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free, invitation-only spinning class on
Sundays at 3 p.m. at Franklin Athletic
Club in Southfield, where his wife, Itzy,
is the fitness director. All of the partici-
pants are active cyclists who take part
in charity rides.
"Spinning is a great workout;' said
Beth Brandvain of Farmington Hills,
one of the class regulars. "There's a spe-
cial camaraderie in our Sunday group
because almost all of us are connected
through charity rides. We've trained
together, biked up mountains in Israel
and pedaled across Michigan in 100-
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Franklin is supporting the charity
riders by donating a three-year family
membership to the club (worth $8,160),
which will be raffled off to raise money
for the Israel Ride and the Make A Wish
Foundation.
"Our goal is to spin for fun — good
and simple exercise in a great social
environment;' Saar said. "Whether we
ride indoors with up-lifting music or
outside with breathtaking scenery, rais-
ing money for charity only adds to the
healthy and spiritual experience' LI
Dany's Detail:
Certifications: Doctorate in sports science/human performance, former
sports medicine and fitness director at Franklin Athletic Club (1995-1998).
Started the spinning program at Franklin in 1996 (first in Michigan and one
of the first spinning classes in the country).
Age range of clients:16-80+
Communal involvement: Board member of the Michigan Friends of the
Israel Defense Forces and the Michigan Chapter of the Jewish National Fund.
Workout fees: No fee to participate in the Spinning Charity Class at
Franklin, but it's only open to qualified participants who cycle for charity.
Contact: (248) 807-2222 or dany®comcast.net.
For more information about the Israel Ride, go to www.israelride.org .
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he Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation and D-Cure
(Diabetes Care in Israel) have
announced a partnership that will fund
up to $6 million in type 1 diabetes
research in Israel.
In their first joint venture, JDRF and
D-Cure will each contribute up to $3
million to promote Israel's highest qual-
ity biomedical research. The grants to
be awarded are both network (or team)
and individual project awards, with the
majority of the funding to go toward
the network grants that support col-
laboration and real-time information
sharing among the selected research
groups in order to accelerate develop-
ments that will enhance the lives of
people with type 1 diabetes.
According to Dr. Robert Goldstein,
chief scientific officer of JDRF, "The
type 1 diabetes research being con-
ducted in Israel is extremely progres-
sive and exciting. JDRF teamed up with
D-Cure because we believe that our
alliance will empower researchers in
Israel to work together to generate bet-
ter results at a faster pace.
The network grants will be distribut-
ed to research teams led by Dr. Michael
Walker of the Weizmann Institute, Dr.
Shimon Efrat of Tel Aviv University,
and Dr. Yuval Dor of Hebrew University
Medical School.
The researchers will focus on devel-
oping new therapeutics to prevent type
1 diabetes, and restore normal blood
sugar levels in patients with recent
onset of the disease; they will also
investigate predicting who is at risk.
Dr. Walker and his team will focus
on developing an efficient method for
converting human embryonic stem
cells into pancreatic islet cells; Dr. Efrat
and his team will focus on methods
to grow and expand mature adult beta
cells in culture; and Dr. Dor's team will
focus on the role of the blood vessels in
guiding pancreatic development, beta
cell differentiation, and improving beta
cell regeneration.
In addition, individual grants will be
given to Dr. Howard Cedar of Hebrew
University Medical School, who will
focus on gene regulation during pan-
creas development, and Dr. Benjamin
Geiger of the Weizmann Institute to
develop high-throughput screens for
genes and small molecules that either
stop or slow beta cell death.