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Gene Delivery
Gene delivery is the process of delivering foreign genetic material ( e.g. DNA, RNA) into host bacterial cells ( called transformation) or host mammalian cells ( called transfection) using viral or non-viral vectors. Common uses include gene therapy.
FEB 04, 2015 | 9:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Some commonly accepted principles of biosafety include the strict adherence to standard laboratory practices and techniques, the use of safety equipment such as primary barriers and personal...
FEB 04, 2015 | 7:30 AM
C.E. CREDITS
During my presentation, we will discuss:- Normal patterns of behavior (repertoire): social, food intake, territorial, agonistic, anti-predation, sleep and rest, play behavior, grooming, sex...
FEB 04, 2015 | 7:30 AM
C.E. CREDITS
The transportation of laboratory animals is a critical step in obtaining the proper strain of animal that best fits the researchers needs. Animal Extremist groups have made this transportati...
FEB 04, 2015 | 6:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Soiled-bedding sentinels are not always efficient in detecting pathogens in rodent colonies. In this context, PCR-based testing can be more sensitive and is being advocated as adjunct to trad...
FEB 04, 2015 | 6:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Adherence to strict aseptic technique is vital to all types of animal models requiring surgical intervention from both scientific and welfare perspectives. Training of both new and experience...
OCT 30, 2014 | 10:30 AM
The era of omics has ushered in the hope for personalized medicine. Proteomic and genomic strategies that allow unbiased identification of genes and proteins and their post-transcriptional a...
OCT 29, 2014 | 3:00 PM
Survival rates for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain unacceptably low compared to other common solid tumors. This mortality reflects a weakness in conventional staging, as...
MAR 20, 2014 | 2:00 PM
The therapeutic utility of stem cells is rooted in an understanding -- and exploitation -- of their natural role from earliest development to lifes end. Their job is first to participate in o...
MAR 20, 2014 | 8:00 AM
The therapeutic utility of stem cells is rooted in an understanding -- and exploitation -- of their natural role from earliest development to lifes end. Their job is first to participate in o...
FEB 06, 2014 | 4:00 PM
Laboratory rats and mice are the most used animal species in scientific research, but still having a lot of information available about them, there are many places in Latin America where ther...
FEB 06, 2014 | 3:00 PM
C.E. CREDITS
Informatics and internet are widely accepted tools in education and research. In the past decades new teaching and learning strategies have been developed and implemented. E-learning was def...
FEB 06, 2014 | 2:00 PM
Intravascular catheterization access for injection and sampling is one of the most common experimental surgical procedures.Catheters and ports have been designed to reduce the problems of occ...
