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Researchers have found that low birth weight in mice can hinder the pancreas’ ability to produce enough insulin, causing an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School...
Because studies of mice are generally good predictors of human biology, the study has implications for people born with low birth weights, according to the Center’s press release...
...birth weight is defined as less than five-and-a-half pounds...
...were trying to find out the mechanism by which low birth weight increases diabetes risk,” said lead investigator and HMS Associate Professor of Medicine Mary-Elizabeth Patti...
...birth, the babies of the second group of mice weighed 23 percent less than the control group...