... , a finding that brings researchers closer to understanding the role of evolutionary genetics in human diseases and cancer. The study, by researchers from the University of New Hampshire, Indiana ...
... cell research offer a new way of studying human disease, allowing scientists to move beyond fruit flies and lab mice to see how human cells go awry and how drugs and other therapies might ...
... of different breeds of dog to throw light on human diseases.
"What we have tried to do is bring ... in different breeds of dog to throw light on human diseases. Because dogs have been reared as distinct ...
... body sizes of these mosquitoes drastically alter their potential to transmit viruses causing human disease.
What's more surprising is that the effects were consistent for the two mosquito species. ...
... the European Science Foundation (ESF), which urged for a collaborative effort between specialists in the field. Human disease research produces an enormous amount of data from different sources such ...
... power of the datasets.
Sharing data between researchers is increasingly important. As the role of CNVs in human disease is better understood, so resources such as DECIPHER will gain momentum that ...
... rodent to study how certain genes contribute to human disease. A common method used to make genetic ... sharing of new tools to understand or treat human disease. These DMM articles specifically state ...
... Hudson, Ph.D., have discovered a new chemical bond in biological tissue, a fundamental discovery that helps explain evolutionary adaptation in the animal kingdom and may shed light on human disease.
... the basis of genetic variations in eight blood measurements and the impact those variants can have on common human diseases. Blood measurements, including the number and volume of cells in the blood, ...
... content of cells might therefore be a new lipid-based approach for influencing human diseases.
In the view of the authors, the interesting potential of influencing the lipid-raft-dependent sorting ...
... lesions that spontaneously progress to invasive tumors, a pathology that closely resembles human disease.
Using this model, the researchers observed that normal myoepithelial cells suppress tumor ...
... are two-fold, Kalejta says. "We're studying a virus that causes human disease and might eventually find a way to treat that infection and help patients. At the same time, we're ...
... death due to irregular heartbeats (also known as a cardiac arrhythmias). Although mutations in several genes have been shown to cause the disease, the most commonly affected genes are KCNQ1 and KCNH2.
... of the disease, but suggest that gene therapy can work and should be studied for other neurological disorders. Each gene in our body has the potential to become a target to study for human disease."
... marks the first time that researchers have developed a rhesus macaque model of a specific human disease using transgenic technologies, a marked improvement over mouse models. Transgenic animals are ...
