A new, safer smallpox vaccine has shown promise in two
animal studies published this week.
If dozens of human and
animal studies published over the past six years are borne out by large clinical trials, nicotine — freed at last of its noxious host, tobacco, and delivered instead by chewing gum or transdermal patch — may prove to be a weirdly, improbably effective drug for relieving or preventing a variety of neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Tourette's and schizophrenia.
But in
an animal study published in Nature in 2012, Shenoy and his colleagues reported finding that much more is going on: Motor cortical neurons work as part of an interconnected circuit — a so - called dynamical system — to create rhythmic patterns of neural activity.
Increasing acidity in the brain's emotional control center reduces anxiety, according to
an animal study published February 26 in The Journal of Neuroscience.
The explosive organic compound pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) might one day allow pregnant women to protect their daughters from developing high blood pressure before they're born, according to
an animal study published in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension.
Exposure to the endocrine - disrupting chemical bisphenol A during pregnancy may raise a mother's susceptibility to weight gain and diabetes later in life, according to a new
animal study published in the Endocrine Society's journal Endocrinology.
Relying on the better - functioning side of the body after a stroke can cause brain changes that hinder rehabilitation of the impaired side, according to
an animal study published June 3 in The Journal of Neuroscience.
An animal study published in the «Journal of Toxicology» in 2013 found that aloe juice treated in this manner decreased the risk of adverse effects compared to untreated aloe juice.
This is suggested in
an animal study published in the Journal of Nutrition by the American nutritionist and fitness expert Layne Norton [biolayne.com], of the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.
An animal study published in the October 2012 issue of the journal «Carcinogenesis» found that vitamin C increased activity of an important antioxidant enzyme that helps prevent breast cancer.
An animal study published in the January 2011 «Journal of Ethnopharmacology» found that nopal cactus, Opuntia streptacantha, might decrease blood sugar levels by preventing the liver from releasing glucose into the blood.
Researchers at the Sorbonne in France suggest this in
an animal study they published in the Journal of Nutrition.
An animal study published in a 2012 «Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention» found that prickly pear prevented skin cancer by increasing antioxidant activity and decreasing oxidation of lipids — damage caused by accumulated toxins and waste products.
An animal study published in the September 2011 «Journal of Ethnopharmacology» found that doses of 20 milligrams per kilogram body weight per day for 30 days resulted in lower blood sugar, insulin and cholesterol levels compared to a control group that did not receive cilantro seed extract.
Cilantro also lowered blood pressure by acting as a diuretic — a substance that promotes urine production — in
an animal study published in the January 2008 «Journal of Ethnopharmacology,» in which it worked in a similar, though milder, manner to furosemide, a standard diuretic drug.
Grape seed extract may help delay the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to
an animal study published in 2009.
A 2009
animal study published in Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology showed that insufficient intake of boron can cause reductions in bone volume and strength, while increasing susceptibility to fracture.
In a laboratory
animal study published in the December 2011 issue of the «British Journal of Neurosurgery,» a combination of avocado and soybean fats prevented oxidation and protected against nerve damage after the animals were exposed to low - oxygen conditions.
In a laboratory
animal study published in the January 2011 issue of the journal «Pharmacognosy Research» holy basil protected against liver damage from the commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug acetaminophen.
A laboratory
animal study published in the October 2003 issue of the «Journal of Ethnopharmacology» found that holy basil leaf extract exerted pain - relieving effects at the central nervous system level, meaning that it modulated levels of certain neurotransmitters in the brain that help process pain messages.
In a three - month
animal study published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research in 2015, mice fed a high - fat diet supplemented with moringa concentrate made from leaves showed increased insulin signaling and sensitivity.
An animal study published in 2006 in Arthritis and Rheumatology demonstrated that a curcumin - rich turmeric extract inhibited joint inflammation and joint destruction, and prevented the expression of prostaglandins and of clyclooxygenase 2 — both pro-inflammatory substances.
• Reduced cholesterol levels -
An animal study published in the Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition found that rats given krill oil supplements for six weeks reduced their cholesterol levels by 33 percent.18 In a separate study, 19 this time conducted on patients taking statins, taking krill oil along with statins and a low - fat diet reduced cholesterol levels by 20 percent.
In animal studies on resveratrol itself (the purified nutrient given in intravenous form, not the food form), this phytonutrient has been determined to improve blood flow in the brain by as much as 30 %, thus greatly reducing the risk of stroke, according to the results of a laboratory
animal study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Avocado seed lowered cholesterol levels and may protect against arterial plaque formation, according to a laboratory
animal study published in the March 2012 issue of the journal «Plant Foods in Human Nutrition.»
