Sentences with phrase «for studying disease»

With most of the same genes as humans, but far easier to manipulate and study, mice are essential tools for studying disease.

The data sets can reveal basic biology, provide a reference for studying disease, and allow computational biologists to test new analysis tools.

As a result, they contain a complete set of the genes that resulted in that disease — representing the potential of an almost perfect disease model for studying disease development, new drugs and treatments.

During his undergraduate training at the University of California, Los Angeles, he was drawn to clinical research, leading to a Ph.D. at Boston University where he combined clinical research and computers to establish new algorithms and approaches for studying disease pathways by compiling gene expression profiles using Expressed Sequence Tags.

These models are useful for studying disease mechanisms, identifying targets, screening compounds and stratifying patients.

Forward - thinking scientists, many with funding from PETA and its international affiliates, are developing methods for studying diseases and testing products that don't require the use of animals and are actually relevant to human health.

Scientists have made a key discovery that could speed up the production of cells in the lab for studying diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.

«Humans and mice: Similar enough for studying disease and different enough to give us new clues about evolution.»

Duplicate DNA can act as a healthy backup to offset those mutant genes — and that's a drawback for studying diseases in the lab.

Stomnes, a postdoctoral researcher working with Philip Greenberg, M.D., and Sunil Hingorani, M.D., Ph.D., at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center at the University of Washington, has developed a mouse model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma that is particularly good for studying this disease.

Haplotypic sequences contain significantly more information than genotypes of genetic markers and are critical for studying disease association and genome evolution.

Understanding how heart muscle cells, or cardiomyocytes, change in space improves efforts for studying disease, screening drugs and conducting cell replacement therapy for future space missions.

Reductions in biodiversity from illegal wildlife trade can have other substantial negative human health impacts, including the loss of potential sources of pharmaceuticals, experimental models for studying disease, crop pollination and micronutrients for humans lacking alternative sources of protein.

Stricter safety procedures and new ways to weaken pathogens to reduce their risks are leading investigators in industry, universities, and government to take a new look at human challenge trials, which offer a powerful tool for studying diseases and potential therapies.

Other studies have shown that mice lacking Mecp2 exhibit symptoms similar to humans with Rett Syndrome, indicating that mouse models are a useful approach for studying the disease.

These cells could then be used as a tool for studying these diseases and screening potential drug compounds, says Suzuki.

«Investigators create complex kidney structures from human stem cells derived from adults: New technique offers model for studying disease, progress toward cell therapy.»