Sentences with phrase «create better animal models»

Scientists believe having the hybrid embryos help them to create better animal models.

From accelerating the identification and validation of novel therapeutic targets, to creating better animal models of human diseases in a shorter time frame, to reducing the number of failed products, Crispr looks set to shave millions off R&D costs and boost drug discovery, she says.

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«What I've tried to do is create a sustainable organic farming model that is good for the earth, the soil, the animals, and the people working on these farms, and helps revitalize rural communities,» said Albert Straus, CEO and founder of Straus Family Creamery.

Wild H5N1 viruses can not latch on tothe cells in a person's nose and throat, but the mutant strains created by Fouchier and Kawaoka can spread between ferrets, which are viewed as a good animal model of flu transmission between humans.

In the end, three companies formed to try to exploit CRISPR to create novel medicines, while Broad and two other companies licensed the technology to partners that hoped to engineer everything from improved crops and livestock to better animal models and industrial chemicals.

When using a well established model of colorectal cancer, the researchers observed that dietary emulsifier consumption was sufficient to make the animals more susceptible to developing colonic tumors because this created and maintained a pro-inflammatory environment associated with an altered proliferation / apoptosis (cell death) balance.

We have created the first such animal model through the expression of C3, and it recreates many of the features of dry as well as wet AMD.

The lack of accurate predictive cell culture models and the unreliability of animal studies have created a need for better approaches to recapitulate kidney function in vitro.

They also developed their art skills by drawing sketches of their animals and then making a model of it using chicken wire, as well as creating a representation of it's habitat.

Information is transmitted to a satellite when the animals surface to breathe and is used to create computer models that will better predict ocean circulation patterns.

It began with providing support to local animal rescue groups and shelters and creating innovative model programs, such as a public animal help resource line, the Best Friends Brigades, pet super adoptions (now known as NKLA Super Adoptions) and celebrity - driven national pet adoption PSAs.

October 12, 2017 Maddie's Fund, a national family foundation established by Dave and Cheryl Duffield to revolutionize the status and well - being of companion animals, has awarded a three - year $ 573,536 grant to Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) in Tucson, AZ, to create a large - scale, high volume foster program, as a model program for other U.S. shelters to follow.

In addition to these on - site responsibilities, Mike is tasked with innovating new solutions in areas such as Length of Stay, Animal Care and Enrichment, Dog Behavior and Training solutions for the last 5 %, Volunteer engagement and retention, and creating national No - Kill models and best practices.

Now retired, the former Director of Animal Services and Bylaws in Calgary is credited with creating what is considered by many to be the best animal control model in the Animal Services and Bylaws in Calgary is credited with creating what is considered by many to be the best animal control model in the animal control model in the world.

«What I've tried to do is create a sustainable organic farming model that is good for the earth, the soil, the animals, and the people working on these farms, and helps revitalize rural communities.»

Recognizing that even within more stringent animal welfare conditions imposed by organic certification schemes cows are stilled killed when they stop producing milk and young bulls have no better a fate than in industrial farming, the residents of the Manor (given to the community by George Harrison in the early 1970s) have created a model for compassionate, environmentally sustainable and low - carbon dairy farming for the 21st century.