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New Team for Diabetes Research

To find a cure for obesity-related diabetes.  The three-year agreement was announced Tuesday, the Orlando Sentinel reports.  Research will take a new path; rather than looking for another form of insulin or other diabetes medication, researchers will look for a way to possibly cure the disease, which affects 10 percent of American adults.

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