with the production of adrenal steroids, leading to clinical use of the drug in hormone-dependent cancers. In Argentina she studied the effects of diabetes, insulin and pituitary hormones on protein synthesis and vascular metabolism. As a visiting scientist in England, she examined effects of diabetes on basement membranes. In Israel, Cohen discovered the increased prevalence of diabetes in young Ethiopian immigrants and linked it to radical changes in dietary habits. She has also researched immune factors diabetes and the cause of kidney, eye and vascular complications tied to diabetes, uncovering the role of increased nonenzymatic glycation in their genesis and identifying abnormalities in the production of matrix components and in signaling pathways inhibition. Publishing Cohen has authored and edited numerous books in the areas of diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism. These include: Diabetes and Protein Glycosylation: Methods of Measurement and Biologic Relevance; Springer Verlag, New York(1986) The Polyol Paradigm and Complications of Diabetes; Springer Verlag, New York (1987) Special Topics in Endocrinology and Metabolism; Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York(1979) ; (1980) ; (1981) ; (1982); (1983) ; (1984) ; (1985) Endocrinology & Metabolism: Hormone Resistance and Endocrine Paradoxes;Springer Verlag, New York (1987) Controversies in Diabetes and Pregnancy; Springer Verlag, New York (1988) The Brain as an Endocrine Organ; Springer Verlag, New York(1989) Diabetes and Autoimmunity; Springer Verlag, New York (1990) Diabetes and Protein Glycation. Clinical and Pathophysiological Relevance;JC Press, Philadelphia(1996) Personal life Cohen married her college boyfriend, Perry M. Cohen, an investment banker, and she is the mother of three sons:. References External links Exocell website Glycadia website Living people Wayne State University faculty University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey faculty University of Michigan Medical School alumni University of Buenos Aires alumni American diabetologists American medical researchers American endocrinologists Women endocrinologists American company founders American women company founders Physicians from Michigan American medical writers Women medical writers American women business executives American women physicians American women academics American women scientists American medical academics American women non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women Fulbright alumni