http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Thu, 24 May 2012 06:06:35 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/prather/ipod/Prather04(pork).m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/prather/ipod/Prather04(pork).m4v Prather has contributed to research associated with modifying genes to produce healthy bacon. In a study involving the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine, researchers transferred a gene known as fat-1 to fetal pig cells. The fat-1 gene creates an enzyme that converts omega-6 fatty acids to omega-3 fatty acids, the type of fatty acid known to reduce heart disease and cancer. As a collaborator in the research, Prather cloned the pig fetal cells containing the gene that makes omega-3 fatty acids and creates pigs with their their own omega-3 fatty acids. 3 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:26:49 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hardin/ipod/01-Hardin.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hardin/ipod/01-Hardin.m4v Chris Hardin has two principal lines of research in his laboratory. The first is a close examination of the way the human body metabolizes sugar, which Hardin has been examining for twenty years. For the second and more recent project, Hardin seeks to develop a better way to determine whether certain drugs associated with statin-therapy (for high cholesterol) are causing dangerous muscle pain and weakness. 3 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:23:18 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hardin/ipod/02-Hardin.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/hardin/ipod/02-Hardin.m4v Hardin’s research will have a number of applications down the road. His first project will affect the way we understand and treat diabetes. His second will help individuals taking drugs called statins to alleviate high cholesterol. He hopes to find some indicator in the human body that will tell whether the particular statins a patient takes are doing permanent damage to his/her muscles. 3 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:24:19 GMT