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Sep 04 2009

Surprisingly Skinny Mice Could Point the Way to Obesity and Diabetes Treatments

Published by ErinC under news

Scientists who are studying mice with a mutation that makes them resistant to obesity even in the face of a high-fat diet may have identified a new way to treat both obesity and diabetes.
Carrying extra weight is known to trigger a state of chronic, low-grade inflammation in the body, which can lead to insulin resistance [...]

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