amylin causes in vivo insulin resistance and the liver seems the predominant organ regulated by this hormone. The in vivo effects of amylin mimic the pathophysiological abnormalities of insulin action in Type 2 diabetes.

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NAT.URE 491 and those whose thorough training in the subject fits them to become, after the necessary experience, selfreliant research workers. Briefly, then, the committee's recommendations for dealing with this urgent problem are : (1) that bacteriology should be recognized, in and elsewhere, as an independent science ; (2) that research scholarships in bacteriology should be established in universities and research institutes ; and (3) that industry should recognize the value of the trained bacteriologist and should offer him status and prospects which are attractive. In the minds of those conversant with the subject, no doubt exists as to the magnitude of the contribution which bacteriologists can make to the history of progress. The committee feels strongly that this contribution will be more effective and much more quickly realized if the suggestions it has made are considered, at an early date, jointly by the two groups mainly concerned, namely, those who train bacteriologists,' and those who employ them.

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