I will answer both of your questions.
You mentioned a protocol for schools. Awareness programs for schools happen more on a local level. When children are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, juvenile diabetes, their parents need to be educated of course, but when the children go to school, as Chloe said earlier, everyone around them needs to be aware of what is going on, of what could happen, and so on. I would call this a school program, because in some schools, there is more than one child with type 1 diabetes. We have to work with local boards. We really have to do this on a local level. I would not call it a protocol; rather, it is a way of working with school boards and individual schools to educate them about the child's illness. We have to tell them that it is not contagious, and we have to educate classmates, teachers and parents of the other children so that everyone knows what is going on. I would even go so far as to say that in some places, schools take this so seriously they hold fundraisers to help these children. That is how I see school programs.
With respect to research and timelines, Bob can tell you more about that. What I would say is that research is research. When I met Dr. Shapiro to discuss the Edmonton protocol, I asked him right away if we would have a cure in two years, or five, or ten. He did not want to give me an answer because, he said, that would not be very professional. Research is sometimes full of surprises. He did say that he could see the light at the end of the tunnel. I found this very encouraging, and I heard something similar from someone else when I went to New York after that. He said that he could not see that light before now. I think that is very interesting. I met an extraordinary man in New York, Dr. Richard Hansell, who said:
“If there's one disease that is cured in our lifetime, it will be type 1 diabetes.”
He has already done something similar for another disease. This is very encouraging. With more money, we can do more research and we can probably reach our goal faster. That is the underlying logic. As Bob said, we have a very strong international team that can identify which horses are likely to get to the finish line faster. That is one way to describe the situation.