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Genetically-modified animals: powerful tools for biomedical research
(2010)
The University of Missouri houses three National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) animal resource centers. These animal resource centers are: (1) the Mutant Mouse Regional Resource ...
Plants are just very slow animals
(2010-03)
Most of us regard plants as quite different from animals, and many of us think of them as furniture. But plants actually share a very large number of biological functions with the animal kingdom, including mechanisms for ...
Shor-Line: we are an industry leader
(2010-03)
Shor-Line has been a part of the animal health industry since the company's founding in 1927. In the early years, Shor-Line's involvement related mainly to large animal applications. Back then the local vet took care of ...
Biomedical Tissue Engineering - Where We Go in the Future
(2010-03)
Researchers and entrepreneurs examine breakthroughs in tissue engineering and regeneration that enhance healing, remodeling, and recovery.
Jump Starting and Moving New Technologies to Marketplace
(2010-03)
The highway from research in the laboratory to market success has many detours and on/off ramps that are at best confusing to inventors and the populace. Success from technology-based economic development is the outcome ...
The Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation: stepping into the future of drug discovery, delivery and biomedical engineering
(University of Missouri (System), 2010-03)
Inspired by the opportunity to grow educational and entrepreneurial capacity, the Institute for Advancing Medical Innovation (IAMI) was established upon the belief that: ideas are translated to innovation to improve health. ...
Synthetic genomics in an era of personalized medicine
(University of Missouri (System), 2010-03)
Synthetic genomics is a new field that engages in the design and assembly of genes and chromosomes from chemically synthesized oligonucleotides to create cells with properties unobtainable by conventional molecular biology ...
Financial Downturn and Impact on Biosciences Development
(University of Missouri (System), 2010-03)
Thomas Melzer spoke about the impact that the recent financial downturn has had on venture capital investment, specifically addressing bioscience investments.
Swine models of Human Conditions
(2010-03)
Since the introduction of Dolly, the first cloned sheep, genetic engineering of livestock has advanced to the point that nearly any genetic modification appears feasible. Genes can be introduced, deleted or altered in ...
Navigating the FDA and understanding medical device preemption
(2010-03)
FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) is responsible for regulating firms who manufacture, repackage, relabel, and/or import medical devices sold in the United States. In addition, CDRH regulates ...
Devices and Materials in the Continuous Monitoring of Metabolites
(2010-03)
The importance and need for continuous monitoring of metabolites cannot be overemphasized. Most recent developments for in vivo monitoring devices have focused on miniaturization and the exploratory use of new functional ...
Understanding the Risk for Neuropsychiatric Disorders Using Functional Brain Imaging
(2010)
MU has recently opened the Brain Imaging Center, a research dedicated Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) facility. Research at the center is focused on understanding the nature of basic cognitive and emotional processes as ...
Life Sciences Patent Prosecution Pitfalls
(2010-03)
Robert Hanson discussed the application of patent requirements to biotechnology and life science inventions.
Midwest Research Institute
(2010-03)
Thomas Sack, the senior vice president and director of technical operations for Midwest Research Institute, discussed the Midwest Research Institute's work in the area of life sciences.
ROS from menadione induces astrocytic damage: protective effects of apocynin
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
Oxidative stress is a core cause of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. When cells are under oxidative stress, they will produce a high amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS are small and highly ...
Identification of chloroplast DNA insertions in nuclear chromosomes of maize B73 line using the FISH procedure
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)
It is known that chloroplast DNA can incorporate itself into the nuclear genome of plants. However, the sites of chloroplast (ct) DNA integration into chromosomes of maize have not yet been analyzed. This project is the ...
The effects of oncogenic Ras on the ocular lens
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Ras is a small GTP-binding protein in the signal transduction machinery. In most cell types, activation of Ras by growth factors is essential for normal cell proliferation. A mutation in the Ras gene can lead to a constitutive ...
Production of nano particles
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Nano particles (particles having diameters in the nanometer range) have applications in a variety of areas including medical, environmental, sensor, to name a few. However, the production of nano particles having uniform ...
Properties of soil samples from below prehistoric Lake Agassiz
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
Prehistoric Lake Agassiz, located in present day North Dakota, was a large lake (larger than all of the existing great lakes combined) fed by glacial runoff during the last ice age. The lake created a soft clay soil deposit, ...
How to get through a nanopore and across a bilayer: The difference between linear and folded DNA
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
Translocation of DNA through lipid bilayers is essential to cell function for the transcription of RNA and proteins. Alpha hemolysin is the biological nanopore used to translocate DNA across this phospholipid bilayer. There ...