Medfield Residents Help Gov. Patrick Break Ground on Translational Center for Diabetes Cure
Mass Life Sciences Center Grant and Matching Funds Will Build Innovative Center.
BOSTON — On Thursday, Medfield residents Lilly Branka, 10 and John Brooks, president and CEO of Joslin Diabetes Center, joined Governor Deval Patrick to break ground on the center's new Translational Center for the Cure of Diabetes at its campus in the heart of Boston’s Longwood Medical Area of Boston. Gov. Patrick swung a sledgehammer along with Brooks and the President and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, Susan Windham-Bannister. In January, the world leader in diabetes research and care received a $5 million grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, among the highest amounts ever received to support diabetes research in Massachusetts. The grant was matched with funds raised from generous Joslin donors, and a …
