elizabeth, daughter of the united states secretary of state was denied. however, antoinette refused to give up hope and wrote another letter. at this point in our research we began to realize that charles hughes must have intervened because less than one month later elizabeth would be granted a spot and toronto. her spot would be at the sake of another child. elizabeth recognize that privilege afforded her as the daughter of a famous politician allowed her to receive this miracle serum while some many of the children were denied. in fact tamale three of dr. allen's original 100 patients would survive long enough toeceived insulin. on august 15th 1922 a few days shy of her 15th birthday elizabeth hughes arrived to begin an experimental treatment that could end her 40 month struggle for life. we removed by this moment trying to imagine the magnitude of this. two people who never gave up hope in the face of impossible odds coming together for this momentous occasion. we could learn a lot about perseverance. elizabeth adhered perfectly, never wavering in her belief that if she could just stay alive long enough a breakthrough could occur that would say for. he acted out of pure conviction giving a

banting as well as from elizabeth hughes. very moving, touching story for those of us who see patients with type one diabetes. it almost is further no matter how many years were doing this to appreciate how difficult the lies these individuals had. i think many of the development of diabetes has been miraculous. so when the content of the evening came about, to follow discussion would be on the discovery in a very important colossal discovery of the time and one of the other major discoveries that has taken place since then. i also want to acknowledge dr. roth's presence here as well in terms of science intellectual diabetes research area i think it is one of the giants in this area for many decades. i also want to show a video. let me just see how i get out of this. ♪ >> by the winter of 1922, banting steamers and making small batches of hormone and administering to patients. as a stories were remarkable, but the toronto team could barely keep up with the small number of patients in clinical trials. what was worse was the ca

elizabeth hughes knew that she received insulin and the other child and children did not. i think that's part of it. finally in 1922, if you could just imagine front page story, daughter of the secretary of state, he was the most famous man in america, she was all of the sudden the most famous women in america at 15 years old. she was a private person. and she had her moment of fame. and i think she really wanted to lead a very private life. i didn't discuss tonight, she had an extraordinary life. she was a trustee of a college, she founded a university in michigan, she was a pillar of her community. and she was the founder of the united states supreme court historical society with warren berger in 1974. and she did it on her own, and she did not want to be known as the insulin girl. years later, after -- when people approached elizabeth hughes and asked her, excuse me, weren't you the sick child? she said, no, you must be talking about my sister who died. so that's the way she deflected it. you have to read -- you really have to read my book to read the whole story on the

nick sherman, mark shelley, richard ellis, michael hughes, elizabeth colbert, simon winchester. i have been calling a lot of people and asking a lot of questions. thank you to my studio assistance. in sound and media, we have carolyn chadwick, raymond chavez, alex chadwick. my media coordinator, luc d ubious. they've given us a much of their time and brilliance to work with us to help in the final character of the media and also pentagram and management. i have to think what wall of foundries -- i have to thank walal walla foundries. what is missing? it begins with an accounting of what we are losing as we watch. in terms of species and habitat loss and i hope it provokes more a sense of wonder at what this planet is capable of and still could return to. this is a beginning. let's imagine this as a portal. we have begun to think of this as listening to the earth. me will be able to connect to the president. we see all the things that are being accomplished. we can also see into the future and by 2000 12th, we will start with the clean paint for the future. -- and by 2012, we wil

elizabeth hurley confessed that she and her former boyfriend, hugh grant, tried it and both lost an astoundingfood react differently with each blood type. but does blood type really play a role in digestion? that's not something i learned in medical school. when you hear it, it sounds kind of scientific. >> it sounds good on paper. but in reality, there's no research to support it. >> i'm type o. i can't eat lentils or wheat, according to this diet. and my kids and husband have different blood types. i have four meals i have to make now. >> that's ridiculous. >> reporter: would you lose weight on this diet? >> only for the reason you would on any diet, because you're taking in fewer calories than you burn up. >> and none of the diets promote eating processed foods, soda, cookies, cake, candy. and these are the foods that most of us are eating or overconsuming. >> reporter: again, the blood type diet gets three thumbs-down. now, on to fad diet number three. the macrobiotic diet. madonna describes it as simple but tasty. and gwyneth paltrow tried it before becoming pregnant with her first child.