In the treatment of diabetes, the initial education (at the diagnosis of the disease) of a person with diabetes treated with a diet or diet and oral antihyperglycemic drugs lasts 5 h, while the education of a patient treated with insulin lasts 9 h, and a person treated with a personal insulin pump and glycemic monitoring systems receives 15 h of education in an outpatient or inpatient setting, depending on the situation of the person with diabetes and the possibilities of the care facility. The gene discussed is INS; the disease is diabetes mellitus.