Thurmond study (IMAGE) City of Hope Caption Led by Debbie Thurmond, Ph.D., the Chan Soon-Shiong Shapiro Distinguished Chair in Diabetes and director of the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope, along with Miwon Ahn, Ph.D., City of Hope assistant research professor, researchers fed genetically modified mice a high-fat diet, restricting the ability to maintain healthy control of their blood sugar. Credit Photo Credit: City of Hope Usage Restrictions Licensed to City of Hope License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.