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Diabetes remains a silent killer among many undiagnosed Canadians. - Television, 5:21
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Feb. 8, 1998
"Death in Pieces"
Television
5:21
Canadians recall the shock of hearing of Sir Frederick Banting's passing. - Television, 2:05
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Feb. 21, 1991
A life cut short: Sir Frederick Banting
Television
2:05
The Preci-Jet 50 device hopes to render needles obsolete. - Television, 1:52
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Dec. 24, 1985
A new insulin delivery system
Television
1:52
Laboratory tests demonstrate how the human body responds to a dose of alcohol. - Television, 4:26
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Dec. 26, 1978
After just one drink
Television
4:26
Quebec's highly controversial Gaston Naessens is either a cancer saviour or a fraud. - Television, 6:25
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Dec. 14, 1989
Alternative therapy, or bunk?
Television
6:25
A pharmaceutical company from France and the Canadian government team up to invest in Canada-based cancer research. - Television, 2:30
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June 25, 1997
An investment in the future
Television
2:30
Scientists look for new sources of insulin. - Television, 2:14
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April 9, 1980
Artificial insulin
Television
2:14
In a modest lab at the University of Toronto, Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin as a treatment for diabetes. - Radio, 11:28
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Sept. 26, 1977
Banting and Best develop the 'miracle drug'
Radio
11:28
Important cancer research is being conducted across Canada. But unless there's more funding, we'll lose our best researchers. - Television, 3:39
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April 9, 1974
Brain drain?
Television
3:39
Historian Michael Bliss reconstructs the tension between Banting, Best, Macleod and Collip. - Television, 4:54
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Sept. 28, 1982
Brawls and bust-ups in the Banting and Best lab
Television
4:54
A 59-year-old father receives a new heart. - Radio, 5:25
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May 31, 1968
Canada's first heart transplant
Radio
5:25
It's a dreaded disease that has afflicted humans for centuries. In recent decades, scientists around the world have been tirelessly searching for a cancer cure. Canadians are no exception. Amid constant fights for funding, concerns about "brain drain" and controversies over alternative therapies, Canada has made some vital breakthroughs in cancer research ? from the invention of the "cobalt bomb" in the 1950s to the more recent innovations of cancer research icon Tak Mak.
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Topic spans: 1953-2004
Cancer Research: The Canadian Quest for a Cure
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7 television clips
5 radio clips
<p>The 1966 Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to a Halifax-born cancer researcher.</p> - Television, 17:33
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July 21, 1967
Charles B. Huggins, Nobel Prize laureate
Television
17:33
It's been the elusive cure, one that scientists have felt they've been on the brink of breaking for the past 80 years. But for years, diabetes has remained a treatable but not yet cured disease. In fact, diabetes is the leading cause of death by disease in Canada. Banting and Best are Canada's best known connection to diabetes but the Canadian connection continues. Since the historic discovery of insulin, there have been improvements and refinements. The promise of a cure for all, however, remains as yet unfulfilled, leaving many to live highly regimented and uncertain lives.
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Topic spans: 1921-2002
Chasing a Cure for Diabetes
Topic
17 television clips
7 radio clips
In 1990, <em>Marketplace</em> explores the addictive quality of Nintendo games. - Television, 11:30
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Nov. 13, 1990
Compulsive computer gaming
Television
11:30
A Canadian doctor works with a team in Mexico that is transplanting pig cells into diabetics. - Radio, 8:46
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Sept. 7, 2002
Controversy over xenotransplantation
Radio
8:46
In 1975, scientist Bruce Ames warns of the possible connection between hair dye use and cancer. - Radio, 15:27
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Oct. 8, 1975
Could hair dye cause cancer?
Radio
15:27
Researchers in Calgary isolate two genes related to juvenile diabetes. - Television, 2:16
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Sept. 30, 1994
Decoding juvenile diabetes
Television
2:16
Inside the lab, Banting, Best, Macleod and Collip clash over procedure, fame and the Nobel Prize. - Radio, 8:09
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Nov. 15, 1981
Dr. Frederick Banting, Nobel Prize laureate
Radio
8:09
Researchers in Nova Scotia zero in on fish as a potential resource. - Television, 6:11
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April 3, 1996
Fishing for a cure for diabetes
Television
6:11
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