Sentences with phrase «researchers tested samples»

The researchers tested the samples for six chemical byproducts (known as metabolites) that result when the body breaks down more than 28 different pesticides.

The researchers tested samples of brain cells from people with MS and healthy control subjects and found evidence of the virus in the olfactory bulb in both groups.

Not exact matches

After taking samples and conducting brain scans, the researchers found that 41 percent of mothers of babies with microcephaly tested positive for Zika infection in blood or cerebrospinal fluid samples, compared with none of those whose babies did not have microcephaly.

In two independent lab tests, researchers found that the other alleged primary ingredient — soy — made up less than 1 % of the sample, according to a statement from Subway.

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By analysing 599 samples of chimp droppings (P. T. troglodytes are a highly endangered and thus protected species that can not be killed or captured for testing), the researchers were able to obtain 34 specimens that reacted to a standard HIV DNA test, 12 of which gave results that were virtually indistinguishable from the reactions created by human HIV.

Researchers are actively at work creating less invasive tests to screen for chromosome disorders in developing babies, such as by isolating the baby's genetic material from samples of the mother's blood.

Each trimester the mothers underwent a series of tests that evaluated their stress and psychopathological symptoms while simultaneously taking hair samples from which the researchers extracted the cortisol corresponding to the last three months.

Taken together, the researchers wrote, the findings suggest that an abnormality in serotonin metabolism could indicate an underlying vulnerability that increases SIDS risk and that testing blood samples for serotonin could distinguish certain SIDS cases from other infant deaths.

The researchers collected samples of indoor dust from 11 homes in North Carolina and tested extracts from the samples in a mouse pre-adipocyte cell model, 3T3 - L1 cells, often used to test compounds for potential effects on the accumulation of triglycerides, a type of fat.

«In effort to treat rare blinding disease, researchers turn stem cells into blood vessels: Patients around the world contribute skin samples to test potential new therapy.»

Most countries where Zika and Dengue are prevalent do not allow patient samples to be shipped out of the country, so the researchers traveled to several countries, including Mexico, Colombia, India, and Brazil, to test their devices with patient samples.

Every 100 miles the researchers took matchstick - size samples of leg muscle (about 60 milligrams apiece) from the dogs to test for protein levels, enzyme activity and glycogen, a starchlike compound that stores energy for quick release.

The researchers have since tested breast milk samples from another 20 or so women and are working on figuring out the exact identities of the bacteria - busting sugars.

Three out of four honey samples tested contained measurable levels of at least one of five common neonicotinoids, researchers report in the Oct. 6 Science.

Researchers at the center tested a sample of bird carcasses, and the majority tested positive for botulism.

The researchers then studied wastewater samples from 10 cities throughout the United States, testing for 14 illicit, prescription, and nonprescription drugs including heroine, cocaine, methamphetamine, and oxycodone.

When the comparison also included samples from healthy people, the method accurately identified early Lyme disease up to 85 times out of 100, beating a commonly used Lyme test's rate of 44 of 100, researchers report online August 16 in Science Translational Medicine.

England co-authored (along with three Echo researchers) a July 2008 study in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology indicating the accuracy of Symphony's blood glucose measurements was comparable with the more common practice of drawing and testing blood samples.

The researchers tested air samples from ground level and from altitudes of about 20 miles, as well as dissolved air from shallow ocean water samples.

Jessica Weaver, a postdoctoral researcher in Georgia Tech's Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, places hydrogel samples into multiwall plate for testing.

By methodically sampling the area inside and outside this halo — a laborious task of mapping, examining pottery, and digging small test pits — the researchers concluded that Brak covered 320 acres in the period between 3900 and 3400 B.C..

Researchers have performed tests with 445 samples and have obtained positive results.

If it proves positive, the researchers will mix another portion of the sample with cultured bat and monkey cells to test for active virus.

To that end, in collaboration with the University of Zurich and MD Anderson Cancer Center, the researchers tested melanoma tumor samples from human patients undergoing treatment with the same targeted therapies.

