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I am the Director of the Francis Owen Blood Research Laboratory (FOBRL), the mission of which is to reduce human and animal suffering from bleeding, thrombosis and atherosclerosis by the study of unique, genetically-determined animal models of these diseases.  The FOBRL was established in 1960 by Dr. Kenneth M. Brinkhous and has provided work and study opportunities for many undergraduate, M.D., D.V.M. and Ph.D. students, post-doctoral students, and faculty at UNC and from several institutions worldwide.  Beginning in 1947 with an R01 grant from NIH/NHLBI, Dr. Brinkhous and colleagues identified dogs with hemophilia and demonstrated that (1) they mirror the severe bleeder phenotype present in the respective human disorder and (2) have a strong predictive accuracy for successful translational research.  The primary benefits of these animals have been to accelerate translatable discovery science in coagulation and hemostasis research and to produce the scientific basis for the safe and efficacious introduction of novel therapeutics into clinical practice for dogs and humans.

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Nichols, Tim MD
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