In addition, it also usually involves deposits (called plaques) on the interior surface of many arteries; these are composed of LDL and assorted other debris (including platelets).
Anomalies of glucose metabolism are the cause of diabetes mellitus.
Produced in high levels during periods of stress, infection, etc possibly leading to Diabetic ketoacidosis, a very serious condition.
Antigen - The substance in a foreign body which evokes production of antibodies specific to it.
(See ARB).
are all controlled or influenced by the autonomic nervous system.
In the case of diabetes, it refers to low levels of insulin needed for such purposes as controlling cellular amino acid uptake, potassium uptake, etc.
Most Type II diabetics are without clinically obvious symptoms for some time (often years) before they are diagnosed as diabetic.
Autoimmune disease - A condition in which the immune system attack and destroy the tagged protein or cell.
People with Type 2 diabetes may take these pills.
Note that the pancreas is a complex multi-functional organ, and replacement of properly regulated insulin production would be only partial functional duplication; it is likely that an artificial pancreas in a diabetic context would not replace an entire existing organ.
Artery - Blood vessel with muscular walls on the 'supply side' of the blood circulation, in the network of vessels between the left ventricle output and capillary beds throughout...

Stranded travelers fill downtown Greyhound station (The Sacramento Bee)
At the Sacramento Greyhound bus station today, Jessica Owens reads while waiting for her bus. She was headed for Reno from the L.A. area and was delayed for several hours on her journey to visit her parents. Some sleep. Others pace. All wait. The downtown Sacramento Greyhound bus station is teeming with travelers shut off from their holiday destinations, stranded because harsh weather ...
Food comes with side order of friendship (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
Driving a small black Honda with two large food-warmer packs in the back seat, Rudy Guerrero set off recently on his midday route through a humble Southside neighborhood. Guerrero, 45, is a volunteer for Christian Senior Services.
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