Description

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Abstract:

In chronicling the life and death of a woman who developed diabetes as a teenager, this case study explores such basic science topics as metabolism, hormones, cell receptors, eye anatomy, and immunology as well as issues in nutrition, exercise, stem cell research, transplantation, drug delivery systems, genetic engineering, and health care. The case has been used in a physiology course as part of a unit on metabolism and hormonal control.

Subject:

Life Science

Level:

High School, Community College / Lower Division

Material Type:

Case Study

Author:

Clyde Freeman Herreid

Provider:

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

Provider Set:

Case Study Collection

Date Added:

01/01/2002