The new Genes and Human Disease Research Program will broaden OMRF’s investigation into genetic mechanisms in various diseases.
microbiome
OMRF opens state’s first germ-free mouse research facility
The center offers researchers the ability to raise and study mice in an environment free of germs and microbes.
Gnotobiotic Mouse Core About
Gnotobiotic Mouse Core About Gnotobiotic (germfree, defined colonized) rodents have become powerful tools to advance our understanding of the host–microbiome relationship. However, the maintenance and ultimately the monitoring of gnotobiotic rodents is a critical, labor-intensive, and costly process (e.g., sterility, not absence of specific pathogens, must be demonstrated in germfree animals). The necessary gnotobiology techniques […]
Think you’re Irish? Your genes may say otherwise
So what does it mean to be Irish?
Could bacteria in the gut trigger lupus?
A pilot project will examine the organisms living in lupus patients’ digestive system.