Sentences with phrase «useful models for human disease»

It's also what makes them useful models for human disease,» she said.

But Franklin and others suspect that in their zeal to clean up, facilities may have wiped out some of the microbial complexity that makes mice useful models for human disease.

Not exact matches

«Finches offer researchers a new tool with which to study Huntington's disease: Like humans, songbirds learn their vocalizations, suggesting they could be useful as models for certain disorders.»

The researchers hope their new cell lines will be a useful resource for studying the cellular and molecular intricacies of Huntington's further, and suggest they may provide a model for examining other diseases of the brain that are specific to humans.

She added that, «attempts to generate the cerebellum from human iPS cells have already met with some success, and these patient - derived cerebellar neurons and tissues will be useful for modeling cerebellar diseases such as spinocerebellar ataxia.»

However, Takebe's liver bud has the advantage of being grown from iPS cells, rather than, for example, the primary human hepatocytes used in Bhatia's graft, which could make it useful in modelling rare diseases or examining the specific genetic backgrounds of the iPS cell donors.

«This is an interesting paper presenting a potentially useful preventative therapy for Alzheimer's disease but, while mouse models are very useful, we have to be very careful about the interpretation of the data in relation to the human condition.

Animals provide a useful model for diseases found in both humans and other animals.

Mouse models are useful for studying Alzheimer's disease, but they have their limitations when comparing results in humans.

Development of a comprehensive system which can enrich hPSC - CMs will be ultimately useful for cell therapy for diseased hearts, human cardiac disease modeling, cardiac toxicity screening, and cardiac tissue engineering.

Taken together, these results demonstrated that disease - specific human iPS cell — derived hepatocytes are capable of modeling key pathological feature of A1ATD in vitro and may also prove useful for future drug screening assays.