Molecular Basis of Pancreas Development and Function
Habener, Joel F. / Hussain, Mehboob![Molecular Basis of Pancreas Development and Function](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/147/14713938/CHSBZCOP0314713938.jpg)
Diabetes mellitus is rapidly increasing in prevalence throughout both developed and developing countries. The social and economic burden of this disease is estimated to cost 14 billion dollars worldwide. In the USA alone, 15 million individuals are diabetic, nearly half of them unaware of their condition. Complications of diabetes mellitus are the leading causes for blindness, limb amputation and chronic renal failure and kidney transplantatio...