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News item about Type 1 Diabetes on the scottish new

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Doctors in Edinburgh believe a simple blood test they have introduced could allow some Type 1 diabetes patients to come off insulin.

The Western General hospital team say the test has identified previously unrecognised variants of the condition.

A routine screening programme was set up after medics discovered one patient had a genetic form of diabetes.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44144678
 
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