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This book will assemble the views of many of the world's experts in
the field of viruses and diabetes. It will look critically at some
unanswered questions, in the field. Among these, How do viruses
destroy or modify the pancreatic islet? Which viruses are involved?
What is the role of virus-induced cytokines> Could vaccines
prevent virus-induced diabetes? Until recent technological
advances, progress in the understanding of the relationship between
viruses and diabetes has been hampered. New technologies are
helping shed new light on these mysteries. This will be the first
comprehensive volume on this topic.
This book will assemble the views of many of the world's experts in
the field of viruses and diabetes. It will look critically at some
unanswered questions, in the field. Among these, How do viruses
destroy or modify the pancreatic islet? Which viruses are involved?
What is the role of virus-induced cytokines> Could vaccines
prevent virus-induced diabetes? Until recent technological
advances, progress in the understanding of the relationship between
viruses and diabetes has been hampered. New technologies are
helping shed new light on these mysteries. This will be the first
comprehensive volume on this topic.
Red giant and supergiant stars have long been favorites of
professional 6 and amateur astronomers. These enormous stars emit
up to 10 times more energy than the Sun and, so, are easy to study.
Some of them, specifically the pulsating long-period variables,
significantly change their size, brightness, and color within about
a year, a time scale of interest to a single human being. Some
aspects of the study of red giant stars are similar to the study of
pre-main-sequence stars. For example, optical astronomy gives us a
tantalizing glimpse of star forming regions but to really investi
gate young stars and protostars requires infrared and radio
astronomy. The same is true of post-main-sequence stars that are
losing mass. Optical astronomers can measure the atomic component
of winds from red giant stars that are undergoing mass loss at
modest rates 6 (M $ 10- M9/yr.). But to see dust grains and
molecules properly, 5 especially in stars with truly large mass
loss rates, ~ 10- M9/yr, one requires IR and radio astronomy. As
this stage of copious mass loss only lasts for ~105 years one might
be tempted to ask, "who cares?".
Red giant and supergiant stars have long been favorites of
professional 6 and amateur astronomers. These enormous stars emit
up to 10 times more energy than the Sun and, so, are easy to study.
Some of them, specifically the pulsating long-period variables,
significantly change their size, brightness, and color within about
a year, a time scale of interest to a single human being. Some
aspects of the study of red giant stars are similar to the study of
pre-main-sequence stars. For example, optical astronomy gives us a
tantalizing glimpse of star forming regions but to really investi
gate young stars and protostars requires infrared and radio
astronomy. The same is true of post-main-sequence stars that are
losing mass. Optical astronomers can measure the atomic component
of winds from red giant stars that are undergoing mass loss at
modest rates 6 (M $ 10- M9/yr.). But to see dust grains and
molecules properly, 5 especially in stars with truly large mass
loss rates, ~ 10- M9/yr, one requires IR and radio astronomy. As
this stage of copious mass loss only lasts for ~105 years one might
be tempted to ask, "who cares?".
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