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SUMMARY:Author Deborah Kerbel
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DESCRIPTION:Classrooms & Homeschoolers (Grades 4-8).\nhttps://wpl.libnet.i
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join author <a href="https://bookcentre.ca
 /creator-profile-deborah-kerbel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deborah Ke
 rbel</a> for a virtual presentation on her thought-provoking graphic novel
  <a href="https://encore.kpl.org/iii/encore_wpl/record/C__Rb2860182__Sfred
 %20%26%20marjorie__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng&amp\;suite=wpl" target="_b
 lank" rel="noopener"><em>Fred &amp\; Marjorie</em></a>. There will be time
  for Q &amp\; A at the end of the presentation.&nbsp\;Ideal for children i
 n grades 4 to 8.</p>\n<p><strong>Teachers and educators can register thems
 elves for the program and broadcast the live feed to their classrooms. Whe
 n registering please include the approximate number of children that will 
 be viewing using the questions at the bottom of the registration form.</st
 rong></p>\n<p>Individuals and homeschool families are also welcome to regi
 ster and take part in this virtual presentation.</p>\n<p><strong>About the
  Presentation</strong></p>\n<p>During this 60-minute presentation\, Debora
 h will discuss and expand on the historical and scientific themes from her
  graphic novel\,&nbsp\;<em>Fred &amp\; Marjorie</em>\, starting with an ex
 planation of what diabetes is\, how it used to be treated before insulin\,
  the role of insulin in the body\, and the process by which it was discove
 red by Banting and Best in Ontario in 1921. Deborah will also discuss the 
 role of the insulin dogs in this discovery\, and touch on the ethics of us
 ing animals in medical research.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The final 10-15 minutes of
  the presentation will be available for Q &amp\; A.</p>\n<p><strong>About 
 the Book</strong></p>\n<p>In 1921\, Frederick Banting was a young doctor w
 ith an idea: could the mysterious secretions of the pancreas be used to tr
 eat diabetes? We now call this substance insulin\, and its life-saving dis
 covery was an impactful milestone in medical science. Banting and his assi
 stant\, Charles Best\, worked together in a small lab to test the theory w
 ith street dogs. Banting formed a special bond with one of his test dogs a
 nd gave her a name: Marjorie. After Marjorie responded well to insulin tre
 atments\, the treatments went on to be used for humans with diabetes&mdash
 \;and the results were deemed practically miraculous. A real-life scientif
 ic milestone told in an innovative graphic novel format\, the book also th
 oughtfully discusses the use of animals for medical research.</p>\n<p><img
  src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/managers/wpl/Deborah_Kerb
 el.png" alt="Deborah Kerbel" title="Deborah Kerbel" width="650" height="45
 0" /></p>\n<p>Programmer:&nbsp\; Kerstin</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://wp
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