Type 1 diabetes, sometimes called juvenile diabetes is a condition whereby blood sugar levels are above the normal range, this happens when the body is no longer producing the hormone insulin, which carries glucose into your cells where it can be converted into energy. In type 1 diabetes, the cells of the pancrease stops producing the hormone insulin, which is necessary for moving glucose into the cells, where it is burned for energy. Type 1 diabetes sometimes starts in childhood; people with this form of diabetes require lifelong insulin administration and careful dietary management to survive. Recently, it has been reported that stem-cell transplants have been successful in curing this disease. Type 1 diabetes accounts for about 5 to 10 percent of all cases of diabetes. The cause of this
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