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Donor provides gift for diabetes, blood cancer research

In March 2024, Dan Corbin, left, toured the lab of Jeffrey Millman, PhD, professor of medicine, whose research focuses on generating insulin-producing beta cells for the treatment of diabetes. (Photo: Radha Kimmel/Washington University in St. Louis)
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Anita Palmer Corbin learned to meet challenges head-on when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 10 in 1964. Her mother first noticed the symptoms, and after blood tests confirmed a problem, she was admitted to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, located one hour north of her home in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.