Sentences with phrase «models for human diseases including»
He later combined it with studies on chromatin, tissue specific gene expression and mouse models for human diseases including Type II diabetes, polycystic kidney disease as well as cancer.
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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.
His major research interests are human neuroanatomy and neuropathology and the use of animal models to test novel therapies for neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease.
With the reference cell census data in hand, the research team is excited to conduct additional studies, including ones involving models or human patients with gastrointestinal conditions — Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, gastrointestinal cancers, forms of food allergy, etc. — aimed at identifying changes in gene expression and epithelial structure and function that could reveal new insights and opportunities for therapeutic development.
December 19, 2017 — Noteworthy NIH advances in basic research include a 3 - D model of human brain development and disease, a virus linked to food sensitivity, and a new role discovered for the thalamus.
These knockouts may be important models for human brain diseases that affect working memory including Alzheimer's Disease, schizophrenia, autism, and ADHD.
Although the mouse remains the most cost - effective choice for comprehensive phenotyping, the rat remains a better model for a number of human conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and behavioral disorders.
She is also exploring their role in animal models for human conditions including Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, and drug addiction.
I am currently working on a variety of NIH - funded projects, including areas such as bioinformatics research portals, visualization for review of chart records, and tools for aiding the discovery of animal models of human diseases.
Mice hold a very important place as models for human diseases, including cancer, in biomedical research.
Because of the similarities in ocular anatomy, including the presence of a cone photoreceptor - rich central retinal region [10], [11], and the frequently similar genotype - phenotype correlation [1], canine retinal disease models contribute significantly to our understanding of retinal disease mechanisms and the development of new therapies for human patients [12]--[20].
Current models of climate change include sea level rise, land degradation, regional changes in temperature and precipitation patterns, and some consequences for agriculture, but without modeling the feedbacks that these significant impacts would have on the Human System, such as geographic and economic displacement, forced migration, destruction of infrastructure, increased economic inequality, nutritional sustenance, fertility, mortality, conflicts, and spread of diseases or other human health consequences [135,Human System, such as geographic and economic displacement, forced migration, destruction of infrastructure, increased economic inequality, nutritional sustenance, fertility, mortality, conflicts, and spread of diseases or other human health consequences [135,human health consequences [135,136].