New Horizons: Basal Insulin

Authors

Miriam Lulusa, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Stephen Lee, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sara Reece, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow
Jennifer Elliott, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

The widespread use of insulin can be credited with saving and prolonging the lives of people with diabetes for nearly a century. However, long before insulin's role in glucose management was realized, the mystery of the pancreas first had to be solved. In 1869, a German medical student by the name of Paul Langerhans noted that deceased patients with diabetes often had damaged pancreases. He identified clusters of cells within these organs that would later be shown to play a vital role in the production of insulin- the beta cells.

Publication Title

AADE in Practice

Volume

4

Issue

2

First Page

32

Last Page

36

Comments

This article was published in AADE in Practice, Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 32-36.

Copyright © 2016 Sage.

Recommended Citation

Lulusa, Miriam; Lee, Stephen; Reece, Sara; and Elliott, Jennifer, "New Horizons: Basal Insulin" (2016). PCOM Scholarly Works. 1655.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/1655