title: Banting lecture 2011: hyperinsulinemia: cause or consequence?
abstract: The Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award is the American Diabetes Association's highest scientific award and honors an individual who has made significant, long-term contributions to the understanding of diabetes, its treatment, and/or prevention. The award is named after Nobel Prize winner Sir Frederick Banting, who codiscovered insulin treatment for diabetes. Dr. Barbara E. Corkey received the American Diabetes Association's Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement at the Association's 71st Scientific Sessions, 24-28 June 2011, San Diego, California. She presented the Banting Lecture, "Hyperinsulinemia: Cause or Consequence?" on Sunday, 26 June 2011.
authors.affiliation: Obesity Research Center, Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. bcorkey@bu.edu
authors.forename: Barbara E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Corkey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007328:Insulin; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species