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Why no diabetes cure?

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In type 1 diabetes, insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed by the immune system. This means you can't make the insulin you need to live. To stop type 1 diabetes we need to disrupt the immune system's attack on beta cells. And our scientists are working on it.

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