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Evaluating the Impacts of a High Fat, Low Fiber Diet on the Composition and Biodiversity of Gut Microbiota in Wild Olive Baboons

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With concerns about how to feed an exponentially growing, increasingly obese population, humanity’s relationship with food is a pressing concern. Evaluating the evolutionary changes in the composition of gut microbiota (GM), defined as the microorganisms that live in the digestive tract, may offer insight into how human bodies have adapted...

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host diet, Gut microbiome, non-human primates, and 16s rRNA sequencing

Subject:

Anthropology and Biology

Creator:

Madelyn Moy

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

06/08/2020

Date Modified:

07/23/2020

Date Created:

2020-05-20

Resource Type:

Conference Proceeding
In-Vivo Effect of IL-2 Immune Complex on the Progression of Arthritis in Mouse Model

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The goal of this project was to better understand the pathogenesis behind rheumatoid arthritis(RA), an autoimmune disorder that primarily affects the joints. Despite affecting around 1.3 million people in the United States, its causes are not well-understood. Previous research at Pope Lab indicated that when compared to the healthy controls,...

Keyword:

clinical, autoimmune disorder, and rheumatology

Subject:

Biology

Creator:

Yiwei Hang

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

06/10/2020

Date Modified:

07/23/2020

Date Created:

2020-05-28

Resource Type:

Conference Proceeding