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Journal Vol 50 (1)

Proceedings of the Conference on Swine in Biomedical Research

John K. Critser, M. Harold Laughlin, Randall S. Prather, Lela K. Riley

John K. Critser, PhD, is Gilbreath McLoren Professor of Comparative Medicine in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology of the College of Veterinary Medicine; M. Harold Laughlin, PhD, is Curator's Professor and Chair of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences in the Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences; Randall S. Prather, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Biology in the Animal Science Research Center of the Division of Animal Sciences; and Lela K. Riley, PhD, is Professor and Director of the Research Animal Diagnostic Laboratory in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology of the College of Veterinary Medicine, all at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Lela K. Riley, N129 RADIL, or Dr. John K. Critser, N132 RADIL, 4011 Discovery Drive, Columbia, MO 65201, or email rileyl@missouri.edu or critserj@missouri.edu.

Abstract

The Conference on Swine in Biomedical Research was held April 2-3, 2008, in San Diego, California. The goal of the conference was to bring together individuals who are using swine as models, creating new swine models, or studying human health and disease. This is the only conference that focuses exclusively on swine models and as such is the premier meeting for investigators who use or develop swine as models for biomedical research. The sessions focused on (1) swine models of human health and disease, (2) genomics, proteomics, and basic tools, (3) physiology and infectious disease, and (4) swine organ transplantation. In addition, a keynote speaker discussed the bioengineering of organ printing. This article presents a synopsis of the proceedings of this conference; abstracts of the presentations are available online (www.nsrrc.missouri.edu).

Key Words: pigs; swine; biomedical research; transplantation; xenotransplantation