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January 6, 2001

Research: Causes and Prevention

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Question from Smithsburg, Maryland, USA:

Is it possible to give yourself diabetes if insulin is injected when it is not needed?

Answer:

From: DTeam Staff

Insulin will not give you diabetes. We are actually using injected insulin in the DPT-1 research study to try to keep people from developing diabetes.

LD