How a mathematician developed an algorithm to help treat diabetes
When people ask me why I, an applied mathematician, study diabetes, I tell them that I am motivated for both scientific and human reasons. 
Type 2 diabetes runs in my family. My grandfather died of complications related to the condition. My mother was diagnosed with the disease when I was 10 years old, and my Aunt Zacharoula suffered from it. I myself am pre-diabetic.
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How a mathematician developed an algorithm to help treat diabetes
