AMVETS Contributes $15,000 Toward Diabetes Research

U.S. Newswire, October, 2003

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- When it comes to helping out, AMVETS knows how to get the job done -- in a big way. Thanks to a $15,000 donation from them, Dr. John Kopchick, professor of molecular biology and his team of researchers at Ohio University will be able focus their efforts toward the early identification and cure for diabetes. The check will be presented by AMVETS National Commander, S. John Sisler at the University's Edison Biotechnology Institute in Athens.

"With the annual cost of diabetes healthcare increasing by $34 million over the last six years, AMVETS hopes that this will be one step towards fighting this national epidemic," said AMVETS National Commander S. John Sisler.

Type II Diabetes affects 17 million Americans and another 20 million...

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