How does
animal research help us understand a complex human mental illness such as schizophrenia?
Not exact matches
And finding alternatives to
animal - based products, like food
research company Hampton Creek has done, can
help make the planet more sustainable.
For instance, this
research could
help determine whether it's better to emphasize
animal welfare, sustainability, or the health benefits of clean meat (e.g., the lack of antibiotics or bacterial contamination).»
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animal products.
For instance, this
research could
help determine whether it's better to emphasize
animal welfare, sustainability, or the health benefits of clean meat (e.g., the lack of antibiotics or bacterial contamination).»
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We hope that these efforts will
help members of the public make up their own mind about what they think about
animal research.
«The updating of the
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 was an important step forward in helping to replace the use of animals in medical research and in enshrining the 3Rs principles of reduction, refinement and replacement of animal experimentation in law but it is clear that much work remains to be done.
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 was an important step forward in
helping to replace the use of
animals in medical research and in enshrining the 3Rs principles of reduction, refinement and replacement of animal experimentation in law but it is clear that much work remains to be done.
animals in medical
research and in enshrining the 3Rs principles of reduction, refinement and replacement of
animal experimentation in law but it is clear that much work remains to be done.»
And, by showing how
animal studies can
help us understand when and why our own weapons work — or don't work — as deterrents, it drove home the importance of basic
research.
As with this
research into domestic
animals, a database can
help by bringing huge amounts of evidence together in one place.»
Next, the
research team will examine specifically whether these liver cells obtained from human embryonic stem cells in a dish
help repair injured livers in preclinical
animal models of liver disease.
In unpublished
research, Cagan (now at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Hinxton, England) found that genes involved in
helping neural crest cells migrate differed between the tame and wild
animals (SN: 6/13/15, p. 11).
«Further genetic
research on these rare and elusive
animals may
help illuminate the environmental history of the region, as well as bear evolutionary history worldwide — and additional «Yeti» samples could contribute to this work,» Lindqvist says.
«Such information
helps foster and encourage a global trend towards openness in
animal research.
Although my experiences in basic
animal research were rewarding, I felt I was too far removed from the «human condition» and wanted to do
research that could more directly affect (and hopefully
help) people.
He sees the capability of using the team's
research in the future to design models that will
help game managers, conservation managers, farmers and tour operators predict
animal migration, whether it's zebras or other migratory
animals.
Brian Langerhans, an assistant professor of biological sciences at NC State and a senior author on a paper describing the study, says the
research could
help scientists learn about the connectedness of what seem to be disconnected
animal traits.
Chris Magee, head of policy at the pressure group Understanding
Animal Research (UAR) in London, tells ScienceInsider that withholding information does not
help scientists and their work, because it leaves a «vacuum that activists can fill in with misleading information.»
New
research at the University of Southampton into how
animals keep time through their internal circadian rhythms could
help us understand why we sleep and how we cope with jet lag.
Meanwhile, the biological scientists are using the collections held by these institutions as the basis for the fundamental
research that will
help us conserve our living heritage —
animals and plants.
«Given the key similarities to human infections, a marmoset model of Zika may be useful for testing of new drug and vaccines,» said Texas Biomedical
Research Institute virologist Jean Patterson, Ph.D. «Having an
animal model of Zika infection to study may
help us identify places where we might be able to block transmission.»
«This is a movement that has been sparked by decades of pressure against the use of
animals in
research by
animal rights groups,» that will ultimately
help «robust
research» to progress, the EARA spokesperson says.
In an effort to put behind them decades of opposition from
animal rights campaigners, dozens of organizations involved in
animal research released a concordat on openness today aimed at
helping the public better understand the conditions of
animals in laboratories and their importance for medical and biological science.
«Although this is basic scientific
research using
animal models, these studies are shedding light on the molecular mechanisms that control male fertility, and are
helping us to better understand the causes of many cases of infertility and enabling new horizons to be opened up in the development of therapeutic targets and strategies to combat it,» explained Dr Subirán.
