A beacon shines blue for those with diabetes

(Dominic Chavez/Globe Staff)

By Globe Staff

If the Prudential tower in Boston looks a little different tonight, there's a reason. To commemorate World Diabetes Day, the top floors of the building will be lit with blue lights.

The organizers say 200 monuments across the world are being similarly lit in an effort to raise awareness of a disease that impacts 246 million people around the world.

Ed Linde, the chief executive of Boston Properties, which owns the building, said the company was proud to join the effort by decorating its 750-foot-tall building.

Nearly 21 million adults and children in the United States have the disease, including more than 300,000 people in Massachusetts. Experts say the number of cases is increasing each year around the world.

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