Diabetes is one of the oldest recognized diseases—from the Ebers Papyrus in 1500 B.C. to the sweet urine tasted by Thomas Willis, from the Greek word meaning “to pass through” to the islets of Langerhans. Until 1922, when 14-year-old Ted Ryder became the first person to receive insulin and was saved from a coma. Our story begins on April 18, 2016.