tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post1967363483987306410..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: Why Rodent Diabetes Research is IrrelevantJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-64504992500300361852008-08-05T18:26:00.000-04:002008-08-05T18:26:00.000-04:00David,I do not know enough about the NOD mouse to ...David,<BR/><BR/>I do not know enough about the NOD mouse to comment intelligently, but since humans with "type 1" diabetes have various different genetic make ups it is not likely that the mouse model is all that close to the various human causes for autoimmune diabetes. <BR/><BR/>But mice have very different physiologies, pancreases etc, from humans. That is why none of the mouse diabetes "curesJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-4130289745328193002008-08-05T18:17:00.000-04:002008-08-05T18:17:00.000-04:00What about our Type I research friend, the nonobes...What about our Type I research friend, the nonobese diabetic mouse?<BR/><BR/>DavidDavid Yolleckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041528266130601018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-71124231602318956782008-07-30T07:31:00.000-04:002008-07-30T07:31:00.000-04:00The Sedge Warbler is a small transsaharan migrant ...The Sedge Warbler is a small transsaharan migrant bird. In order to make the journey they double their weight rapidly. They do this by eating insects - but what I didn't realise until recently is they eat high carb insects! Plum reed aphids are stuffed full of sugars from the plant sap they suck.<BR/>Smaller creatures are more affected by food shortages so it would make evolutionary sense that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com