Sentences with phrase «animal studies seem»

In animal studies it seems that it may affect levels of cholesterol, which may serve as a potential modulator of Alzheimer - type amyloid formation.

From the short animal studies it seems with small eating windows the differences between low or high carbohydrate diets and animal or no animal diets fade.

Not exact matches

It seems to me less arbitrary and more logical to go along with Jennings (quoted by Agar 1943, p. 153), who wrote after years of study on the behavior of amoebae: «I am thoroughly convinced, after long study of the behavior of this organism, that if Amoeba were a large animal, so as to come within the every day experience of human beings, its behavior would at once call forth the attribution to it of states of pleasure and pain, of hunger, desire, and the like, on precisely the same basis as we attribute these things to the dog.»

The objects of his study range from a class of molecules that have the basic self - duplicating property of living things, through cells which suggest purely physical systems, through animals which give increasing evidence of having minds, to human beings in whom streams of consciousness seem to involve continual choices of action, at the opposite pole from control by impersonal laws of nature.

Nowadays the study of perceptual synthesis, of memory, of ideation, of insightful problem - solving and of the complexities of motivation in animals, has reached a point at which the exact opposite of Morgan's strategy often seems more promising.

While animals seem to balance their nutritional needs quite well without the technical knowledge of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates, we incessantly count calories and measure grams of fat, only to find out about the latest study, which tells us that the rules of eating have changed once again.

Fiona Mathews of the University of Exeter, UK, who led the study, says the findings echo those in animals, which are also more likely to produce boys during times of plenty, whereas female mice with low blood sugar also seem more prone to producing girls.

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.

Model behavior So far, there are only a few autism studies in which the sex of animals seems to make a difference, but that may be because scientists have only just begun to look.

First the agency defines the highest daily dose that does not seem to affect the most sensitive species of animal studied.

Still, Loke adds, «the results seems quite compelling, especially when you consider the background — all the animal studies and clinical trials that show worms can suppress colitis and other autoimmune disorders.»

It seems counterintuitive that something meant to kill or paralyze could ultimately save lives, but by studying different toxins produced by animals, scientists are gaining greater insight into how pain works in the first place.

The condition is not only untreatable, but seems to be peculiar to humans, meaning scientists have been unable to study the disease and seek new treatments by modeling it in an animal like the mouse.

«The idea of choking adipose tissue off from its blood supply to make an animal leaner seemed incredibly wrong,» says Randy Seeley, a neuroscientist at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio, who was not involved in the study.

«There really seems to be a whole mix of animals playing a role in transmission,» says mathematical biologist Sebastian Funk, one of the authors of the study.

It might seem that for a rain forest the more trees the merrier, but a new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution warns that non-native trees invading a rain forest can change its basic ecological structure — rendering it less hospitable to the myriad plant and animal species that depend on its resources.

«Language is the biggest difference that separates humans from animals evolutionarily, but multiple studies are finding more and more stepping stones that seem to bridge this gap.

Science can seem meaningless out of context and the lengthy processes of clinical drug trials is sometimes misinterpreted as repeating the studies already carried out in animals.

But a certain four - legged predator, the spotted hyena, seems to know the benefits of this type of social bonding instinctively, according to a new study from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) that considers the structural factors affecting the social network of these animals.

It seems I was spending hours reading paper after paper reporting an endless stream of animal studies on this connection that, to me, have little or no practical value in terms of addressing the needs of patients suffering from behavioral or neurodegenerative disorders.

I just saw a study posted on a calorie - restriction mail list I follow that seems to say that animal fats (SFAs) are much worse for you than PUFAs.

He acknowledges that it may seem counterintuitive that expending energy through exercise would increase feelings of energy and reduce fatigue, but he points out that previous studies have shown marked increases in the levels of energy - promoting and mood - enhancing neurotransmitters such as dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin in the brains of animals that are placed in regular exercise conditions.

Overall, animal and human studies suggest that flax seems to improve both constipation and diarrhea, depending on what a person's system needs (28, 29, 30, 31).

It seems to me that the China Study research FINDINGS are sound because of its longevity and breadth; using both animal and human subjects and multiple studies over a long span of time.

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

In studies on animals and on isolated cell types, the above expectations seem to be fully met, with flavonoid intake improving detoxification, oxidative stress, unwanted inflammation, and initiation of cells into pre-cancerous states.

We have no way of knowing what kinds of long term effects they will produce in humans, but they certainly seem to have negative effects on animals based on some studies.

I recently read that black pepper can help the absorption of antioxidants in green tea, though it seems to be only based on animals studies.

It seems that the high fat diets in the study were Atkins diets, high in both animal protein and fat.

Several studies performed on various animals have also found that beta - carotene seems to protect against the leading causes of blindness, macular degeneration and cataracts.

Of the No Kill shelters I've studied, the ones that have intake per 1000 people of 40 or 50 or more generally seem to use transports a lot, or adopt animals to people outside of their own jurisdiction, in order to get to a 90 % or better live release rate.

The results of this preliminary study on a small number of animals naturally infected, indicate that false seronegativity seems easy to occur in non-endemic areas, which represents the major parts of italian and european territories.

The cases reported in this study, showing itching dermatitis (Fig. 1) responsive to specific medicaments, seem to confirm a pathogenic role for D. repens in animals, previously disputed (Chauve, 1997).

Stanley Coren, a psychologist who has been very active in studying the human - animal bond, recently presented his observations that when analyzing randomly selected photos of humans hugging their dogs, over 80 % of the dogs appeared to be exhibiting behavioral signs of stress (to be clear, some dogs seemed perfectly happy with the hugs, just not too many of them).

Studies of people, figurative forms, objects, animals, buildings, domestic scenes, light and shade - nothing seems to escape his eye or his interest.