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Blood Glucose Regulation & Diabetes Biochemistry

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Blood glucose is held within a tight window (fasting 70–100 mg/dL) by an exquisitely balanced interplay of insulin against the counter-regulatory hormones glucagon, cortisol, adrenaline and growth hormone. This note builds the biochemical logic from hormone action through the molecular lesions of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the diagnostic role of HbA1c, the metabolic crises (DKA vs HHS) and the polyol pathway behind

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