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Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes transmitted to others

... those pancreases would develop IAPP clumps of their own. They then genetically modified mice to possess human ... mice were given IAPP bundles, their pancreases made their own IAPP clusters. To their great surprise, however, healthy ... brain where they passed the damage on to the person’s own prion proteins. Furthermore, Alzheimer's disease, ...

Replacement pancreas grown in a rat

... a mixture of mouse and rat cells. Critically the rat's own DNA had been genetically edited to deactivate a gene ... mice with a form of diabetes caused by the loss of their own pancreatic cells. Other than administering a short 5 day ...

E.coli bacteria

Gut feeling: bacteria and diabetes

... diabetes. This form of diabetes is caused by the body’s own immune system attacking insulin-secreting cells in the ... the bacteria living inside us will help us understand our own health and disease. Intestinal bacteria can trigger the ...