Biomedical research Content / Biomedical research Content for 51ԹϺ Davis en Animals in Research and Teaching at 51ԹϺ Davis /news/animals-research-and-teaching-uc-davis <p>The use of animal models in biomedical research benefits human health and is strictly regulated. Breakthroughs in treatments for illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, heart disease, cancer, and HIV/AIDS would not have been possible without studies using animal models of disease.</p> September 04, 2018 - 4:04pm Andy Fell /news/animals-research-and-teaching-uc-davis NIH Renews Knockout Mouse Project /news/nih-renews-knockout-mouse-project <p>51ԹϺ Davis has been awarded over $29 million from the National Institutes of Health under the next five-year phase of the Knockout Mouse Project, or&nbsp;KOMP.&nbsp;51ԹϺ Davis is the lead organization in a consortium involving research partners at The Center for Phenogenomics in Toronto, Canada; the Children’s&nbsp;Hospital Oakland Research Institute, or CHORI;&nbsp;and Charles River Laboratories in Wilmington, Mass.&nbsp;“Knockout” mice are laboratory mice bred with specific genes silenced or “knocked out.” These mice have been an invaluable tool for fundamental research on a wide range of diseases and conditions.</p> September 12, 2016 - 5:20pm Andy Fell /news/nih-renews-knockout-mouse-project Key to Regulating Cell’s Powerhouse Discovered /news/mitochondrial-dna-influenced-contacts-endoplasmic-reticulum <p>Aging, neurodegenerative disorders and metabolic disease are all linked to mitochondria, structures within our cells that generate chemical energy and maintain their own DNA. In a fundamental discovery with far-reaching implications, scientists at 51ԹϺ Davis now show how cells control DNA synthesis in mitochondria and couple it to mitochondrial division.</p> July 14, 2016 - 11:00am Andy Fell /news/mitochondrial-dna-influenced-contacts-endoplasmic-reticulum