{"id":120,"date":"2007-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-47-professor-and-canada-research-chair-in-climate-modling-and-analysis-school-of-earth-and-ocean-sciences\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:29:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:29:45","slug":"innovation-anthology-47-professor-and-canada-research-chair-in-climate-modling-and-analysis-school-of-earth-and-ocean-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2007\/07\/10\/innovation-anthology-47-professor-and-canada-research-chair-in-climate-modling-and-analysis-school-of-earth-and-ocean-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Anthology #47: Professor and Canada Research Chair in Climate Modling and Analysis, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of the major causes of blindness in humans is age related macular degeneration.<\/span>  <\/p>\n

Dr. Glen Prusky<\/span> at the Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience<\/span> in Lethbridge is researching new techniques to treat this disease. And he’s using rats<\/span> that swim.   <\/p>\n

The rats are trained to recognize the difference between a solid gray computer screen and one that has ever changing stripes.  To get out of the water, they must swim towards the stripes.  <\/p>\n

The number of stripes are gradually increased until that screen looks grey, too, and the rat’s vision essentially fails.

DR. GLEN PRUSKY: <\/span> We’ve developed a technique that allows us to actually quanitfy what they can see . And what this allows us to do is to use all of the other qualities that a rat has to study various aspects of brain processing. And we have a rat model that mimics that in that these animals start off seeing fairly well, but then over time their vision degenerates. So what we do is we have developed a technique where we can rescue some of that loss.  <\/span><\/p>\n

This rat model allows Dr. Prusky to experiment with possible treatments for macular degeneration before testing them on humans.<\/p>\n

Thanks today to The University of Lethbridge<\/span><\/span>

FOR INNOVATION ANTHOLOGY,<\/span>
I’M CHERYL CROUCHER <\/span><\/p>\n

Guest<\/h2>\n

Andrew Weaver, PhD, <\/h3>\n

University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, <\/h4>\n

Sponsor<\/h2>\n

University of Lethbridge<\/a><\/h3>\n

In 2007 The University of Lethbridge celebrated its 40th anniversary. The U of L campus is home to the world renowned Canadian Centre for Behavioral Neuroscience. The University is also a centre of expertise on water and remote sensing.  <\/p>\n

For more interviews with University of Lethbridge researchers, check out the website for Innovation Alberta<\/span><\/a>. (2001-2008)
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Program Date:<\/strong>\u00a02007-07-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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