The meeting was scheduled to begin at 2:30p.m and was officially opened by one of the commissioners who cordially invited the public and commissioners and thanked them for attending the meeting. The opening speech was done by the director of planning and development, Marlene Gafrick. Continue reading →

Type-1 diabetes is a multi-factorial disease that is associated with strong genetic components and is found to be caused by the destruction of pancreatic ?-cells by the autoimmune failure. There are a total of eighteen regions in our chromosomes that code for specific genes that have been linked to type-1 diabetes. Continue reading →