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opened the meeting on behalf of the Health Commissioner. All of the stakeholders, he said, were represented at the conference: the brains and the power in diabetes research, for which the European Commission (EC) was acting as facilitator and catalyst. Diabetes affects 2.3-10.1% (more than 18 million) of European Union (EU) citizens and by the year 2030 this will rise to at least 26 million (5.9%). The importance of this disease to Europe means that all stakeholders -people with diabetes through to industry -should act together to bring it to the attention of decision makers. Professor Reinout van Schilfgaarde (Advisor to The Netherlands Health Minister, Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport) assured the audience that diabetes was intended to be a priority for the EU sixth framework research programme (FP6). Type 1 and type 2 diabetes had similar severe consequences and the incidence of both was increasing. Diabetes is responsible for four of each 10 myocardial infarcts (MIs) and for five of each 10 foot amputations, and is the leading cause of new blindness. Professor van Schilfgaarde enthusiastically supported the translational approach whereby fundamental research into pathophysi

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Author

Sarah Hills

Publisher

Maney Publishing; John Wiley and Sons Inc.; Informa UK Limited (ISSN 1551-7853)

Published

2005

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)