Open AccessThe β-cell at work: Visualizing insulin secretion in living cells
Author(s) -
Guy A. Rutter
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the biochemist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1740-1194
pISSN - 0954-982X
DOI - 10.1042/bio02705009
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , disease , population , secretion , insulin , cell , medicine , biology , endocrinology , environmental health , genetics
Diabetes mellitus affects about 5% of the population in Western societies, and this number is expected to increase steadily in the next 20 years1. At present, there are 1.8 million registered diabetics in the UK2 and an equal number probably suffers with the undiagnosed disease.
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