Celiac disease is not unique to humans.\u00a0 Some types of monkey also suffer from the disease.<\/p>\n

Wheat may not be in the diet of your average monkey, but there is good reason to be interested in animals with celiac disease.<\/p>\n

Scientists studying celiac disease need an \u201canimal model\u201d for the disease so that they can better study it.<\/p>\n

An animal model means that a disease mechanism similar to that found in humans is identified in an animal.\u00a0 The symptoms may not be the same, and the animal may react differently from the human, but at least scientists can study the disease, and how different treatments might affect the outcome of the disease.<\/p>\n

Scientists tested a group of captive rhesus macaques with chronic diarrhea.\u00a0 Some were found to test positive for celiac disease, using ELISA-based antibody tests.<\/p>\n

These monkeys were given a gluten-free diet, and their symptoms disappeared.\u00a0 Symptoms returned when they started eating gluten again.<\/p>\n

Poor monkeys!<\/p>\n

The scientists of course were happy to have animals on which to test treatments and study celiac disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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