More children are getting Type 1 diabetes and Mater Researcher Professor Jo Forbes is working to find out, "why?" Professor Forbes, Mater Research's Chronic and Integrated Care Program Leader and Glycation and Diabetes Complications Research Group Leader Glycation and Diabetes Complications Research, explained Type 1 diabetes in children is twice as common now than it was 20-years ago. "Not only is Type 1 diabetes common, but in the last 40-years we've also seen it evolve, particularly in Westernised and industrialised nations like Australia," Professor Forbes said.

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