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==Materials (Bring Downstairs)==
==Materials (Bring to Room)==
*Glucometer - AccuChek Advantage
*Glucometer - AccuChek Advantage
*Glucose Test Strips - AccuChek Comfort Curve or equivalent
*Glucose Test Strips - AccuChek Comfort Curve or equivalent
*Scale
*Scale
*Beaker for weighing mice
*Beaker for weighing mice
*echoMRI if the mice differ in body fat levels (see [[#Taking_into_Account_Differences_in _Fat_Mass]])
*echoMRI if the mice differ in body fat levels (see below)
*Syringes
*Syringes
*0.1 U/mL humulin in PBS (make as 10uL of 100 U/mL in 10 mL, sterile filtered). This will correspond to 1 U/kg injections.  If you are using a higher or lower dose of insulin, add more or less to the 10 mL of PBS, so that injections are 10 uL/g of mass.
*0.1 U/mL humulin in PBS (make as 10uL of 100 U/mL in 10 mL, sterile filtered). This will correspond to 1 U/kg injections.  If you are using a higher or lower dose of insulin, add more or less to the 10 mL of PBS, so that injections are 10 uL/g of mass.