6/1/2007
Working Toward a Cure

Vim & Vigor, a family health magazine from the University of Virginia Health System, recently profiled foundation founders Paul and Diane Manning in a Summer 2007 article on diabetes.

An excerpt from "Taking it in Stride" is featured below.

Working Toward a Cure

In 2004, the University of Virginia Health System performed the state’s first islet cell transplant, a groundbreaking procedure that has the potential to give type 1 diabetics a chance to live free from daily insulin injections. A grant from the UVa Ward Buchanan Fund and support from the Focus to Cure Diabetes Foundation (www.tocurediabetes.org), founded by Paul and Diane Manning of Keswick, made the first transplant possible.

Now the Mannings, parents of two children with type 1 diabetes, once again are providing generous resources to help UVa perform more transplants.

“This gift will help us isolate islet cells, speeding our work and allowing us to offer hope to patients across the country,” says Kenneth Brayman, M.D., director of UVa’s Center for Cellular Transplantation.

“We believe a cure for diabetes is right around the corner,” Paul Manning says. “World renowned scientists and doctors at UVa are focused on curing this disease.”

Read "Taking it in Stride" (pdf)