At Myora farm, near Mt Gambier in South Australia, Jeff Braun breeds over 30,000 pigs every year. He says the way of the future is using genetics to enhance the meat yield from the pigs he breeds. “So once we can put commercial dollar values and understand how we can get more yield out of one carcass, of the same…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can routinely take DNA samples from people who are arrested but not yet convicted of a crime, and see if the DNA matches any samples from unsolved crimes in a national database. The 5-to-4 decision split the court’s conservative and liberal blocs, with conservative Justice Antonin Scalia authoring a fiery dissent. Twenty-eight…
“The white tiger, an elusive Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) variant with white fur and dark stripes, has fascinated humans for centuries ever since its discovery in the jungles of India. Many white tigers in captivity are inbred in order to maintain this autosomal recessive trait and consequently suffer some health problems, leading to the controversial speculation that the white…
Targeting expression of NRG1, which makes a protein important for brain development, may hold promise for treating at least some patients with the brain disorder. Like patients with schizophrenia, adult mice biogenetically-engineered to have higher NRG1 levels showed reduced activity of the brain messenger chemicals glutamate and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA). The mice also showed behaviors related to aspects of the…
We are thrilled to announce that ISG Postdoctoral Fellow, Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook has received the 2013 Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research. This award provides a cash prize to especially accomplished UCLA postdoctoral scholars recognized for their outstanding research. This prize was established in 1998 to recognize the important contributions that postdoctoral scholars make to UCLA’s research mission. All nominees, including the winners, will…
Joey Wetmore interned with the UCLA Multiple Sclerosis Achievement Center (MSAC) as part of his Human Biology & Society (B.S.) major. He is also a Public Health minor and plans on graduating in June of 2013. Read more here INTERN INSIGHTS: JOEY WETMORE Center for Community Learning (CCL): How did you land your internship? JW: An internship or research position…