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Indian scientists caused Type II diabetes to occur in fish by altering their diet; specifically, fish were fed increased amounts of palmitate, a free fatty acid.
 
The research has implications in the treatment and prevention of diabetes in humans.

Diabetes developed in fish

Hindustan Times - 3/13/2006 1:46 AM

Indian scientists have succeeded in inducing the most prevalent type 2 diabetes in a freshwater fish, which could turn out to be a convenient animal model to treat the disease.
 
The disease, which accounts for 95 per cent cases of the disorder, was induced by feeding the Indian perch (Anabas testudineus) with a compound called palmitate. This compound belongs to a class called free fatty acid, which is among the major reasons for developm
 
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