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The quest to find genes that influence disease should be much more productive now that scientists at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research have published a genetic linkage map for the rhesus macaque monkey, the most commonly used nonhuman primate in biomedical research.
The most widely used nonhuman primate in biomedical research is even more valuable since the complete DNA sequence of the rhesus genome has been announced. San Antonio scientists who assisted with the effort and who led the nomination of the rhesus for full genome sequencing say the development has tremendous potential to advance a broad range of studies on human health.
The genome sequencing of the laboratory opossum, reported in Nature on May 10, should advance biomedical research on heart disease, skin cancer, spinal cord injury, fetal development and other biomedical research topics, says the scientist who first developed this animal research model.
In the current edition of the Journal of Virology, scientists from Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research report on the development of the common marmoset monkey as a new animal model to advance biodefense research against a potential biological weapon, Lassa fever. Endemic to West Africa, the virus kills thousands of people each year.
Should you increase your vitamin E intake to prevent heart disease? The answer is "maybe." Research by scientists at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research helps explain why human studies have been contradictory, and why vitamin E might help some but not others.
Scientists will be able to pinpoint genetic causes of human diseases faster than ever with a powerful new discovery method unveiled in the Sept. 16 online edition of Nature Genetics. An international team led by Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research explains the new method and how it was used to find a gene that regulates HDL, the good cholesterol.
America faces an increase in liver cancer due to hepatitis C infections, but new treatments are on the horizon, scientists will report at the 15th International Symposium on Hepatitis C & Related Viruses, to be held in San Antonio from Oct. 5-9.
In an unexpected result, human cancer cells injected into a new animal model act in a manner similar to the way they do in humans, and may represent a new method for understanding and treating virtually all tumors.
Protection against Ebola, one of the world's deadliest viruses, can be achieved by a vaccine produced in insect cells, raising prospects for developing an effective vaccine for humans, say scientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in San Antonio.
Scientists at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in San Antonio have for the first time constructed a genetic map of the parasite that causes schistosomiasis, a chronic intestinal infection that can damage internal organs and, in children, impair growth and cognitive development.
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