She should be taught stroking techniques using toy
animals as models.
«We could use
these animals as a model to see what happens to heart health if we increase the omega - 3 levels in the body.»
Scientists have used
these animals as a model for disorders of social behavior, including autism and schizophrenia.
Vail DM, MacEwen EG (2002) Spontaneously occurring tumors of companion
animals as models for human cancer.
Dr. Dodds: After years of studying and researching the hematologic and immunologic diseases of
animals as models for their human counterparts, I realized that I needed to look more at the body as a whole and what regulated it.
Not exact matches
The Volvo S90 2017
model banners its «moose detector,» a trio of radar, camera and software aimed at identifying large
animals on the road and avoiding situations such
as car - deer collisions.
As I stated in my original article, prior to conducting experiments with human cells, ANT - OAR techniques would need to be rigorously tested in
animal models to establish a procedure that guarantees with reasonable certainty that an embryo is not generated.
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animal protectionists hold up their work with sheep producers of Marin County, California
as a better coyote management
model.
In the ecological
model the elements in the cell relate to one another and to the cell
as a whole, more like the way an
animal as a whole relates to its environment.
Dihydrocaffeic acid and malvidin - 3» - O - glucoside were used
as a «prophylactic and therapeutic» treatment in an
animal model.
To evaluate a
model system of inspection, operating under HACCP principles, a third inspection system known
as HACCP - based Inspection
Models Project (HIMP) was initiated in 1998 to evaluate the ability of the HIMP
model to improve the safety of processed
animals and poultry.
You can help teach your child to be gentle by
modeling the behavior yourself, by having your child role play with a doll or stuffed
animal, and by helping your child to be aware that her movements and tone of voice are just
as important
as gentle touch.
They then tested the contributions of samples from breast milk
as well
as individual molecules in both
animal and cellular
models of infection, measuring the length of time until resolution.
As a small local farm, Drumlin Farm
models an alternative to the often inhumane treatment of factory raised
animals.
It is illegal to use an
animal for an experiment if there is an alternative, such
as a computer
model.
Prosecuting would be a «difficult and unworkable task,
as little or no evidence is available regarding [the substances»] pharmacological activities in vivo in humans and expert witnesses may be reluctant to extrapolate data from
animal models, in silico or in vitro studies,» lecturer in criminal law Amber Marks told the committee.
In 1859, Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory reinforced the conception that
animals could serve
as models for humans in the study of biology and physiology.
«Hi Tor operates
as a no - kill shelter and we are here to help all
animals survive and thrive, however we must be able to operate on a fiscally sound business
model or risk insolvency and the possibility of putting these
animals lives at risk.
We do not cover developments of interest only to specialists, such
as new
animal models of a disease or the opening of new science research centres.
To better understand their findings, the team examined the
animal model for APS1 (i.e. mice with the same genetic defect
as human patients with the syndrome) and found that male mice spontaneously developed an inflammatory disease in their prostate glands — a so - called prostatitis — and reacted to transglutaminase 4.
He even secured the mouse
as the official
animal model for government - funded cancer research.
Further studies in
animal models and patients (with altered TRPM7 channel function) have been initiated, in order to evaluate the efficacy and safety of magnesium
as a therapeutic for this disease.
Known
as a triple transgenic
model, the
animals develop three key characteristics of the disease: memory impairment, amyloid plagues, and neurofibrillary tangles.
As for the Lund researchers, the method provides a tool for studying how neurons cooperate inside a healthy brain and in
animal models with different neurological diseases.
Strategies that boost the cell's quality control programs, rather than disarm specific pathologic proteins, have looked promising in lab
animals that serve
as models for human neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia.
And the enrichments may make the
animals better at what they do: serving
as important
models for human disease.
The identification of these genetic defects has fed back to create ever more realistic
animal models of the diseases,
as mentioned earlier for Huntington's disease.
As noted by Dr. Vicki Ellingrod — the Chair of this session, «Current state - of - the - art research in both animal models as well as humans point to the link between the gut microbiota and mood and anxiety models, as well as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut microbiome.&raqu
As noted by Dr. Vicki Ellingrod — the Chair of this session, «Current state - of - the - art research in both
animal models as well as humans point to the link between the gut microbiota and mood and anxiety models, as well as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut microbiome.&raqu
as well
as humans point to the link between the gut microbiota and mood and anxiety models, as well as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut microbiome.&raqu
as humans point to the link between the gut microbiota and mood and anxiety
models,
as well as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut microbiome.&raqu
as well
as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut microbiome.&raqu
as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut microbiome.»
