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A mouse model is a laboratory mouse used to study some aspect of human physiology or disease.
… Mouse Model … A mouse model is a laboratory mouse used to study some aspect of … human physiology or disease. A variety of different model organisms are used in this regard, but mice are especially …
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An animal model is a non-human species used in medical research because it can mimic aspects of a disease found in humans.
… Animal Model … An animal model is a non-human species used in medical research because … Animal Experiments, Mice, Rats, Experiment … An animal model is a non-human species used in biomedical research …
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NIH researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced.
… New mouse model may inform potential therapeutic options for Down … of Health researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be more similar to the …
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GMO (short for “genetically modified organism”) is a plant, animal or microbe in which one or more changes have been made to the genome, typically using high-tech genetic engineering, in an attempt to alter the characteristics of an organism.
ISCC-PEG
A list of organizations and federal agency partners that have members in the Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG).
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UDN expands the footprint of the network with a new metabolomics core and increased model organism capabilities.
… "The UDN is pioneering a new personalized medicine model for helping those patients who have historically been … sequencing, metabolomics and assessing patient variants in model organisms to give clinicians new, powerful information to …
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In biology, an organ (from the Latin "organum" meaning an instrument or tool) is a collection of tissues that structurally form a functional unit specialized to perform a particular function.
About NHGRI
Established in 1989, NHGRI collaborates with the scientific and medical communities to catalyze genomic breakthroughs.
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Researchers build a statistical model using family health history to improve disease risk assessment
Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) have developed a new statistical model that can predict the risk for developing diseases by combining information about family member health and lifestyle factors from family members.
… Institute (NHGRI) have developed a new statistical model that can predict the risk for developing diseases by … used type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) as the disease model for their study. An estimated 30 million people in the … Marcum and his colleagues aimed to create a statistical model that could be used as a general tool for assessing …
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NHGRI researchers are studying the link between Parkinson's disease, and a rare disorder, Gaucher disease, by cross-breeding mice with the disease mutations.
… controlling movement. Midbrain neurons from the new mouse model. The green shows the clumped alpha-synuclein. Image … In the study, the authors used a Parkinson's disease mouse model that carried extra copies of a mutated form of … about the cross-bred mice. Ultimately, this mouse model can be used to develop and evaluate new treatments for …