Sentences with phrase «limited human studies»

Although there are limited human studies on this, many health professionals fear that consuming flaxseeds during pregnancy may have undesirable effects.

Limited human studies showed an increase in inflammation and cell arrest.

However, there are limited human studies on the health effects of hexavalent chromium when ingested,» Dr. Rhea Mehta, a molecular toxicologist, explained to mindbodygreen.

«We have animal literature, which shows direct links between exposure and adverse health outcomes, the limited human studies, and the fact that 90 to 100 percent of the population has measurable levels of these compounds in their bodies,» said John Meeker, an assistant professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a lead author.

Soy: Due to limited human study, there is not enough evidence to recommend for or against the use of soy in the treatment of kidney diseases, such as chronic renal failure.

Not exact matches

Instead of just focusing on human DNA, which in the other studies had yielded limited results, she looked at multiple sets of genes — and not just from humans.

I can study how the human powers, at times, limited Him to a «us vs. them» type of world.

Since I left print journalism to study theology two decades ago, I've thought a great deal about the limits and possibilities of words - especially when we try to navigate the spiritual territory of human life.

Catholic Studies programs must be interdisciplinary, offering students an encounter with «the imaginative tradition of the faith, its approach to beauty, the great - souled works of literature [and] deep artistic traditions of Catholicism, its understanding of the human person and of the range and limits of politics.»

The interplay between human reason and divine revelation is complex; the limits to the critical study of Scripture are not easily defined.

I studied enough science up through my Masters degree and beyond to find out that I enjoy it, but to also appreciate how much it reflects the limits of our intellectual capacity as human beings.

Resistant starch is gaining momentum in the nutrition community due to emerging evidence in animal studies and some limited evidence in human studies suggesting that RS may positively affect body composition, favorably impact blood lipid and blood glucose levels and increase the amount of good bacteria in the colon, and may enhance satiety when consumed with whey protein.

In our study, limited to VLBW infants, the incidence of any infection or sepsis / meningitis was significantly reduced in human milk - fed infants compared with exclusively formula - fed infants.

Their education is not limited to basic breastfeeding help, but also includes the health sciences such as biology, human anatomy and physiology, infant / child growth and development, nutrition, clinical research, intensive lactation studies, and basic life support (among many others).

For the limited scope of this study, which is to connect neuroscience with political theory and policy - making, I will focus especially on those findings that challenge long - held assumptions about human nature.

The limits of adaptation are the underlying focus of the studies, said Kees van der Geest, a co-author of the overview and senior researcher at the U.N. University's Institute for Environment and Human Security.

In February, the United Kingdom approved using the method on human embryos at the Francis Crick Institute in London, but only within a narrow capacity: Researchers can edit genes in non-viable human embryos for a limited period and only to study developmental biology related to in vitro fertilization.

«Our new study shows that the pattern is a lot simpler than we first thought — human evolution was much more limited,» Dr Evans said.

Without that information or long - term use studies, consumers have limited information about the potential dangers for human health and the environment, he said.

The 2009 book The Playful Brain: Venturing to the limits of neuroscience, for example, reviewed many studies showing that playful activity leads to the growth of more connections between neurons, particularly in the frontal lobe — the part of the brain responsible for uniquely human higher mental functions.

The study didn't test humans and dogs head to head — I think the dogs might win depending on the odor — but what it shows is the limits of human smell tracking haven't really been investigated.

WeizMass and MatchWeiz are not limited to the study of plant metabolites but may also be used to investigate the biology of other living systems, including animal and human metabolism.

«Marine species are under threat from human impacts, but knowledge of their vulnerabilities is limited,» says study co-author, Professor John Pandolfi from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at the University of Queensland.

Such blood transfusions have not yet been systematically studied in humans for Ebola (although such transfusions have been used in limited circumstances including, reportedly, when U.S. physician Kent Brantly was infected with Ebola in Liberia and on others during an earlier outbreak elsewhere in 1995).

An alien civilization curious about the lifestyle of humans shouldn't limit itself to studying celebrities.

