Chilly cages may skew disease studies in lab mice

Thermal stress hides uptick in inflammation when rodents fed high-cholesterol diet

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NOT COOL  The chilly temperatures that many lab mice live in could impact study results. 

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Keeping mice in cold cages hides the effects of diet on metabolic disorders. Warming up those mice might lead to more reliable study results, researchers conclude in a study published online November 5 in Cell Metabolism.