Product Description: genic constructs. Five articles are devoted to this topic ranging from the B-cell function in transgenic animals to the various effects on diabetes complications. The section on NIDDM, comprising of 10 articles, deals both with new and existing models, their particular widely varying pathogenesis, genetic character istics and complications...read more

Product Description: As the incidence of diabetes increases worldwide, the need for recommendations on how to prevent and treat the condition grows exponentially, and so does the need for an authoritative source for information on the appropriate models to study the condition...read more

Describes the cellular and whole body pathogenic mechanisms in insulin resistance. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Animal Models of Diabetes: A Primer introduces characteristics of the most commonly used animal species with various diabetic syndromes which have been developed and extensively investigated during the last few decades. It includes animal models that are readily available, well described and proven to be of value in the research of both types of diabetes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Covering acquired hyperlipoproteinaemias, this book examines approaches to the clinical treatment of diabetes, kidney disease, excess of steroids and thyroid deficiency.

Product Description: An examination of animal diabetes. In contrast to previous volumes in this series which included the lectures and discussions of the actual workshops, this volume comprises invited reviews on subjects of contemporary interest in experimental diabetes.