Therapeutic Perspectives in Type-1 Diabetes [Paperback]

This book provides critical insights into and appraisals ofrecent breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes modulation, with a particular emphasison the potential impact of current prevention and treatment strategies. It alsodiscusses recent successes and failures in clinical trials. Presenting ancomprehensive overview of the disease, it is especially useful for newcomers inthe field. It also includes illustrations, which make it easy for the reader tograsp the basic concepts involved. Furthermore, the tables include concise andeasy-to-understand information on current clinical trials.

Introduction to Diabetes and Type 1 Diabetes.- Triggers Causing Type 1 Diabetes.- Predictors and Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes.- Type 1 Diabetes: Past Present and Future Therapies.


Prachi Singh received her 1st MSc degree in Industrial and Pharmaceutical Sciences from ETH (Zurich) in 2010 and 2nd MSc (research) in Pharmaceutical Science and Technology from National University of Singapore in 2014, working on Dendrimers for drug delivery in type II diabetes.
During the period of 2007-2015, she held several positions such as (i) analytical R&D trainee in Novartis AG, Basel, (ii) occupational trainee at the Pharmacy Australian Centre of Excellence, University of Queensland. She is currently a Research Associate at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) in School of Biological Science.
Her research interests focus in Drug delivery and Analytical Biochemistry. Currently she is working on a relatively new potential technology named Weak Affinity Chromatography in fragment-based screening.

Ganesh R. Kokil is currently pursuing his PhD degree at the School of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, under the supervision of Dr. Harendra S Parekh (medicinal/formulation chemist), Dr. Rakesh N. Veelã-