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Obesity and Diabetes
Data on obesity and diabetes published by researchers at National Institutes of Health
December 11th, 2006
Investigators publish new data in the report "NOD mouse model for Sjögren's syndrome: lack of longitudinal stability." According to a study from the United States, "The non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse is not only a widely used model for diabetes mellitus type I, but also for the chronic autoimmune disease Sjögren's syndrome (SS), mainly affecting salivary and lacrimal glands. We studied the efficacy of local recombinant serotype 2 adeno-associated viral (rAAV2) vector transfer of immunomodulatory transgenes to alter the SS-like disease in NOD mice." "Data collected over a 2-year period indicated a changing SS phenotype in these mice and this phenomenon was investigated....
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2006-12-11)
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