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Texas Researchers Work Toward Diabetes 'Cure'

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Pricking their finger to check their blood sugar levels several times a day is routine for many diabetics. (Wendy Rigby/Texas Public Radio)
Pricking their finger to check their blood sugar levels several times a day is routine for many diabetics. (Wendy Rigby/Texas Public Radio)

Millions of people suffer from diabetes, and researchers around the world are working to make daily insulin injections a thing of the past.

Wendy Rigby (@TPRWendy) from Here & Now contributor Texas Public Radio reports on one avenue of research — a technique designed to make the body produce insulin on its own again.

This segment aired on May 2, 2017.

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