An experiment on older mice will help improve people's quality of life
2019-06-20
Scientists from Russia and Sweden are working under a grant from the Russian National Research Foundation to investigate the causes of metabolic disorders that lead to type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). To find a switch that increases or decreases the sensitivity of cells to insulin, including during exercise, physiologists modeled this disease in mice. Such an experiment will be conducted for the first time in rodents whose age corresponds to 50-80 years of human life. The relationship between metabolic syndrome and sarcopenia will also be studied. The data obtained will help develop new approaches to treating these ailments and improve the quality of life for people of pre-retirement and retirement age.
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