network to fund extra patient trials locally and overseas and take a nationwide approach to diabetes research.