The Islets of Langerhans (Paperback, 2010 ed.)

When new fellows join my lab, I give them some reading materials so that they can orient themselves in their assignment in a new eld. When fellows leave my lab, some after writing their dissertations, I prefer to give them a book as a symbolic present. I was longing for a book that contained something on more or less eve- thing about the islets. At the same time, I wished it contained information as recent as possible. There are a few such books in the market but they are pretty outdated. I started picking islets myself from October 1990, when I joined the Rolf Luft Center, Karolinska Institutet. Over the years my fascination for islet research remained high. Since last year, I felt a stronger urge to do more for these mysterious and hidden mini-organs that are directly or indirectly involved in the pathogenesis of all forms of diabetes that affects ?250 million people in the world. After I launched the Islet (landesbioscience. com/journals/islets) and founded the Islet Society (isletso- ety. org), there was a momentum that could be utilized to create something equally meaningful i. e. this book. The idea cracked in September 2008. Starting September 19, 2008, I contacted an estimated 90% of the authors who published anything on the islets during 2007-2008 and who could be traced from the internet.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 654
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	2010
Editors:	MD Shahidul Islam
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 47mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	798
Edition:	2010 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400731943
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Endocrinology > Diabetes Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Cellular biology > General
LSN:	9400731949
Barcode:	9789400731943

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