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<br> Kowalski is a giant, friendly man who's himself a kind 1 diabetic. In October, after months of investigation, Kowalski and Brewer presented their plan to the board, which voted to approve the foundation's new Artificial Pancreas Project. Yet most of the parts for what researchers had been calling an synthetic pancreas - an external system the dimensions of an iPod that may duplicate the insulin-secreting and -regulating capabilities of that organ - were already in place. By April 2009, Kovatchev was running the largest clinical trial yet, in collaboration with researchers in France and Italy. Jan 2 André Amellér, French double bassist (Paris Opéra, 1937-53), conductor, composer, and educator (École Nationale de Musique - Dijon, 1953-81), born in Arnaville, France (d. Jan 1 Victor Reuther, American labor leader (United Automobile Workers union), born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. Jan 24 Ken Weekes, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, top score 137 |
