Sentences with phrase «animals show reduced»

(G, H) gbp1, gbp2 ex67 mutant animals show reduced body size both in females (G) and males (H).

As we expected, these animals showed reduced body size (Fig 2G — 2J), slower growth rate (Fig 2K), and extended duration of the L3 (Fig 2L).

When we knocked down GBP1 and GBP2, either alone or in combination, using ppl Gal4, the resulting animals showed reduced body size, reduced growth rate, and extended growth duration.

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This natural sweetener has also shown great promise in animal studies for reducing weight gain and body fat when substituted for sugar.

In animal studies, activation of nuclear factor - kappa B (NF - kB); activation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and cyclooxygenase - 2 (COX - 2); and formation of malondialdehyde (MDA) have all be shown to get reduced following consumption of either sweet potato or its color - containing extracts.

For example, studies have shown the tannins contained in certain sorghums reduces caloric availability and thereby weight gain in animals.

Studies have shown that spending time with animals can reduce stress and anxiety levels!

The results, published in Nutrition Research in 1988, showed reduced tumor growth rates in animals receiving phytic acid, but not in a control group.

These results show the potential of alternative strategies of animal feeding to reduce the environmental issues associated with agriculture.

When polar bears» feeding opportunities decrease during the summer ice melt, the animals can reduce their energy expenditure a little, but not enough to make up for the food shortages, a study in the 17 July issue of Science shows.

Of course, if the bloom is eaten, then animal metabolism will reemit the CO2, sending it back to the atmosphere and defeating the purpose of reducing CO2 emissions, as prior scientific studies have shown.

«To kill ticks, target their animal hosts: Luring mice, chipmunks to contact insecticide shown to reduce nearby tick presence.»

A new study shows that at least two diatom species make compounds that reduce hatching rates when eaten by tiny shrimplike animals called copepods.

The results showed that sleeping on animal skin was associated with a reduced risk of a number of factors connected to asthma.

These animals showed signs of depression, including reduced levels of the hormone serotonin, which is a hallmark of the condition.

For the animal study, the researchers separated 52 mice with colon cancer tumors into three groups, including a control group and groups that were fed either the grape compounds or sulindac, an anti-inflammatory drug, which was chosen because a previous study showed it significantly reduced the number of tumors in humans.

Reducing this gut - associated inflammation has been a goal of clinicians and researchers, and rebalancing the gut microbiome has shown promise in small - animal studies.

He describes work that shows that dietary deficiency of alpha - linolenic acid (a fatty acid found in rapeseed oil) reduces the learning capacity of experimental animals.

For years, people have attributed runner's highs to endorphins, but when researchers blocked the effects of these hormones in running mice, the animals still showed signs of runner's high — reduced anxiety and less sensitivity to pain.

Animal models and clinical trials have shown that antioxidants and anti-inflammatory drugs could not only reduce symptoms associated with the disorders but also prevent the appearance of neurobiological abnormalities and transition to psychosis if given early during brain development.

The reason, according to the research published in the journal Human Reproduction (pdf): soy beans contain high amounts of phytoestrogens, organic compounds that mimic the female hormone estrogen in the human body and, in animal studies, have been shown to reduce testosterone levels.

A new study in animals shows that using a compound to block the body's immune response greatly reduces disability after a stroke.

The results showed that at high speed, the animals reduce the degree to which their legs move in a synchronized manner.

In the converse experiment, the group showed that when increasing lipid production in lungs of animals already injured and developing pulmonary fibrosis, lung scarring could be reduced by 70 - 80 percent.

The new study shows deleting Rhes significantly reduces behavioral problems in animal models of the disease.

«With this novel animal model, we showed how it enhances fear rather than reducing it and where the molecular changes are occurring in our central nervous system.»

A second experiment showed that the drugs - plus - DNA therapy reduced bacterial growth from a secondary infection, and in one of seven animals, it gave «complete protection» to the lungs against reinfection.

For example, studies have shown that young, inactive rats have reduced insulin sensitivity (a precursor to type - 2 diabetes), eat more and burn off fewer calories, and develop larger fat pads than animals who continue to exercise.

According to the results, two compounds similar to progesterone showed an equivalent ability to reduce brain swelling in an animal model of traumatic brain injury.

We do this because reducing variability means that we will have greater power in our statistics to show phenotypic differences and ultimately be able to use fewer animals.

Psychological stress and glucorticoids have been shown to increase FOXO3 in animal studies, 36, 37, 38 whereas low levels of FOXO3 in mice actually prevent the behavioral stress response in mice, serving an antidepressant effect.39 We believe our study is the first documentation that a stress reduction intervention can reduce FOXO3 expression.

He also has shown that reducing tau levels, or suppressing the abnormal excitability of these networks with drugs, can both reduce cognitive and behavioral deficits in animal models of Alzheimer's disease.

The survey also showed that the application of biostatistical methods is an effective way to both Refine and Reduce the number of animals used.

By the end of that year, they had shown in classic animal experiments that pancreatic extracts reduced blood sugar, removing sugar from the urine of dogs whose pancreas had been removedANCHOR.

In some cases affected transcripts in Cre +; Tsc1 flox / flox mice showed significant variation among individuals that can not simply be explained by differential effectiveness of CRE - mediated knockout since, except one animal, all Cre +; Tsc1 flox / flox mice showed similarly reduced expression levels of Tsc1 mRNA.

Previous studies have shown that agents that block the NMDA receptor reduce depression - like behaviors in animals.

Animal studies have shown that these antioxidants can promote healthy liver and kidney function, and reduce diabetic complications.

While no formal studies have proved that cinnamon and honey can successfully treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in humans so far, studies performed on animals have shown that these two ingredients can significantly reduce inflammation and relieve arthritic pain.

Both animal and laboratory studies show that vitamin D protects neurons from the damaging effects of free radicals and can reduce inflammation — all good things in terms of skin health.

Pineapple juice has also been shown to help reduce inflammation of the digestive tract in animal studies.

Animal and human studies about caloric restriction show that when calories are reduced by 30 - 40 %, the subjects tended to live a lot longer — 30 % longer actually.

[4] One study showed that a higher consumption of animal protein over a period of 5 years was associated with a significantly reduced risk of gaining belly fat.

Studies have shown that a diet low in animal products or devoid of animal products is the most effective way to reduce your LDL cholesterol level (5,32 — 34).

They chose to study a plant - based diet because of ample evidence showing that reducing animal product intake (high in nutrients known to promote insulin resistance, including fat, protein, and heme iron) can not only improve diabetes health, but reverse diabetes altogether (8 — 14).

In another portion of the study, animals that received a single 20 milligram per kilogram body weight dose of cilantro seed extract showed reduced blood sugar levels 6 hours after the dose, but no change in cholesterol levels.

They have been shown to decrease the risk of heart disease in animal studies by reducing inflammation in the arteries (47).

The calming effect reaches as far as the bone marrow and lungs, where, as a recent Nature Medicine study showed, the acids reduced animals» vulnerability to asthma.

Human and animal studies has shown HCA helps lower levels of triglycerides in the blood, reducing the oxidative stress throughout the body.

CoQ10 administration has been shown to reduce production of ROS by mitochondria exposed to Aβ in animal models of diabetes.18 With the AD brain struggling to produce energy and under great oxidative stress, CoQ10 could be a powerful adjunct.

(55) A 2007 animal study with primates treated with either bioidentical progesterone or a progestin (Provera ™) showed that the progestin drug (Provera ™) worsens breast cancer biomarkers, while the bioidentical progesterone provides a beneficial effect on breast tissue and reduces cancer markers.