Chapter 1 Diabetes?the Clinical Problem -- chapter 2 Normal Metabolic Physiology -- Glucose -- chapter Proteins -- chapter Measurement of glucose transport in vitro -- chapter 3 Type 1 Diabetes -- Definition -- chapter 4 Type 2 Diabetes -- chapter Research questions and directions -- chapter Measurement of insulin secretion -- chapter References and reviews -- chapter 5 Aetiology of Complications in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes -- chapter The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) -- chapter Pathogenesis -- chapter Research questions and directions -- chapter Practical exercises -- chapter 6 Critical Pathways to Establish a Career in Diabetes Research -- Getting started -- chapter Researching the literature and publishing diabetes-related research Researching the literature -- chapter Publishing diabetes-related research -- chapter Diabetes Metabolism: Research and Reviews -- chapter South Africa.