Diabetes is a disease that has been plaguing mankind since as early as the time of the Egyptians in 1552 BC (Canadian Diabetes Association, 2005) as we know it. We, at the moment, understand it to be a disease created by the presence of insulin whether deficiency or resistance to insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is secreted from the pancreas and its purpose is to maintain the levels of glucose within the body (through usage). A …showed first 75 words of 1600 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1600 total…with this disease rather than diabetics dying out and improving society as a whole. All in all, Diabetes had been one of the major problems plaguing mankind and the study of the development in the understanding of the disease as well as the consequent treatments that have been found due to the increase in scientific knowledge show us that with understanding, it may be possible to find a cure for a wide variety of diseases.