Contents
Vol 2, Issue 27
Contents
Perspectives
- Challenges in Using Stem Cells for Cardiac Repair
Stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes offer promise for treating damage caused by heart attacks, but through different mechanisms than originally believed.
- Optimal Control of Blood Glucose: The Diabetic Patient or the Machine?
Computer-controlled infusion of multiple hormones might more precisely control blood glucose, changing the insulin-centric treatment of diabetes, but perhaps creating new issues in the face of residual challenges.
Research Article
- A Bihormonal Closed-Loop Artificial Pancreas for Type 1 Diabetes
An algorithm continuously delivers appropriate insulin and glucagon doses to diabetic patients, maintaining their blood glucose at near-normal values, even after high-carbohydrate meals.
Review
- Exploring New Routes for Neuroprotective Drug Development in Traumatic Brain Injury
The methods and devices used in the clinical management of neurological patients can provide data to facilitate progress in treating brain trauma.
Editors' Choice
- Rx: A Little Sunshine Without Sunscreen?
Low vitamin D levels correlate with reduced lung function, airway constrictions, and decreased response to therapeutic steroids in asthma patients.
- Resisting Insulin Is Futile; It Will Only Cause Stress
Activation of a protein in the insulin signaling pathway reduces the deleterious effects of the cellular stress that accompanies diabetes and obesity.
- Dousing the Flames to Repair Brains
Neuron regeneration in neuroinflammatory diseases may be impeded by the inflammation process itself.
- Addicted to Cancer
While EGFR (ErbB1) and Her2 (ErbB2) have long been known as targets for cancer therapeutics, the third family member, ErbB3, now comes to the forefront in ovarian cancer.
