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When insulin was first discovered more than 80 years ago, everyone thought it was a cure for diabetes. Turns out, the disease was more complicated. Gladis Dull of Walla Walla was one of the first people to get an insulin shot. At 90, she has also likely survived on insulin longer than anyone else in history.
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When insulin was first discovered more than 80 years ago, everyone thought it was a cure for diabetes. Turns out, the disease was more complicated. Gladis Dull of Walla Walla was one of the first people to get an insulin shot. At 90, she has also likely survived on insulin longer than anyone else in history.
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