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Session 8: Understanding Insulin Resistance – The Root Cause of Type 2 Diabetes

This session will focus on the cellular and molecular basis of insulin resistance in liver, muscle and white adipose tissue in both humans and animal models of type 2 diabetes.
A simple unifying hypothesis for how ectopic lipid causes insulin resistance in these tissues will also be discussed.

Here is a recent review article of Dr. Shulman’s research.

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Session 7: Adipose Tissue in Health and Disease

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Session 9: Big Data, Health, Wearables and COVID-19