Natural abortions are typically called miscarriages. Medically-induced abortions, which can be completed with surgery or with hormone drugs, are performed because the foetus is unwanted, deformed, not likely to live, or endangers the mother's life or health.
The dog genome project is a collaborative study involving scientists at the University of California, The University of Oregon, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center aimed at producing a map of all of the chromosomes in dogs, which can be used to map the genes causing disease and those genes controlling morphology and behavior.
Genetic characterization â as it applies to bird flu research â is the study of the genes of a bird flu virus through a laboratory process known as âgenome sequencing.â Through genome sequencing, researchers can determine the order and structure of the amino acids that bind together to form the proteins of a flu virus.DC has conducted âgain of functionâ research in the past on HPAI viruses as part of pandemic preparedness efforts. For example, in 2006 CDC conducted an experiment that sought to understand how H5N1 bird flu viruses might become more transmissible in mammals (1).