Would R.D. Lawrence have been interested in the regulation of insulin secretion from pancreatic beta-cells?
Dr Peter Jones gave the 1997 R.D. Lawrence Lecture to the Medical and Scientific Section of the British Diabetic Association. This prestigious award, made to an outstanding young researcher, is named in honour of the man who, with H.G. Wells, founded the British Diabetic Association, and was given to Dr Jones in acknowledgment of his work in the field of islet cell physiology and pathophysiology. In this article, Dr Jones recalls his lecture and describes the principles of intracellular signalling in insulin secretion and the need for beta-cells to live together.
Biomedical Sciences Division, King's College London, UK. peter.jones@kcl.ac.uk
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