Closer to a cure for diabetes: 90 years after the discovery of insulin

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Thursday, October 27, 2011, 5:00 p.m.
Steam Whistle Brewery
255 Bremner Boulevard, Toronto
RSVP: vera.ndaba@sickkids.ca

Ninety years ago, Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best conducted a series of experiments that led to the discovery of insulin. Insulin is used to treat diabetes and until its discovery, being diagnosed with diabetes was a death sentence.

Today, millions of people with diabetes live long and productive lives thanks to insulin, but a cure for the disease is still beyond our grasp. How far are we from a cure? What can be done to improve the health of people living with diabetes? Join us to hear what the experts have to say and share your thoughts.

This free event is presented by the Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes, part of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Experts:

Jeffrey A. Johnson, PhD
Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences
University of Alberta
Canada Research Chair in Diabetes Health Outcomes

Gary F. Lewis, MD, FRCPC
Professor
Departments of Medicine and Physiology
University of Toronto
Director, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre
University of Toronto

Lorraine Lipscombe, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Staff Physician and Research Scientist
Women's College Hospital
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Toronto

Moderator:

Bob McDonald
Host of CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks