More than 300 children who live with Type1 diabetes and their family members will converge on Parliament House this week to attend Kids in the House in a bid to show the nation's politicians how important it is that funding continues for medical research into the chronic disease.

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Youth Ambassadors from across the country will represent the 1.4 million children and adults in Australia with Type1 diabetes.

The 2010 Campaign for a Cure will kick off on the lawns of Parliament House on Thursday morning with a peaceful demonstration before delegates spend the day with MPs personally explaining how government funding for a clinical trials network would improve their lives.

Such a network is seen by industry experts as an important step as it would improve patients' access to the latest science and speed up the process of curing their chronic disease.

Queanbeyan sisters Casey, 12, and Ellie MacDonald-Smith, 4, both have Type1 diabetes and will attend Parliament House accompanied by their mother Tess to demonstrate first-hand to politicians the daily demands of the disease.

JDRF chief executive Mike Wilson said it was important for MPs to understand the serious health implications of Type1 diabetes, as well as the differences between Type1 and Type2.

''Increased support of Australian research into Type1 diabetes is critical because only research can achieve a cure and we need it fast,'' he said.

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