Fat: Beyond Energy Storage
(1) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER-P), Pune, India Abstract The rapidly increasing epidemic of obesity has stimulated substantial research focused on fat metabolism. For the…
Why Blood Sugar Goes Up
(1) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER-P), Pune, India Abstract Readers are bound to wonder why in a book on diabetes we have not discussed blood…
A Darwinian Way of Thinking
(1) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER-P), Pune, India Abstract Ernest Rutherford, a renowned physicist of the last century, is not only known for his discoveries…
Why Population Density Matters
(1) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER-P), Pune, India Abstract After having traveled from ecology to physiology, endocrinology, metabolism, and immunology, we will return once again…
Beating Around the “Wrong” Bush?
(1) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER-P), Pune, India Abstract It is time now to address the most important question as to why T2D is largely…
Where Do We Go From Here?
(1) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER-P), Pune, India Abstract A famous musician was once asked how he visualized music after 20 years. He replied, “If…
The Rise and Fall of Thrift
(1) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER-P), Pune, India Abstract If we are set to search for an alternative picture, where do we need to begin…
Deploying the Immunological Garrison
(1) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER-P), Pune, India Abstract Many of the comorbidities of the metabolic syndrome are now known to be due to inflammatory…
Time to Give Up Stress
(1) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER-P), Pune, India Abstract A book on diabetes will remain grossly incomplete if we do not talk about stress. We…
Behavioral Deficiencies and Behavioral Supplementation
(1) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER-P), Pune, India Abstract At the core of the new paradigm of T2D is the concept that behavioral mechanisms are…
