How Animal Testing and Research is Advancing Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes | Foundatio... - 0 views
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Lottie Peppers on 01 Mar 16Scientists work with animal models to better understand type 2 diabetes to treat the disease. They have developed specialized animal models that mimic the condition. One line of mice, known as KK mice, develop obesity and glucose intolerance that lead to type 2 diabetes. Another rodent model, the Zucker diabetic fatty rat, is bred to be a precise model of human type 2 diabetes.