The researchers also need to perform toxicity testing on samples to investigate the safety of the coated surfaces and examine any biofilms that may develop.

Instead of gathering and testing patients in person, as in traditional studies, 23andMe researchers turned to online Parkinson's support groups to subscribe 3,426 patients, free of charge, to their service, which uses a mailed - in spit sample to identify genetic traits and disease risk factors.

With samples taken from 242 people, 24 of whom had a cancer diagnosis, the worms made the correct diagnosis 96 per cent of the time, a success rate that the researchers say is better than any blood test.

The researchers estimate that in their study, each sample cost US$ 35, excluding labor, to test, but the cost will fall as DNA sequencing technology becomes cheaper.

The researchers performed a metabolomics analysis, testing blood samples from a group of mice with the disorder and from a control group.

Researchers in the Czech Republic then tested the UV light - assisted biopsy technique in the field, using it to collect small samples from areas of bat wing that fluoresced under UV light.

Using three samples aggregating more than 1000 working adults, researchers developed and tested a measure of substantive and symbolic corporate social responsibility.

Researchers at Scripps and other institutions began testing blood samples from these individuals in animals and found that they were producing broadly neutralizing antibodies capable of eliminating most of the HIV varieties, says Crotty.

For the latest study, NIST researchers developed new test methods and equipment to study copper and steel alloy samples either immersed in ethanol - water solutions inoculated with bacteria, or exposed to the vapors above the medium — conditions mimicking those around sump pumps.

After the health care workers had finished examining both mannequins, the researchers swabbed the workers» sleeves, wrists and hands, and tested the samples for DNA from the cauliflower mosaic virus.

With a sample size of 30 participants, the researchers tested the effects of removing MSG, increasing water intake, or a combination of both, relative to acetaminophen (the main treatment option available in Meru).

In research funded by Sparks charity, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity and Cancer Research UK, researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a test for blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples that looks for a specific panel of four pieces of short genetic code known as microRNAs, which are found in greater quantities in malignant germ cell tumours.

The researchers tested blood samples taken from four people who had been infected with Zika virus and compared it to blood from five people known not to have the virus.

The researchers took blood samples at the start of the study and the end of each intervention to test lipid, cholesterol, and glucose levels as well as other cardiovascular measures.

Researchers apply antibody - rich blood serum, or antiserum, targeting a specific antigen — say, one found in a rhino — to the sample they're testing.

To tease out whether these correlations were due to a small sample size or chance, the researchers used a more sophisticated statistical technique called principal components analysis, testing the actual results against 10,000 randomly generated simulations.

The researchers then tested the nanobody on stool samples from patients infected with the virus.

After identifying a suitable sample and designing a general strategy, Besnard says researchers should test their plan on easily replaced specimens.

Twice a week, families were visited by researchers who asked questions about the child's health, monitored growth and collected blood and stool samples, which were later tested for a variety of bacteria and parasites.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, researchers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, found high levels of mercury (above the maximum recommended by the World Health Organization) in hair samples from 40 % of the Madre de Dios residents that they tested.

A group of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers and engineers have developed and tested an innovative new system for sampling small planktonic larvae in coastal ocean waters and understanding their distribution.

When assessing the device's sensitivity with spiked mouse serum samples, the researchers were able to detect HIV and HCV antibodies at 300 picograms per mL and 750 picograms per mL, respectively — values lower than currently existing HIV and HCV antibody tests.

When this idea was tested on human blood samples, the researchers found that subjects who suffered from depression had unusually low miR135 levels in their blood.

The researchers tested different techniques and filter papers to find the optimal method for transporting dried cerebrospinal fluid samples without the need for keeping samples frozen.

To test whether Japanese encephalitis virus could be successfully identified from the samples, the researchers carried out a retrospective analysis on cerebrospinal fluid for patients tested for the virus between 2009 — 2015 in Laos, with a total of 132 samples containing sufficient fluid volume for testing.