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Fracture healing is critical to restoring physical and mechanical properties of bone. However, various co-morbidities result in approximately 10% of fracture non-unions, a major clinical and economic concern. Approximately 100,000 fractures result in non-union each year in the United States. Drug de...

Kidney transplantation is a surgical procedure using a donor kidney to treat an individual with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Common causes of ESRD are diabetes and high blood pressure. Approximately 29 million people in America have diabetes, causing a high demand for kidney transplants. Over 100...

Diabetes is a disease in which the blood glucose levels of an individual are unnaturally high. The development of the disease is caused by a lack of insulin production. The island of Trinidad and Tobago has experienced a dramatic increase in the percentage of citizens who are diabetic, hypertensive,...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disease of impairment in the production of or responsiveness to the pancreatic hormone, insulin. Pediatric patients with diabetes are often deemed to have insulin dependent diabetes (IDDM). Without insulin, children cannot keep their blood glucoses (BG) within a target ra...