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Diabetes in the U.S.
- U.S. prevalence: 14.6 million diagnosed, 6.2 million undiagnosed
- Our research focuses on Type-2 diabetes
- 90-95% of all diabetics
- "Adult-onset"
- Impaired response to insulin to regulate blood sugar
- Tremendous annual incidence of co-morbidity
- Every day diabetics across the country suffer harm:
- 33 people become blind
- 118 begin treatment for kidney failure
- 225 undergo lower extremity amputations
- Estimated direct cost of $92 Billion in 2002
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