A 2015
animal study published in the journal Amino Acids found that boosting arginine levels reduced fat deposits and improved muscle gains in rats.
An animal study published in Neurobiology Discoveries showed that pomegranate juice helped mice with symptoms similar to Alzheimer's disease make their way through a maze much more quickly than mice in the control group.
In
an animal study published in «The Journal of Nutrition» in 2010, rats were fed a high - carbohydrate, high - fat diet that subsequently caused symptoms mimicking metabolic syndrome in humans.
Not exact matches
A recent
study published in Nature looked at thousands of different mammal species and worked out the percentage of cases in which
animal fatalities were caused by their own kind.
The Strategy of the Genes: A Discussion of Some Aspects of Theoretical Biology (London: Allen and Unwin, 1957); Hardy, Sir Alister, The Biology of God: A Scientist's
Study of Man the Religious
Animal (New York: Taplinger
Publishing Company, 1976); by the same author, The Living Stream: A Restatement of Evolution and its Relation to the Spirit of Man (London: Collins, 1965), and The Divine Flame: An Essay Towards a Natural History of Religion (London: Collins, 1966), Vols.
Ganeden now has a wide stable of peer - reviewed
published studies, and more than 120 patents for probiotic technologies in the food, beverage,
animal health, sports nutrition and personal care ingredients markets.
In a
study published in Clinical Biochemistry, 2004, researchers looked at coconut oil as a component of diet in laboratory
animals.
The largest prospective nutrition
study ever
published suggests
animal fat may play a role in the development of pancreatic cancer.
A team of researchers
published a
study first of its kind in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry in 2008 analyzing the phytoestrogen content of eggs among other
animal food products and vegetarian substitutes (10).
The
study into a vegan America,
published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and based on data on what Americans ate and how they farmed between 2000 and 2010, looked at how much US soil is given over to raising
animals to create food for humans, and then worked out how much food Americans could create if they cut out the middle - cow — and simply grew food to eat themselves.
The in - vivo (
animal)
study «Enhanced memory in Wistar rats by virgin coconut oil is associated with increased antioxidative, cholinergic activities and reduced oxidative stress» was
published in January of 2017.
As Manuela Carneiro, a researcher who took part in the
study published in «Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety», informs SINC: «This is due to the type of diet these
animals have — strictly carrion from domestic and wild hunting species — because the consumption of hunting species increases the likelihood of ingesting lead.»
'» (Translate is planning human trials with repeated doses of its own mRNA drug for both cystic fibrosis and a rare metabolic disorder called ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency in 2018, but it has not yet
published animal studies with repeat dosing.)
The
study, Increase in pollen sensitization in Swedish adults and protective effect of keeping
animals in childhood, was
published in the scientific journal, Clinical and Experimental Allergy on June 6.
The
study,
published in the journal G3: Genes Genomes Genetics, adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that domestication alters
animals» reactivity to stress.
The
study undertaken by Daniel Brugger of the Chair of
Animal Nutrition at TUM was recently
published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
In a
study published last month, he and his colleagues suggest that oxygen levels were already high enough to support simple
animals, such as sponges, hundreds of millions of years before they actually appeared.
The
study,
published online in Developmental Psychobiology, was conducted by Marguerite O'Haire, Ph.D., from the Center for the Human -
Animal Bond in the College of Veterinary Medicine of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and colleagues in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
The results of the
study by Thomas Newsome and William Ripple in the Oregon State University Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society were
published in the Journal of
Animal Ecology by the British Ecological Society.
Led by scientists from ZSL (Zoological Society of London) and
published in the Journal of
Animal Ecology, the
study highlights how African wild dogs — already classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List — raise fewer pups at high temperatures.
Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) researchers say their
animal study,
published online in Endocrinology, provides the strongest evidence to date on the mechanism of this ancient Chinese therapy in chronic stress.
His stop - motion
studies,
published in 1887, of
animals walking provided incontrovertible evidence of four - legged mammals» gait.
In an article recently
published in the journal Evolutionary
Studies in Imaginative Culture, Coss examines archaeological evidence, genomics, neuroscience studies, animal behavior and prehistoric ca
Studies in Imaginative Culture, Coss examines archaeological evidence, genomics, neuroscience
studies, animal behavior and prehistoric ca
studies,
animal behavior and prehistoric cave art.
And that is not just a tragedy for the plants and
animals that require mature forests — it is also a tragedy for the world's climate, according to a
study published today in Nature.
Findings produced by this retrospective
study were
published in the Journal of Small
Animal Practice.