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Diabetes and Mice

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Published November 21, 2000 at 10:00 PM MST

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Diabetes is not exactly a big health problem for rodents. Still, today's announcement that scientists have successfully used gene therapy to cure the disease in rats and mice is remarkable. NPR's Joe Palca has the story.