Researchers performed a meta - analysis of literature examining patients with NASH, and then tested their hypothesis using an
animal model, which enabled them to eliminate possible confounders of the clinical data, such
as antibiotic exposure and medical comorbidities.
«We know that urate has neuroprotective properties in
animal models, and an unusual convergence of human studies suggested its possible use
as a disease - modifying strategy in Parkinson's; so the positive results of this trial are very encouraging.»
Weaver studied the
animal models for
as long
as 100 days, and found that the islet clusters transplanted with the hydrogel and VEGF developed many blood vessels and engrafted into their new locations.
The immediate comparison of real and
modeled neurons within the coding space allows both the systematic investigation of the
model and the tuning of particular
model variants
as found in the real
animal.
While mouse
models have traditionally been used in studying the genetic disorder, Deng said the
animal model is inadequate because the human brain is more complicated, and much of that complexity arises from astroglia cells, the star - shaped cells that play an important role in the physical structure of the brain
as well
as in the transmission of nerve impulses.
The study — which looked at the action of Substance P within nerve cells in the lab and in
animal models — focused on acute pain, but Professor Gamper aims to look at its role within chronic pain
as well.
Whales and dolphins could provide a useful
model for research into such impacts, largely because their sounds are relatively easy to study: They are among the loudest noises any
animal has ever made, reaching
as much
as 188 decibels in the blue whale.
Because the researchers found that CTLA4Ig was effective in suppressing hepatitis in this study, they suggest that CTLA4Ig should be among the therapeutic options investigated further
as a potential therapy for patients with severe acute hepatitis B. To this end, this
animal model is useful for virological and immunological analysis of HBV infection.
With the advent of new gene editing techniques, some less common
animal models such
as octopuses may find their way into scientists» toolkits.
Using the freshwater polyp Hydra
as a
model organism, the Kiel - based researchers and their international colleagues investigated how the simple nervous system of these
animals interacts with the microbiome.
Other projects aimed to show that
animals have a theory of mind, the ability to
model the thinking of others (
as when we judge whether a poker player is bluffing or if a potential mate is truly in love).
Using data from several sources on 162 terrestrial
animals and plants unique (endemic) to the Albertine Rift, the researchers used ecological niche
modeling (computer
models) to determine the extent of habitat already lost due to agriculture, and to estimate the future loss of habitat
as a result of climate change.
Herzberg said his stories dealt «with obviousness that is not obvious... the stethoscope
as the eternal symbol of doctors, mice
as our best
animal model, eels
as simple, almost boring, river fishes.
Unlike rodent
models, which are developed from inbred strains of mice kept in controlled environments, companion
animals, like humans, are genetically diverse and are exposed to many of the same environmental influences
as their owners are.
Chief among the criticisms were the
animal's hindlimbs, significantly smaller compared with other large predatory dinosaurs,
as well
as other researchers» theoretical Spinosaurus
models.
Dr. Michael M. Yartsev, Research Associate and C.V. Starr Fellow at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University receives the US$ 25,000 research prize for his work using the bat
as an unusual
animal model to study the underlying neural mechanisms of spatial memory and navigation in the mammalian brain.
«But really, there is an opportunity with appropriate
animal models to make a huge difference for the human community
as well.»
As for the
animal model, the researchers hope to now conduct experiments in monkeys or other species that more closely resemble humans.
«With further development, the new microendoscope could be used to image neuron activity in previously inaccessible parts of the brain such
as the visual cortex of primate
animal models,» said Ohayon.
Using an
animal model, the research team replicated cocaine addiction by allowing rats to self - administer
as much cocaine
as they wanted (up to 40 doses) during a six - hour period.
In recent years, songbirds» similarities to human vocal learning have piqued researchers» interests in using them
as a functional
animal model to study the neurological basis for Huntington's disease.
With distance identified
as a key factor, the ideal
animal model to study this disease, Dorn quipped, is the giraffe.