Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, April 23rd, 2007
Study 1: A report, "The spontaneously diabetic Torii rat with gastroenteropathy," is newly published data in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. "The spontaneously diabetic Torii (SDT) rat was recently recognized as a new animal model of non-obese type 2 diabetes. As the severe diabetic ocular complications seen in SDT rats already have been investigated, we examined another common diabetic complication, gastroenteropathy," researchers in Kyoto, Japan report.
"Male SDT rats developed diabetes at 20 weeks and diarrhea at 28 weeks of age....
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