Reprinted with permission of Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine.com
A Canadian company called EnGene Inc. claims to have developed an innovative genetic approach to potentially overcoming diabetes. I'm using the term "overcoming" because what EnGene is working on is not a cure per se, but a pretty cool workaround.
Here's the deal:
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