Walters Eric M, Wells Kevin D, Bryda Elizabeth C, Schommer Susan, Prather Randall S
National Swine Resource and Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
Lab Anim (NY). 2017 Mar 22;46(4):167-172. doi: 10.1038/laban.1215.
The pig is becoming increasingly important as a biomedical model. Given the similarities between pigs and humans, a greater understanding of the underlying biology of human health and diseases may come from the pig rather than from classical rodent models. With an increasing need for swine models, it is essential that the genomic tools, models and services be readily available to the scientific community. Many of these are available through the National Swine Resource and Research Center (NSRRC), a facility funded by the US National Institutes of Health at the University of Missouri. The goal of the NSRRC is to provide high-quality biomedical swine models to the scientific community.
猪作为一种生物医学模型正变得越来越重要。鉴于猪和人类之间的相似性,对人类健康和疾病潜在生物学的更深入理解可能来自猪,而非传统的啮齿动物模型。随着对猪模型需求的不断增加,基因组工具、模型和服务能随时供科学界使用至关重要。其中许多可通过美国国立卫生研究院资助的位于密苏里大学的国家猪资源与研究中心(NSRRC)获得。NSRRC的目标是为科学界提供高质量的生物医学猪模型。