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Either the inability to make or respond to insulin. This causes type 1 and type 2 respectively. Type 1 is caused by an autoimmune attack on the pancreatic beta cells while type 2 is most often caused by decreased insulin deficiency. If you need to know more about the details of type 2 Google Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha.

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