http://www.nabt.org/
The National Association of Biology Teachers is a tremendous resource for professional growth and classroom-tested lessons. Useful for grades 7 - university level.
http://www.nsta.org/
The National Association of Science Teachers offers science teachers excellent lessons and activities in their journals. All science disciplines are explored. Suggested for K-12 educators.
http://www.madehow.com/Volume-7/Insulin.html
This is a useful overview of the history and molecular structure of insulin.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/diabetes/index.html?8qa
New York Times focus web site on diabetes. This offers an overview of the disease as well as recent New York Times articles on diabetes.
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
American Diabetes Association
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/Statistics/
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/ndfs_2005.pdf
National Diabetes fact sheet, 2005. Much useful overview information.
http://www.littletree.com.au/dna.htm
Very good information on recombinant DNA technology
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/pancreas/insulin_struct.html
On this site you can manipulate a molecular model of insulin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus
Very good overview of diabetes including molecular representations of insulin.
http://www.omhrc.gov
U.S. Office of Minority Health, division of Health and Human Services. This is a very useful site for data on how disproportionally diabetes affects African Americans and Hispanics.
http://www.genetics.com.au/factsheet/49.htm
Excellent background information on diabetes.
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/yourkidneys/index.htm
Detailed overview of kidney function.
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/index.htm
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse