Wissensschau.de behandelt aus der Sicht eines in der Praxis tätigen Biochemikers vor allem das Thema Stammzellen. Die verschiedenen Aspekte der Biologie und der medizinischen Verwendung von menschlichen Stammzellen einschließlich ethischer Fragen werden in allgemein verständlicher Sprache erläutert. [Redaktion vifabio]
The potential of a pesticide or biocide to cause adverse effects in the developing embryo or fetus is an important consideration in any health risk assessment for humans and wildlife. Such information is usually derived from experimental studies in which pregnant laboratory animals are exposed to various concentrations of compounds during critical stages of fetal development. The terms and diagnostic criteria used to describe fetal anomalies need to be consistent from one laboratory to another. Consequently, the DevTox Project has three main objectives: To harmonize the nomenclature used to describe developmental anomalies in laboratory animals, to assist in the visual recognition of developmental anomalies with the aid of photographs, and to provide a historical control database of developmental effects in laboratory animals. ... [Information of the supplier]
Driven by a need to improve our understanding of molecular processes that are common and unique across cancer stem cells (CSCs), we have developed the Stem Cell Discovery Engine (SCDE)—an online database of curated CSC experiments coupled to the Galaxy analytical framework. The SCDE allows users to consistently describe, share and compare CSC data at the gene and pathway level. Our initial focus has been on carefully curating tissue and cancer stem cell-related experiments from blood, intestine and brain to create a high quality resource containing 53 public studies and 1098 assays. The experimental information is captured and stored in the multi-omics Investigation/Study/Assay (ISA-Tab) format and can be queried in the data repository. (Taken from: Shannan J. Ho Sui, Kimberly Begley, Dorothy Reilly, Brad Chapman, Ray McGovern, Philippe Rocca-Sera, Eamonn Maguire, Gabriel M. Altschuler, Terah A. A. Hansen, Ramakrishna Sompallae, Andrei Krivtsov, Ramesh A. Shivdasani, Scott A. Armstrong, Aedín C. Culhane, Mick Correll, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Oliver Hofmann, and Winston Hide: The Stem Cell Discovery Engine: an integrated repository and analysis system for cancer stem cell comparisons. In: Nucl. Acids Res. (2012) 40(D1): D984-D991) ... [Miscellaneous as indicated]
In the year 2003 scientists from around Germany initiated the establishment of the German Society for Stem Cell Research (GSZ) with emphasis on basic research in stem cell biology. The society is a non-profit organisation, financially and politically autonomous, and is registered with the district court Cologne under the number VR 14639 since November 4th 2004. The main purpose of the society is to promote stem cell research. In order to achieve this goal the society will promote the stem cell research in basic research and in academic teaching by allocating available funds to support training programs, to organize seminars and conferences, as well as instigating the exchange of students and scientists on national and international level for collaborative projects and resulting publications. ... [Information of the supplier]
The eSkeletons Project website is devoted to the study of human and primate comparative anatomy. It offers a set of digitized versions of skeletons in 2-D and 3-D in full color, animations, and much supplemental information. [Information of the supplier, modified]
Jane Goodall Institute's Center for Primate Studies was established at the University of Minnesota in 1995 by Dr. Anne Pusey, Distinguished McKnight Professor in the College of Biological Sciences Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. Dr. Pusey's goal is to digitize the journals and photos to preserve them and to make them available though the Internet to scholars as well as school children and the lay public. ... [Information of the supplier]
The functions and services of the DPZ concentrate on biological and biomedical research with primates, comprising topics which may result in conclusions concerning human physiology and behavior. The DPZ is also dedicated to the preservation of nonhuman primates by improving methods for the management and breeding of animals in captivity. ... [Information of the supplier]
Primate Info Net (PIN) is designed to cover the broad field of primatology providing original content and links to resources about nonhuman primates in research, education and conservation. For example: The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center has created a series of factsheets as a starting point to find information about the various primate species. Each PIN Factsheet covers one or more species, including morphology, ecology, behavior, and conservation with range maps, images, and an extensive glossary of terms to illustrate the text. ... [Information of the supplier]
The PrimateLit database provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities. Coverage of the database spans 1940 to present and includes all publication categories (articles, books, abstracts, technical reports, dissertations, book chapters, etc.) and many subject areas (behavior, colony management, ecology, reproduction, field studies, disease models, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, pharmacology, evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology, genetics and zoogeography). ... [Information of the supplier]
Die GfP ist eine Vereinigung von Personen, die sich für Primaten interessieren. Zweck der Gesellschaft ist die Förderung der primatologischen Forschung - im Freiland wie im Labor - sowie der Schutz und die Erhaltung von nicht-menschlichen Primaten in menschlicher Obhut und in ihren natürlichen Lebensräumen. Dabei kommt der Integration von experimenteller und Freilandforschung, der Zusammenarbeit mit den Ursprungsländern und der Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses eine besondere Bedeutung zu. Die Gesellschaft sieht zudem ihre Aufgabe darin, die Ergebnisse der Grundlagenforschung der allgemeinen Öffentlichkeit nahe zu bringen und im öffentlichen und gesetzgeberischen Diskurs beratend und richtungsweisend tätig zu sein. ... [Information des Anbieters]
