My father's JDRF responsibility in the 1970s was to bring researchers from around the world together to work toward a common goal of better diabetes management and a cure. Back then, breakthroughs were the development of the blood glucose meter, smaller gauged syringes and the thought that a cure for diabetes would come if they could develop a vaccine for Coxsackie B4 virus. If my father were alive to see all of this, he would be speechless from that crazy feeling of HOPE!

