As an important part of the federal government's efforts to better characterize the threat posed by certain viruses, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a $1.5 million contract to fund one of the most comprehensive research programs to date on Marburg virus, a hemorrhagic fever virus.
Scientists will be able to pinpoint genetic causes of human diseases faster than ever with a powerful new discovery method unveiled in the Sept. 16 online edition of Nature Genetics. An international team led by Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research explains the new method and how it was used to find a gene that regulates HDL, the good cholesterol.
Should you increase your vitamin E intake to prevent heart disease? The answer is "maybe." Research by scientists at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research helps explain why human studies have been contradictory, and why vitamin E might help some but not others.
A unique mouse provides the first animal model for dengue fever, enabling tests of antiviral therapies. Now the model is being further developed so it can be used to test vaccines against this mosquito-borne disease.
Gifts to technology at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research are ramping up already world-renowned genetic research resources, dramatically accelerating the speed with which scientists can hunt for genes that influence complex human diseases as varied as heart disease, diabetes, brain disorders and cancer.
In the current edition of the Journal of Virology, scientists from Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research report on the development of the common marmoset monkey as a new animal model to advance biodefense research against a potential biological weapon, Lassa fever. Endemic to West Africa, the virus kills thousands of people each year.
The genome sequencing of the laboratory opossum, reported in Nature on May 10, should advance biomedical research on heart disease, skin cancer, spinal cord injury, fetal development and other biomedical research topics, says the scientist who first developed this animal research model.
The most widely used nonhuman primate in biomedical research is even more valuable since the complete DNA sequence of the rhesus genome has been announced. San Antonio scientists who assisted with the effort and who led the nomination of the rhesus for full genome sequencing say the development has tremendous potential to advance a broad range of studies on human health.
Scientists say the risk factors for adult heart disease are already impacting children, starting to clog their arteries as early as age 12 and setting them up for future health problems. The good news is, the fix is free. For zero cost and a high pay-off, we need to teach children to lead healthy lifestyles.
The largest study of its kind combines powerful resources to explain normal brain biology and shed light on the root causes of mental illness.
A new study at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research is looking for genetic factors that increase our susceptibility to some of this country's most common chronic infections, and ultimately, how that susceptibility might be linked to our risk for cardiovascular disease.
Researcher is looking for new anti-cancer compounds in plants, and is focusing on plants that thrive in Texas, where she is based. She believes that the same chemical properties that give Texas plants their hardiness might also be useful in fighting cancer.
The quest to find genes that influence disease should be much more productive now that scientists at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research have published a genetic linkage map for the rhesus macaque monkey, the most commonly used nonhuman primate in biomedical research.
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio is collaborating with Brazilian scientists to conduct further tests on a promising candidate vaccine for tuberculosis. Previous tests have demonstrated the vaccine's potential as both a preventive and therapeutic.
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