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1. www.hindawi.com
www.hindawi.com/journals/jmb/e - [Cached]Published on: 5/28/2008 Last Visited: 8/25/2008
Thomas Chen, University of Connecticut, USA -
2. November 1996 In Briefs
www.ctcase.org/bulletin/11_4/n - [Cached]Published on: 11/1/1996 Last Visited: 5/18/2008
Research perfomed by Thomas Chen, Director of the University of Connecticut's Biotechnology Center, has yielded a fast-growing transgenic strain of fish that can be developed in recirculating aquaculture systems.The fish, talapia, have a taste similar to flounder and grow almost twice as large and fast as talapia in the wild.A Pennsylvania aquaculture company, AquaClear, is relocating its operations to Connecticut to take advantage of Dr. Chen's new technology (see CASE Reports, 11,3).
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3. Sea Grant News Media Center - September 2002 Story Shorts
www.seagrantnews.org/news/tips - [Cached]Published on: 9/1/2002 Last Visited: 10/27/2006
In research led by Connecticut Sea Grant scientist Thomas Chen, transgenics, or the technique of transferring DNA from one species to another, has showed promise as a method for stimulating growth hormone production.Using rainbow trout and tilapia, Chen is testing a synthetic protein to determine whether it can stimulate growth hormone production the same way a natural protein would.Early results are promising.When Chen and his team transferred the rainbow trout growth hormone gene into common seafood species like carp, catfish and tilapia, the altered fish grew 60 to 600 percent larger.Chen also found that the application of a synthetic growth hormone-releasing peptide was successful, suggesting that the peptide, as well as the hormone itself, can stimulate growth.More studies are underway to confirm the hypothesis.The researchers are further working to find a peptide that will protect farm-raised rainbow trout and other seafood from disease, which often plagues aquaculture operations.If successful, transgenic fish may one day reach commercial aquaculture facilities and reduce both the amount of time and feed needed to grow fish to market size.CONTACT: Thomas Chen, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut (O) 860-486-5012, Email: tchen@uconnvm.uconn.edu
