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...Kahn began studying diabetes in 1970, when he started a fellowship at the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK). When Kahn began his research, it was known that insulin regulated blood sugar by binding to a specific receptor on cells. But Kahn??s lab was the first to discover the mechanism of this activation, which involves the addition of a phosphate molecule to the amino acid tyrosine...
...Without all those pieces put together, we’re really not going to be able to deal with what is an exploding epidemic,” says Phillip Gorden, former director of the NIDDK and one of Kahn??s mentors there...
...viewed architects as celebrities, Louis I. Kahn??s life would have been made into an “E! True Hollywood Story” a long time ago. Kahn battled early obstacles–a fire that permanently disfigured his face, his family’s immigration from Estonia to America—to become a celebrated designer of famous buildings all over the world. Then he lost it all, falling deep into debt and finally dying of a heart attack in a train station restroom. Thirty years after his death, Kahn??s son has created...
...viewed architects as celebrities, Louis I. Kahn??s life would have been made into an E! True Hollywood Story a long time ago. Kahn battled early obstacles–a fire that permanently disfigured his face, his family’s immigration from Estonia to America—to become a celebrated designer of famous buildings all over the world. Then he lost it all, falling deep into debt and finally dying of a heart attack in a train station restroom. Thirty years after his death, Kahn??s son has created a tribute...
...viewed architects as celebrities, Louis I. Kahn??s life would have been made into an “E! True Hollywood Story” a long time ago. Kahn battled early obstacles–a fire that permanently disfigured his face, his family’s immigration from Estonia to America—to become a celebrated designer of famous buildings all over the world. Then he lost it all, falling deep into debt and finally dying of a heart attack in a train station restroom. Thirty years after his death, Kahn??s son has created...