Editedby
Kenneth Maiese

2010

Vital Elements in Biology and Medicine

Disorders that involve a broad array of conditions, such as atherosclerosis, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, neurodegeneration, infertility,or autoimmune disease, affect a wide spectrum of the world’s population leading to significant disability or untimely demise. For example, metabolic disorders that include diabetes mellitus occur in greater than 16 million individuals in the United States and more than 165 million individuals worldwide.