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The attached ad for the LSI Diabetes Research Group appeared in the National Post on Thursday, Nov 10, 2011 accompanied by a ‘write-up’ contributed by Tim Kieffer.
Gifts from friends, alumni and other community members enable the University of British Columbia to carry out many outstanding research projects 
