Type 1 diabetes is a disorder in which the pancreas ... it is now becoming common in young people also. The graph shows a range of data from 1990 to 2000. Mean body weight has steadily increased ...

Of the two well-known rodent models of human type 1 diabetes (the non-obese diabetic mouse and the BioBreeding rat) the mouse has become the model of choice. Here the authors re-examine the value ...