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How Fruit Flies Help Diabetes Research

In a recent research conducted on fruit flies, it was found that overfeeding them with carbohydrates and proteins resulted in not only weight gain but also insulin resistance and shortened life span. This study provides new avenues of research for the study of diabetes in humans, especially in the backdrop of increasing rate of Type 2 diabetics in the United States.

Biologists from the Southern Methodist University at Dallas TX reported they had developed a new tool that would help fellow researchers in better understanding this deadly metabolic condition. They were able to reach this conclusion through the manipulation of diets in healthy adult fruit flies. They had induced the development of insulin resistance in these fruit flies, which is one of the clear indications of having Type 2 diabetes. [click to continue…]

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