Sentences with phrase «animal research while»

By contrast, 35 % of women favor animal research while 62 % oppose it.

Not exact matches

While there's hardly any research yet on the hormone in human dads, findings elsewhere in the animal kingdom are strong and suggestive that it works in a similar way in people.

While some religious groups and some advocates for animal welfare oppose animal cloning, I believe that the potential benefit merits continued research.

He splits his time between being at the Rodale Institute, leading educational classes and applied research with various farm animal species, while also owning Bovinity Health, LLC a company providing science - based and holistic solutions for commonly encountered dairy cow problems.

Furthermore, the opportunity the mentoring program provided me with ensured I got to talk to people in various fields, but also highlighted that while I may want to work in Large Animal practice now, possibly I may enter research in the future as my career unfolds.

While not a lot of research can tell us the effects of BPA on humans, studies on animals suggest it may be dangerous to brain development, the reproductive system, and the immune system.

► The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has put funding on hold for experiments that involve «mixing human stem cells into very early animal embryos and letting them develop» while it «reconsiders its rules» for this type of research, Gretchen Vogel reported Wednesday.

While cigarette smoke contains more than 8,000 chemicals, current and published research in humans and in animals suggests that the molecule acrolein likely contributes significantly to the cardiovascular toxicity of traditional tobacco cigarette smoke, Conklin said.

While most research studies begin in test tubes, cells grown in the laboratory and animal models before moving to humans, the opposite is true here.

(1) However, while previous research on humans and other animals has shown that certain types of learning, like conditioning, can occur during sleep, (2) this study reveals that we can also memorize new representations and objects (here auditory «objects») while dozing.

«While urbanization has caused cities to lose large numbers of plants and animals, the good news is that cities still retain endemic native species, which opens the door for new policies on regional and global biodiversity conservation,» said lead author and NCEAS working group member Myla F. J. Aronson, a research scientist in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

As Sankaran Thayumanavan, a chemistry professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, explains, academics are often only interested in — or only funded for — solving basic research questions, while corporations like to see that a drug or device works in animals before stepping in.

While Carlezon's research focuses on animal models, his findings have implications for humans.

When they examined the canal structures of more than 200 mammal species, the research team found that fast, agile movers — like gibbons and leaping tarsiers — have exceptionally large canals for their size, while slow, deliberate animals like sloths have small ones.

While assisted reproductive techniques such as intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)-- which involves the direct injection of sperm into the egg cell — can overcome head or tail abnormalities in sperm, recent animal research suggests that fertility doctors must use these techniques with care.

While scientists have intensively researched links in plumage patterns between the common cuckoo and Eurasian sparrowhawk, the new research shows that this type of impersonation of a more dangerous animal — called «Batesian mimicry» — may be far more widespread in cuckoos.

«While there may have been some speculation that the shape of the seahorse tail allows the animals to grasp objects more tightly, past research has concentrated more on how the tail's complex musculoskeletal organization, not its shape, affects grasping,» said co-author Dominique Adriaens, a professor in the department of evolutionary morphology at Ghent University in Belgium.

42 - percentage point gap over the issue of using animals in research — 89 % of scientists favor it, while 47 % of the public backs the idea.

While researchers could not identify how a particular animal became infected, treponemal infections are known to be transmitted by contact with the skin lesion of an infected individual, so a pet macaque could potentially pick up the bacteria, said Lisa Jones - Engel, a UW research assistant professor of anthropology who led the study.

While courses related to professional ethics, ethical issues in clinical research, or research involving vertebrate animals may form a part of instruction in responsible conduct of research, they generally are not sufficient to cover all of the above topics.

This Directive has been shaped by consultation with animal welfare groups, scientists and animal technologists to ensure that necessary research involving animals can continue while requiring enhanced animal welfare standards.

While SMC Factsheets tend to go into detail on a narrow topic, we also produce «briefing notes» on broader subject areas like climate change, stem cells or animal research.

Scientists had so far recognized only one giraffe species and up to 11 subspecies while the distinctness of each subspecies of the animal still remains unclear even after a century of research.

While this is an appealing prospect, the research is still at the early stage of being explored in animals.

While much recent research has not been published in this area, there is actually a long history of studies that show: (1) there is a significant number of antigens shared between tumors and embryonic tissues (called «oncofetal antigens») and, consequently, antibodies made against tumors can also recognize embryonic tissues, and vice versa; (2) pregnancy confers some immunity against cancer (accompanied by antibody production against oncofetal antigens), not only against its occurrence but also against its growth; (3) similar to pregnancy, an immune response against cancer can be generated by vaccinating animals with embryonic tissues.

