Biomedical research Content

Animals in Research and Teaching at �鶹��ý

Andy Fell — September 04, 2018 - 4:04pm

The use of animal models in biomedical research benefits human health and is strictly regulated. Breakthroughs in treatments for illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, heart disease, cancer, and HIV/AIDS would not have been possible without studies using animal models of disease.

NIH Renews Knockout Mouse Project

Andy Fell — September 12, 2016 - 5:20pm

�鶹��ý has been awarded over $29 million from the National Institutes of Health under the next five-year phase of the Knockout Mouse Project, or KOMP. �鶹��ý is the lead organization in a consortium involving research partners at The Center for Phenogenomics in Toronto, Canada; the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, or CHORI; and Charles River Laboratories in Wilmington, Mass. “Knockout” mice are laboratory mice bred with specific genes silenced or “knocked out.” These mice have been an invaluable tool for fundamental research on a wide range of diseases and conditions.

Key to Regulating Cell’s Powerhouse Discovered

Andy Fell — July 14, 2016 - 11:00am

Aging, neurodegenerative disorders and metabolic disease are all linked to mitochondria, structures within our cells that generate chemical energy and maintain their own DNA. In a fundamental discovery with far-reaching implications, scientists at �鶹��ý now show how cells control DNA synthesis in mitochondria and couple it to mitochondrial division.