In this primitive two - room shed, Congdon has conducted some ofthe most sophisticated life - history studies of long - lived vertebrates —
research that could upend our theories about how
animals grow old andmight one day
help unlock secrets of human longevity.
The
research is
helping scientists better understand how
animals survive under drastic temperature changes, information that's critical in a world being altered by climate change.
Heat exchange within the body and metabolic adjustments also
help marine
animals regulate their temperatures, G. Carleton Ray, a biologist and
research professor at the University of Virginia, told Live Science.
Read about the Johns Hopkins postdoctoral program that
helped her transition from basic
animal research into studies using human participants.
«Our
research shows most of the microbes that live in termite guts are found nowhere else in nature and have become highly specialised for the difficult task of
helping termites digest wood, which very few kinds of
animals can do,» Professor Lo said.
Several scientists and
research organizations praised the decision to stick with the existing E.U. legislation on the protection of
research animals, saying it is drafted to
help reduce, refine, and replace the use of
animals in the lab.
«Such long - term insights are crucial in
helping with current conservation efforts, laying a foundation for future
research on impacts of island formation, climate change and human occupation on
animals and their habitats.»
«One of the contributions of
research like this is
helping humans understand the challenges large
animals face today from climate change,» Groves said.
One way to mitigate the problem is to figure out why
animals confuse plastic for prey so frequently, and our
research has
helped to do that.
It can also
help to reduce the amount of
animal testing in brain
research.
Dr Felix Eigenbrod: says: «Our
research will
help governments to better understand where to invest resources to safeguard wild plants and
animals in the face of the combined threats of habitat destruction and climate change..»
Loans will also be used to
help countries stockpile antiviral drugs, enhance
animal and human health surveillance systems, develop preparedness plans, and support vaccine
research.
The genetic investigation of giraffe began when Julian Fennessy of Giraffe Conservation Foundation in Namibia approached Axel Janke, a geneticist at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate
Research Centre and Goethe University in Germany, about five years ago to ask for
help with genetic testing of the
animal.
This opportunity to discuss my
research, as well as to learn about other
research in
animal behavior outside of neuroscience, expanded my network and provided me with resources that will certainly
help me throughout my career.
Our researchers are
helping to improve
animal research using these principles.
Moreover, I expect to bring home the expertise needed to
help consolidate education in
animal research at my university.»
For
animal lovers, there's an
animal science program where our professors and
research scientists will
help you explore the study of
animal genetics.
Captive - bred axolotls are frequently used in biological
research, both to learn from the
animal's remarkable ability to regenerate body parts and to
help inform conservation efforts.
That effort has been
helped by extra funding from the Australian government (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts) to look at pheromones and spawning - site choice in toads; from the Invasive
Animals Co-Operative
Research Centre to explore effects of parasites on toads in Queensland; and from the Western Australians Department of Environment & Conservation, to understand frog and toad parasites at the toad invasion front.
We ask new members to write an article for the website to show their interest in explaining
animal research (we can
help advise on topics, as well as provide support in editing and proofing any drafts).
«One purpose of this joint project is to develop and disseminate best practices to
help U.S. beef industry members meet the requirements for marketing beef to Chinese markets,» said Dr. Russell Cross, professor and Texas A&M AgriLife
Research scientist in the department of
animal science at Texas A&M University in College Station.
«
Research on genetically modified
animals helps scientists to get a better understanding how genes work.
Animal models also
help, but cancers in
research animals such as mice are different from those in humans.
Research — much of it in
animals — suggests that testosterone levels dip and estrogen and prolactin (a hormone that
helps make breast milk in women) increase in males before and after a partner gives birth.
The scientists explain that earlier
research in lab
animals indicate that consuming blueberries could
help boost memory in the elderly.
Eating more healthy fats, like nuts, seeds, and vegetable oils, while limiting
animal fats and refined carbohydrates, can
help prevent or control type 2 diabetes, new
research suggests.