‘World’s fattest mouse’ appears immune to diabetes
August 24, 2007 | Source: NewScientist.com news service
The “world’s fattest mice,” genetically engineered to overproduce a key hormone, weigh five times as much as normal mice do, but bizarrely do not develop diabetes, reveals a new study by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center scientists.
The findings shed light on how current diabetes medications work and point to new drug targets to treat the disease, say the study’s researchers.