[ noun ] hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells <noun.body>
Can "Masterpiece Theatre" make a compelling human story out of the discovery of insulin?
Many physicians recommend Type I diabetics draw blood as often as four times daily to regulate their insulin dosage, Finegold said. Physicians often recommend that pregnant diabetics draw blood samples as many as seven times each day.
In obese diabetics, the body has too much insulin because it is burning more fats than sugars.
Lilly, based in Indianapolis, is the world's largest producer of insulin, which is used by diabetics.
The hybrid pancreas consists of a plastic housing containing a coiled membrane surrounded by living pancreas cells that regulate the amount of insulin produced according to the blood sugar level.
The plastic-wrapped cells, acting like a minipancreas, were able to sense the precise amount of insulin needed to offset blood sugar levels and then pump it out into the surrounding bloodstream.
He said the kidnappers gave him insulin for his diabetes.
Magaldi was involved in the case of von Bulow, who was acquitted in a second trial in 1985 of twice trying to murder his heiress wife with insulin injections at their Newport mansion.
Lupoi said Ceausescu was a diabetic but refused to take his daily dose of insulin during his last three days.
In the first tests, the insulin aerosol irritated the nasal membranes.
IAPP, like insulin, is produced by normal pancreatic cells, but O'Brien said the researchers have evidence that an excessive amount is produced in adult-onset diabetics.
"I was one of the guinea pigs when Eli Lilly was trying to mass-produce insulin in Indianapolis back in 1922," Ubben said. "In those days, they figured that if you had diabetes, you didn't have a chance.
CDC Life is a supplier of vaccines and insulin and provides scientific research services.
Darlene Freeman, FAA deputy associate administrator for aviation standards, told the House subcommittee on the Civil Service the agency offers administrative jobs to controllers who take insulin for diabetes or AZT to combat AIDS.
It operates with a dosage-measuring dial, replaceable insulin cartridges and disposable needles, so it can be carried in a pocket, purse or briefcase and used away from home.
The hormone is produced by a method similar to that used to make synthetic human insulin.
Boegl said the nurses gave the patients, who reportedly ranged in age from 75 to 80, overdoses of insulin or a sleeping medication or forced infusions of water into their lungs.
And more and more diabetics are using convenient pre-filled injection 'pens'. An alternative hi-tech delivery system is the insulin pump, which infuses insulin slowly and steadily into the patient's bloodstream.
And more and more diabetics are using convenient pre-filled injection 'pens'. An alternative hi-tech delivery system is the insulin pump, which infuses insulin slowly and steadily into the patient's bloodstream.
Cohen said an AIDS-afflicted prisoner died of pneumonia, a diabetic from lack of insulin; the other deaths are alleged to have resulted from improper diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks and cancer.
The pancreas, a pear-shaped organ behind the stomach, produces insulin, a hormone needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy.
The FAA says that since the insulin policy was put into effect in December, the agency's flight surgeon, Dr. Robert McMeekin, has issued instructions that 22 controllers taking insulin can no longer work at radar screens.
The FAA says that since the insulin policy was put into effect in December, the agency's flight surgeon, Dr. Robert McMeekin, has issued instructions that 22 controllers taking insulin can no longer work at radar screens.
If it can be successfully implanted in humans, the device could enable diabetics to control glucose or blood-sugar levels without daily injections of insulin.
Although Princeton, N.J.-based Squibb Corp. and two Danish companies are still underdogs to the formidable leader, Lilly no longer has a hammerlock on the market for insulin products that millions of diabetics must use every day.
And my parents were highly skeptical of insulin." _ Urvan Ubben, 77, who in 1922 became one of the first people to test insulin and is now regarded by experts as possibly the world's oldest surviving diabetic.
And my parents were highly skeptical of insulin." _ Urvan Ubben, 77, who in 1922 became one of the first people to test insulin and is now regarded by experts as possibly the world's oldest surviving diabetic.
In the past century, researchers there developed the radical mastectomy for breast cancer, built the first renal dialysis apparatus, crystallized insulin and made many other key contributions.
Prolactin is linked to the body's use of insulin, which scientists have known for years has caused fat production, he said.
An insulin reaction in 1986 caused him to fall while walking from one room to another in his apartment.