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| November 12, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Seattle Times. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Warren King

SEATTLE _ Perhaps it's certain foods they eat or the milk they drink. Maybe an intestinal virus sets off the disease. Even stress from family dynamics is a suspect.

No one knows what sets off type 1 diabetes in a child genetically at risk for the disease. No one knows why only one in 30 children with a genetic risk actually develops diabetes, which can cause a host of complications and typically shortens lives.

Scientists at the Pacific Northwest Research Institute in Seattle soon will begin trying to identify "triggers" that send young people on the often devastating course of diabetes.

In the largest study ever of environmental influences on…

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