Insulin Use Advantages and Disadvantages for Diabetics

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• Diabetes

  As with any food, portions are important for calorie control and diabetics should avoid weight gain.

• What mistakes did Eli Lilly make in its product development efforts? Why were those mistakes made?

  First, it made the use of animal extracts and used it in human patients. Second, the purity of the insulin was not high enough. Third, the time period over which insulin was absorbed was not regulated and the absorption was sudden.

• Diabetes Case Study

  Type 1 diabetes cannot be prevented and usually involves episodes of low blood sugar. In type 2 diabetes, a person doesn't have enough (too little) insulin or cannot use the insulin they have effectively.

• Elasticity of demand and alcohol consumption

  This is the case with insulin medication, since for diabetics it would not matter the price, they need insulin to live so the demand would stay the same. However for alcohol, it is quite different.

• Regulating Plasma Glucose: Insulin and Glucagon Function

  Insulin is responsible not only for the uptake of glucose by muscle and adipose cells but also is a required stimulus for storage of glucose as glycogen, synthesis of fats from glucose and uptake of amino acids.

• Statistical data from a pharmaceutical company

  A pharmaceutical company conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a new inhaled form of insulin for the treatment of diabetes.

• Discuss medical and commercial use of gene transfer and gene modification.

  In the past, human insulin for diabetics was obtained by genetically-engineered bacteria from pigs.

• Risks with uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes

  Sedentary lifestyle can lead to inefficient use of insulin by cells and develop insulin resistance or insulin sensitivity. In any of those situations, excess insulin transforms food into fat (Lifestylenurses.com, 2010). 5.

• Corporate Venture Capital Structures

  ., that is developing and selling a device that acts as an artificial pancreas for diabetics.