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Dr. Fraser Scott recognized for diabetes research
February 12, 2014
Dr. Fraser Scott
is receiving the
Earle W. Crampton Award for Distinguished Service in Nutrition
from McGill University for “outstanding accomplishments in the area of immunology and the gut microbiome, and their relation to the development of type 1 diabetes”. Dr. Scott is well known for discovering that wheat proteins promote the development of type 1 diabetes in certain animal models. A follow up study demonstrated a wheat-induced immune response linked to diabetes risk genes in nearly half of patients with this form of diabetes. His group has also made important contributions to understanding the role of gut bacteria, the gut immune system and pancreas regeneration in type 1 diabetes.
About the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) is the research arm of The Ottawa Hospital and is an affiliated institute of the University of Ottawa, closely associated with the university’s Faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences. OHRI includes more than 1,700 scientists, clinical investigators, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff conducting research to improve the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease.
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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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jganton@ohri.ca