Difference between revisions of "Disease and Drugs"
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====Using C. elegans to study the effects of space flight==== | ====Using C. elegans to study the effects of space flight==== | ||
==C. elegans as a model system to study drugs== | ==C. elegans as a model system to study drugs== | ||
| − | + | C. elegans is being used to: | |
| − | + | * study the effects of a drug/chemical on disease phenotypes | |
| − | + | * identify gene targets for a given drug/chemical | |
| − | + | * mode of action of a drug/chemical (MOA) | |
| − | ==== | + | Types of drugs being studied include: |
| + | *Antifungal agents | ||
| + | *Antimicrobial agents | ||
| + | ==Textpresso-based systems to flag papers for disease gene ortholog/disease/drug== | ||
| + | ====[[Pipeline for identifying papers with disease or disease gene ortholog]]==== | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 3 May 2012
Contents
C. elegans as a model system to study disease and disease genes
Human disease gene orthologs in elegans
C. elegans as a model for infection
C. elegans as a model to study biofilms
Using C. elegans to study the effects of space flight
C. elegans as a model system to study drugs
C. elegans is being used to:
- study the effects of a drug/chemical on disease phenotypes
- identify gene targets for a given drug/chemical
- mode of action of a drug/chemical (MOA)
Types of drugs being studied include:
- Antifungal agents
- Antimicrobial agents
