Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice Proceedings of the 1998 US/Japan Conference (1999) / Chapter Skim
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. The basic concept of the US/Japan Meeting has always been an exchange of experience and technology concerning important problems related to laboratory animals of mutual interest to both countries.
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Among our topics of discussion will be global health issues of experimental animals and the need for defining laboratory animals. CIEA is supported financially by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture because the monitoring center undertakes genetic and microbiological monitoring for universities under the control of the Ministry.
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importance of laboratory animals for human health, (2) laboratory animal models in major disease categories, and (3)
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It has been documented that growth of human cancer in vivo is dependent on vascularity and blood supply. We have shown that one of five isoforms of vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF 189, a potent vascular growth factor is responsible for growth and metastases of human cancers including colon (Tokunaga and others 1998)
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In addition, progress in the development of new vaccinations such as DNA vaccine has been made through studies with laboratory animals. Immunological Disease Many types of immune-deficient models have been useful for human to mouse tissue xenotransplants.
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