Recent recognition that type 1 diabetes has a protracted preclinical phase has shed new light on some epidemiologic characteristics of the disease.

近来对1型糖尿病具有一个延长的临床前期的共识，使得该病的某些流行病学特征表现得更为显著。

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Taking aim at diabetes, arthritis, lupus, obesity and cancer, the biotech house now has 40 drugs in preclinical or patient trials, more than at any time in the company's history and up from only 22 during the entire 1990s.

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