The ability to keep human embryos developing in the lab for almost 2 weeks — achieved for the first time this year — should provide new insights into very early human development, and generate debate on whether ethical limits on studying embryos in culture should be extended.

Previous studies of the level of antioxidants and oxidative damage at Chernobyl are limited to humans, two bird species and one species of fish.

Researchers thought culturally transmitted behavior was limited to humans and chimpanzees, but the new study suggests that all great apes share a common ancestor that was multicultural.

The study, led by Dr Julie Jones from the University of Sheffield's Department of Geography, has revealed that limited data on Antarctica's climate is making it difficult for researchers to disentangle changes caused by human activity from natural climate fluctuations.

«However, human studies linking BPA exposure to heightened cancer risk are limited,» she continues.

The three studies, published in tomorrow's issue of Nature, push the limits of structural biology and set an important precedent for understanding how molecular pumps work, including those in humans, notes Werner Kühlbrandt of the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

But while researchers have previously been able to infect cultures of human hepatocytes with HBV, the cells» limited lifespan has made it difficult to study the virus, says Bhatia, who is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Institute for Medical Engineering and Science.

«The use of a mouse tumor - derived matrix would limit any future applications of these organoid technologies in humans, and this work opens the door to research directed specifically for clinical applications,» noted Asma Nusrat, study co-author and the Aldred Scott Warthin Professor and Director of Experimental Pathology in the University of Michigan's School of Medicine.

The study found that the «vast majority of CFLs are nonhazardous» and that it would take weeks or even months for the mercury vapor released in a room to exceed the safe human exposure limit.

In small studies of humans, exposure to this compound was associated with an increased risk of the blood cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma, but the HHS said it considered the evidence too limited to call pentachlorophenol a known carcinogen.

The device has made it possible for researchers to study bacteria and viruses in the field, but its high error - rate and large sequencing gaps have, until now, limited its use on human cells with their billions of nucleotides.

Genome - wide association studies of eating disorders in humans have been limited in their power to detect significant associations between genotype and disease or disease traits such as binge eating.

For biomedical research involving chimpanzees, the IOM committee said that NIH should limit funding to studies for which there is no other suitable model available; that can not be performed ethically in humans; and without which important advancements will be significantly slowed or prevented.

There have been many studies of face perception in human using non-invasive neuroimaging and electrophysiological methods, but studies of face perception in children were quite limited.

Calling the study «fantastic,» psychologist Lisa Feigenson of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, says that because there is such a «drastic» difference in number sense between the Pirahã and most other human groups, it must be their language that limits their conceptual abilities.

Regarding kidney health, animal studies suggest that marijuana might affect kidney function, but data in humans are limited.

While the study was limited to 26 lions in a single geographical area, the study area was unique among mountain lion studies in that the authors were able to track mountain lions along a gradient of human presence that included relatively remote areas of the Santa Monica Mountains and also areas within the second largest metropolitan area of the United States.

By defining the sharks» use of particular areas, this study gives marine management and conservation officials the ability to limit the sharks» interaction with their greatest threat — humans.

Other examples include Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman's studies of human reasoning, which show that humans frequently reason with unseen and persistent biases, and the work of Keller, Longino, and other feminist critics showing that scientists are cognitively limited by the ideologies accepted in their wider cultures.

Here we explore the limits of predictability in human dynamics by studying the mobility patterns of anonymized mobile phone users.

According to Biotechnology in Europe: 2005 Comparative Studies, a report written by Critical I Limited for EuropaBio, 60 % of the biotech companies in the United States were in the human health care sector in 2003, and 51 % in Europe.

He said Hunt's study is of «limited relevance to human health» and that the doses used were much higher than actual human exposure.

The methods used to conduct studies on modern humans crafting ancient tools was limited until recently by brain imaging technology.

Radiographic two - dimensional studies indicate that Neandertal molar enamel is thin relative to the thick enamel of modern humans, although such methods have limited accuracy.

Our study shows that in addition to habitat fragmentation, the addition of human - made structures benefit ravens, whereas some species of raptors like the Ferruginous Hawk have been impacted and limited in nesting areas,» said study lead author Peter Coates, an ecologist with the USGS Western Ecological Research Center.