Novel Approaches for Diabetes
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 8483
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The research in the field of diabetes has made tremendous progress over the last century. However, this coincided with a major worldwide change in the lifestyle of human society, which has outpaced the research, resulting in increasing rates of diabetes since mid-1980s.
There are many factors that contribute to the development of this family of diseases, the main three being insulin resistance, loss of glucose sensing by pancreatic islets, and loss of islets themselves due to autoimmunity. Our understanding of the detailed mechanisms of the pathophysiology of diabetes is not a regular progress and frequently depends on the advances in the research technology and novel approaches for studying the disease.
The Special Issue “Novel Approaches for Diabetes” welcomes original research and technological developments related to pancreatic hormone secretion, glucose homeostasis, or energy metabolism. The essential criterion is the presence of a non-medical and non-biological component, such as microfluidics, spectroscopy, analytical chemistry, data science, or mathematical modeling. We particularly welcome works from scientists whose main area of expertise lies outside of the diabetes field. The manuscripts submitted will be peer-reviewed by a panel of experts followed by a fast-tracked editorial decision.
Dr. Andrei Tarasov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- diabetes mellitus
- glucose homeostasis
- pancreatic islets
- energy metabolism
- real-time assays
- physiology and pharmacology
- microfluidics
- recombinant sensors
- data science
- mathematical modelling
- vibrational spectroscopy
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