Mice

We use RNAi and Lentiviral transgenesis in our lab to generate transgenic mice. We use luceferase assay to validate the shRNA sequences. The problem is the results don't seem to traslate well into in vitro systems. I analysed 8 sequences with the assay and made ...

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Wikipedia has a fairly straightforward summary here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_knockdown And usually what can be done with mice can also be done with humans.

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... Since its initial discovery and study in maize in the 1950s, paramutation has been observed in other organisms, including tomatoes, peas, and mice.

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... information there is on other animals (ones that can't produce music) appreciating it, reacting possitively or negatively. cause, if say frogs or mice have a fasination with Mozart then humans connection with music probably evolved previous to humans ability to make music. And then the question ...

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... as apoptosis of tumor cells and anti-inflammatory activities including inhibition of cyclooxygenases. Of course this aspect is only being found in mice, and not in clinical human trials. Anybody want to eat cranberry fruit everyday? And in a quantity that would produce the same results found in ...

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