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HISTORY OF DIABETES

Friday, May 20, 2011 11:30 Comments Off

1922After 3,000 years with no effective treatment, diabetes is no longer a quick death sentence. Canadian researchers extract insulin from a dog, inject it into a 14-year-old diabetic boy, and extend his life. 1935Researchers advance the theory that diabetes is not a single disease and divide it into two categories: insulin sensitive (what we call [...]

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