A Cure Can't Come Soon Enough for Anna Katherine
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American Diabetes Association

Dear Arnold:

Anna Katherine isn't old enough to stay out past 9 p.m. She might have trouble remembering the combination to her locker at school.

Yet this 12-year-old has to test her blood sugar five times each day … and keep track of her numbers every hour she is awake. (Her family takes over the testing vigil each night while Anna Katherine sleeps.)

Will Anna Katherine's life with diabetes — and life for millions like her — always be the 24-hour-a-day struggle it is now?

Not if researchers supported by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) can help it. And not if ADA can count on your support with a gift today.

Anna Katherine and her family (and the world) were watching when ADA recently gathered the nation's most prestigious diabetes researchers to share what's working in diabetes research, what's not, and why.

Here are just a few of the highlights of the promising research these top scientists reported:

An early version of the "artificial pancreas," a device that would dose insulin automatically, helped prevent hypoglycemia overnight in children. Low blood glucose during the night is an especially big concern for people with Type 1 diabetes.
Therapies are in development that could one day sustain or even restore the production of insulin in people recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
New, long-acting drugs are being developed that will reduce the need for frequent dosing in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, such as once-weekly exenatide, ultra-long-acting insulin and implantable drug delivery systems.
A novel method of treatment has been developed to not only prevent and treat vision loss due to diabetic macular edema, but also to actually restore vision in some people.

Like millions of others living with diabetes, Anna Katherine and her family are counting on research breakthroughs to help shape a brighter future for her.

Her father says, "We are anxious to follow the developments that will make life better for Anna Katherine and everyone else with diabetes. We're hoping that one day we'll hear the news that this meeting has announced a cure!"

You can help us keep moving steadily forward toward that day, with your gift to the American Diabetes Association today.

Join the MillionsSM who are working to Stop Diabetes®, from Anna Katherine on her front porch … to scientists in the laboratory … to advocates in Congress and in communities nationwide. Make a gift to the American Diabetes Association today.

Sincerely,
Larry Hausner
Larry Hausner
Chief Executive Officer
American Diabetes Association

P.S. Diabetes research is showing signs of significant progress. But in many ways, our work is just beginning. Death rates due to cancer, heart disease, and stroke have all declined in the past 20 years, but diabetes rates continue to climb. Please make a donation to STOP Diabetes® today.

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