Accommodation in the Connaught Laboratories at the University of Toronto has been considerably taxed by the Insulin Division, and this important section is soon to be moved. entirely into new quarters. Through the use of the $25,000 grant made recently to the Banting-Best Fund by the Ontario Government, it has been possible to reconstruct the old Y.M.C.A. building at the University as an insulin "factory." The work on this building has already been partially completed, and Charles Best, who, as assistant to Dr. R. D. Defries, head of the Insulin Di- vision, will have charge of the manufacture of insulin. has already moved into the new laboratories.
Insulin will be manufactured commercially nowhere else in Canada, and the insulin "factory" will, be- sides providing a supply for Canada, provide the curative fluid for all countries which do not manufacture their own supply. At present insulin is manufactured in the United States, Great Britain and Denmark.
The main idea of the enlarged laboratory will be to keep the cost of insulin as low as possible. This object will be assisted by the fact that overhead expenses in the new laboratory will be very low.
The building is situated conveniently to the Medical Building. It consists of two stories and a basement, and has until recently served as a draughting room for the Faculty of Applied Science.