I saw this on Yahoo Health News I really hope they choose to cure Diabetes!!

[Tyson'smom]

Which disease to cure?
by Cara Hetland, Minnesota Public Radio
April 18, 2008
St. Paul, Minn. — A South Dakota Healthcare system is one step closer to identifying a disease it plans to cure. It's being called the Sanford Project.

A year ago a Sioux Falls philanthropist gave Sanford Health $400-million. One of the requirements for the money is to develop a world class research center to cure disease.

Sanford will choose to cure one of the following: lupus, childhood Diabetes, diseases caused by the human papillomavirus or pediatric Multiple Sclerosis.

In addition to finding a cure, researchers will have to develop clinical treatments. The project also must have an economic impact on the region and increase the hospital's research reputation.

Officials will announce their choice for the Sanford Project in June.

[michelleissweet]

We need to find a contact person and all of us from CWD send in our stories!! Lets keep our fingers crossed.

[Mama2H]

Our Endo is in Sioux Falls! I really really hope they pick Type 1!

[Charmed7]

I learned a lot about Lupus, and it's in the same family as T1D because the immune system is attacking the body. Lupus, it just attacks other parts of the body, not the pancreas (in some cases it might attack the pancreas too). But I always thought they had a lot of similarities. I wonder if the other diseases are all in the same family too. I don't know much about them.

I think a cure for any of these will be huge foundation blocks for all the others. Here's wishing it's focused on T1D.

Charmed