Book chapter
Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine in Diabetes: An Overview
Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine in Diabetes, pp.15-25
CRC Press
2012
DOI: 10.1201/b11775-3
Abstract
Diabetes is a rapidly growing chronic disease that affects more than 220 million people around the world (WHO, factsheet 2011). The serious complications of the disease include lower limb amputations, blindness and cardiovascular disease (WHO, factsheet 2011). Frequent monitoring of blood glucose levels is effective in reducing disease related complications. The current technique for monitoring blood glucose levels involves using the finger prick blood glucose test. The limitations of this test are that it is painful and is unable to detect the large fluctuations in blood glucose levels between sampling time points.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine in Diabetes: An Overview
- Creators
- Denison J KuruvillaAliasger K Salem - University of Iowa, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics
- Contributors
- Lan-Anh Le (Editor)Victor R Preedy (Editor)Ross J Hunter (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine in Diabetes, pp.15-25
- DOI
- 10.1201/b11775-3
- Publisher
- CRC Press; Boca Raton
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2012
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Dental Research; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9983986527402771
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