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Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. Most of the food you eat is broken down into sugar (also called glucose) and released into your bloodstream. When your blood sugar goes up, it signals your pancreas to release insulin. Insulin acts like a key to let the blood sugar into your body’s cells for use as energy. If you have diabetes, your body either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t use the insulin it makes as well as it should. When there isn’t enough insulin or cells stop responding to insulin, too much blood sugar stays in your bloodstream. Over time, that can cause serious health problems, such as heart disease, vision loss, and kidney disease.

Patient Stories
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Examples of Common Treatments Developed With Animal Models

Drug	Usage	Animal Models
Farxiga	Diabetes	Dogs, hamsters, mice, monkeys, pigs, rabbits, rats
Glimepiride	Diabetes	Cats, dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs, mice, monkeys, rats
Glipizide	Diabetes	Cats, dogs, mice, monkeys, pigs, rabbits, rats
Insulin Aspart	Diabetes	Cats, dogs, mice, monkeys, pigs, rabbits, rats
Insulin Glargine	Diabetes	Cats, cows, dogs, fish, mice, monkeys, pigs, rabbits, rats
Invokana	Diabetes	Hamsters, mice, monkeys, pigs, rabbits, rats
Jardiance	Diabetes	Chinchillas, guinea pigs, mice, monkeys, pigs, rabbits, rats
Metformin Hydrochloride	High blood sugar, diabetes	Cats, dogs, frogs, mice, monkeys, pigs, rabbits, rats
Rybelsus	Diabetes	Dogs, hamsters, mice, monkeys, rabbits, rats
Steglatro	Diabetes	Dogs, mice, monkeys, rabbits, rats