Unexpected Turn in Diabetes Research Suggests Reinterpretation of Years of Research

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Unexpected turn in diabetes research suggests reinterpretation of years of research
Date: January 20, 2015
Source: KU Leuven
Summary: Years of diabetes research carried out on mice whose DNA had been altered with a human growth hormone gene is now ripe for reinterpretation after a new study confirms that the gene had an unintended effect on the mice's insulin production, a key variable in diabetes research.
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Roughly 250 published studies about diabetes were conducted using these tainted mice, . . . "In many of them, researchers were looking to see if a given gene played a role in insulin production. The genetically modified mice distort the results because of the human growth hormone, so in many cases the effect of that gene was either overvalued or undervalued. Those results now need to be reinterpreted."
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Click here to read this article - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150120120816.htm
 
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