Stopping diabetes before it happens

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It can be a pain, but it's a necessity for millions, and it's something Kerby Bennet is trying to avoid.

A few years ago, her twin sister Taylor was diagnosed with type-one diabetes.

"It was a shock to us, especially because she was 17 when she was diagnosed." Bennet said.

Because her identical twin has it, Kerby has a 65 percent chance of developing the disease too. "It's nerve wracking," she said.

Now, she's the first person to enroll in a clinical trial at Vanderbilt University testing the drug Teplizumab.

http://www.fox23news.com/content/he...before-it-happens/tfn4Tqf3UkSDX0kRFccXQw.cspx
 
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