While the lack of chlorophyll in OpenSource diets provides convincing evidence for their use for in vivo imaging studies, the very nature of OpenSource purified diets argues for their use in all lab animal research.

While Pollard's research focuses on understanding the microbiome through bioinformatics and modeling, other projects study human disorders such as diabetes and asthma, the impact of the ocean and soil on climate change, and the influence of plants, animals, and water on food production.

While these efforts have demonstrated the feasibility of using robotics to influence animal behavior, dissecting and quantifying sensory cues in social animals are still untapped research questions.

Typically, microscopes used to observe neuronal activity in animals are heavy and could only be used while fixed in place; a mobile version opened the door to all sorts of possible research, including the prospect of watching the neurons in a mouse's brain as it explored its environment or interacted with other animals.

To mimic these conditions in an animal study, Skaar and his colleagues focused their research on mice exposed to C. diff while being given antibiotics.

While this is just the beginning of research into the theory — so far it's only been studied in petri dishes and animals — many Alzheimer's researchers are intrigued by the idea and what it could mean for a cure.

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.

While they could theoretically increase breast cancer risk, at this point the risk is just that — theoretical — «and based on animal and other lab studies,» says Janet Gray, PhD, director of science, technology and society at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who researches environmental impacts on breast cancer.

In animal studies, scientists have found that aloe can reduce markers of inflammation in the colon, and while further research is needed, it demonstrates that it does, in fact, have anti-inflammatory properties.

This past Thursday marked the one - year anniversary of The Curious Case of Campbell's Rats, wherein we took a wild ride through over two decades of animal research in which Dr. T. Colin Campbell of China Study fame showed that dietary protein, whether it comes from animals or plants, protects against aflatoxin toxicity and the initiation of new precancerous lesions while simultaneously promoting the growth of precancerous lesions that have already formed.

Remember how Campbell said, summarizing this research, that «nutrients from animal - based foods increased tumor development while nutrients from plant - based foods decreased tumor development»?

While vitamin C has more research, naringin has shown substancial evidence in animal studies on Alzheimerʼs disease [6].

Encouraging news concerning cancer comes from Dr. T. Colin Campbell's cancer research that concluded that an excess of animal protein (from meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy) tends to stimulate cancer, while plant - based nutrients tend to decrease tumor development.

While more research is needed, some scientific studies in animal models indicate that Xylitol may positively affect the overall balance of gut flora.

Dr. Greger — thoughts on the study by Stentz et al. in BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care (http://drc.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000258) that showed that a 30 % protein diet (primarily from animal products) reversed prediabetes, while high - carb 15 % protein diet that emphasized whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and legumes did not perform as well?

A colleague informed him of a startling trend: liver cancer was plaguing affluent Filipinos at a much higher rate than their less - wealthy counterparts — a phenomenon that, despite a slew of other lifestyle differences, Campbell believed was linked to their higher intake of animal protein.1 Bolstering his suspicions, Campbell also learned of a recent study from India showing that a high protein intake spurred liver cancer in rats, while a low protein intake seemed to prevent it.2 Intrigued by this gem of little - known research, Campbell decided to investigate the role of nutrition in cancer growth himself — an endeavor that ended up lasting several decades and producing over one hundred publications (none of which pertained to Fight Club).3

«While eggs are high in cholesterol, research shows that the dietary cholesterol is less likely to affect your blood cholesterol levels compared to animal proteins that are high in saturated fat,» says Rumsey.

While research in this area must still be considered preliminary — since it's only been conducted on animals in a lab setting — the findings are clear and consistent.

In fact, Valter Longo, PhD, who specializes in fasting and in oncology in his research, feels that fasting while doing chemo is highly effective, protective of healthy cells, but he says that in both animals and human studies, he's never seen fasting alone turn cancer around.

And while specific pheromones are known to trigger specific responses in animals from bees to squid, scientists have yet to isolate them in humans, and according to Smithsonian Magazine, a review of scientific literature on the study of pheromones «found that most research on the topic was subject to major design flaws.»

While he's busy prosecuting Justin Forrester, an animal rights activist (who is also his daughter's popular history teacher) for the alleged arson of a medical research facility,...

Local author Cynthia Morris recently published Kids» Krostics, a book with challenging quotation puzzles that help kids build «grit» as well as vocabulary and basic research skills, all while learning fun animal facts.

While research on animal - assisted interaction and therapy is not always consistent and is often done with small groups of participants, there is some evidence that interaction with a companion animal even for a short time might have a range of benefits

While experts like the Companion Animal Parasite Council recommend that pet owners apply flea and tick control year - round in most areas of the country, research shows that on average pet owners only apply about one - third of the recommended doses.

Kitty at work All businesses that include animals on the premises should do extensive research beforehand, while making the welfare of its animals their utmost priority.