Purified diets, with amino acids as the protein source
The ease of modifying purified diets, with amino acids as the protein source, allowed to make such formulations that could be used in lieu of complex procedures like myeloablation and could make the process of HSCs engraftment an easy procedure in rodents.
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Research Diets’ own Dr. Laura Griffin publishes paper showing that use of genetically diverse mouse strains may help translatability to humans
Despite evidence suggesting that natural products protect against obesity and metabolic syndrome in cell culture and animal models, results oftentimes do not translate in human clinical trials. One possible explanation for this finding is the...

Publication: A Translational Mouse Model for NASH
An interesting publication using NASH diets ...
A Translational Mouse Model for NASH with Advanced Fibrosis and Atherosclerosis Expressing Key Pathways of Human Pathology
Anita M. van den Hoek 1,*, Lars Verschuren 2, Nicole Worms 1, Anita van...

Targeted Nutrient Modifications in Purified Diets Differentially Affect Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Metabolic Disease Development in Rodent Models
Sridhar Radhakrishnan, Jia-Yu Ke, Michael A Pellizzon
Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 4, Issue 6, June 2020
ABSTRACT
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a complex spectrum of disorders ranging from simple benign steatosis to more...

Diet is important in changing the microbiome
Here’s a link to a recent Time magazine article on the microbiome:
http://time.com/5360407/microbiome-diet-gut-health/
It references work by our customer, Krzysztof Czaja.
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Research Diets scientist quoted in Nature article
In last month’s Nature Medicine, Dan Engber wrote a nice article about the efforts to standardize high-fat diets to make rodents obese, and the pitfalls of a ‘one diet fits all’ approach. He also points out the lack of attention that is generally...

Fiber Is Good for You. Now Scientists May Know Why.
Research Diets formulated diets for the Gewirtz lab referenced in this article http://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/science/food-fiber-microbiome-inflammation.html

Are you choosing the right diets to make your mice fat?
A recently published review article summarizes multiple studies in this area and has revealed some startling observations.
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Intestinal Health: Are you choosing the right type of diet for your lab animals?
Are you familiar with the difference between a grain based chow and a purified ingredient diet? RDI's Senior Scientist Dr.Michael Pellizzon talks about differences between these two types of diets and how they can influence the intestinal health...

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- Purified diets, with amino acids as the protein source
- Research Diets’ own Dr. Laura Griffin publishes paper showing that use of genetically diverse mouse strains may help translatability to humans
- Publication: A Translational Mouse Model for NASH
- Targeted Nutrient Modifications in Purified Diets Differentially Affect Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Metabolic Disease Development in Rodent Models
- Mycotoxins and Endotoxin Content Vary Between Different Batches of Grain-Based Diets
- Diet is important in changing the microbiome
- Research Diets scientist quoted in Nature article
- Fiber Is Good for You. Now Scientists May Know Why.
- Are you choosing the right diets to make your mice fat?
- Intestinal Health: Are you choosing the right type of diet for your lab animals?