Essays Tagged: "Islets of Langerhans"

Treating Diabetes with Transplanted Cells

and young adults was lethal. In the 1990's investigators found that a hormone, that was produced in Islets of Langerhans, was not being produced in diabetes patients. This hormone, called insulin, ena ... se values within normal from the begging is needed. An ideal treatment would be the implantation of islets. This, in theory, would only have to be done once and would insure proper insulin production. ...

(5 pages) 66 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

A 35 minute essay on Homeostasis in living organisms

at from the electron carrier chain and increased metabolism.Blood glucose level is monitored by the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. In these islets, the a-cells produce glucagon, while the b-cel ...

(3 pages) 61 0 2.0 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Biology essay on feedback mechanisms

ors of the pancreas are responsible for monitoring the blood glucose levels. The alpha-cells of the Islets of Langerhans release glucagons when glucose levels are low. Glucagons promote the conversion ... be compensated for by the new supply of glucose brought about from glucagons. The beta cells of the Islets of Langerhans release insulin when the levels of glucose in the blood is high. Insulin promot ...

(3 pages) 56 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Diabetes Mellitus.

les taken from the pancreas of people with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus show that the beta cells of the Islets of Langerhans have been progressively destroyed by attack from the cells that normally defend ...

(11 pages) 165 0 4.3 Oct/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Adult Onset Diabetes

Banting and a young medical student named Charles Best. They succeeded in isolating the pancreatic islets (islets of Langerhans) and broke them down to find the substance that lowers glucose levels, ...

(5 pages) 87 0 3.7 Nov/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Diabetes

in the organ of the body called the pancreas? (Web MD). Inside of the pancreas are cells called the islets of Langerhans (Dolger and Seeman 16). Inside of the islets of Langerhans are specialized cell ...

(7 pages) 59 0 1.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Diabetes Mellitus

betes is an autoimmune disorder in which the body's own immune system attacks the beta cells in the Islets of Langerhans of the pancreas, destroying them or damaging them sufficiently to reduce and ev ...

(8 pages) 96 0 4.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

The author of this essay will be discussing a patient with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

type 2, (Burden, 2003a). Type 1 diabetes is characterised by the destruction of the Beta cells. The Islets of Langerhans within the pancreas contain two types of cells, Alpha cells and Beta cells. Alp ...

(12 pages) 102 1 3.0 May/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine