Description |
307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-278) and index. |
Contents |
Diabetic utopia -- Insulin's poster girl -- The burden of control -- The diabetes queen -- Rewarding failure, punishing excellence -- You have to be brave, or else it hurts -- New lows -- Dr. Bernstein's solution -- High-tech tradeoffs -- Pushing back the horizon -- The magical beta cell -- The trials of a maverick scientist -- -- The price of survival -- Survivor tales. |
Subject |
Diabetes -- Popular works.
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ISBN |
0618514619 |
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9781448709083 Paw Prints |
Standard No. |
9780618514618 |
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