Sentences with phrase «animals than the rat»

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Nothing like being called a depraved animal, a rat, scum, garbage, less than human or any of the other names that atheists get called on a regular basis, not to mention no threats of eternal torture.

Throughout the course of the experiment, the rats getting capsaicin gained 8 percent less weight than untreated animals, and just a little more weight than rats eating a normal diet.

And a few months back, while Sonntag was changing litter, refilling water bottles, and replenishing food for more than 400 rats in one of his lab's animal rooms, he found a Super Soaker toy water gun someone had left lying around.

Although the rats survived no more than two hours, that was long enough to prove that an engineered lung could exchange gas and keep an animal alive.

Last year, the Department of Agriculture began procedures to extend the 1970 Animal Welfare Act to cover more than 20 million laboratory rats, mice, and birds — about 95 percent of all research animals.

Thousands of blind mole - rats have been captured and studied for more than 50 years at Israel's University of Haifa, where the animal work was conducted.

As a lab animal, they were much nicer to work with than the rats I had for my later graduate...

The rats that were forced to exercise had immune responses 20 % to 30 % weaker than those of control animals that didn't exercise at all, while the immune responses of the animals that exercised by choice were enhanced.

In June 2006, animal rescue workers in Petaluma, California, found Roger Dier in his one - bedroom home overrun with more than 1,000 brown rats.

In addition, they found that the more impulsive animals, when given the option, consumed more cocaine than the calmer rats did.

More than a decade ago microelectrode studies of rats and monkeys revealed place cells that respond when the animals move to a particular spot in a maze.

Scientists have known for years that the neurons in adult rats, which are significant but fewer in numbers than during puberty, could be saved with learning, but they did not know if this would be the case for young rats that produce two to four times more neurons than adult animals.

But cloning efforts have failed because, unlike mouse or human oocytes, rat oocytes start to divide less than an hour after they are removed from the animal's body.

The cell cultures in the petri dishes are of human origin, and in some aspects resemble human brains more than the brains of lab animals such as rats or mice do.

But because the vinclozolin - induced fertility changes occurred in almost every male rat descended from a treated mother rather than in a small percentage of offspring (as is seen in germ line mutations caused by radiation), Skinner suspects an epigenetic mechanism — a change that doesn't mutate the DNA sequence of an animal, but rather affects how genes are expressed.

«Experimental orthotopic transplantation of a tissue - engineered oesophagus in rats» describes transplanting an esophagus into rats that was seeded with their own stem cells, and notes that all animals survived the study period (14 days), and gained more weight than rats given a placebo operation.

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.

The fruit fly is the ideal animal model because the molecular structure of its ear is more similar to humans than that of rats or guinea pigs, meaning tests on fruit flies yield more accurate results.

Nitrosamines, which are potent carcinogens, are often found in soy protein foods, and are greatly increased during the high temperature drying process.20 Not surprisingly, animal feeding studies show a lower weight gain for rats on soy formula than those on whole milk, high - lactose formula.21 Similar results have been observed in children on macrobiotic diets which include the use of soy milk and large amounts of whole grains.

The figure above shows that the rats in the citrulline group had 14 - 48 percent more muscle mass after the supplementation than the animals in the other group.

At the end of the supplementation period the researchers let the rats run to exhuastion, and discovered that the animals that had trained and had received grape polyphenols performed much better than the other animals.

When soy protein isolate was fed to rats, the animals required higher than normal levels of vitamins E, K, D and B12 and developed deficiency symptoms of calcium, magnesium, zinc and many other minerals.

But those rats who were getting the low protein diet were extremely lucky and lived longer than the group of rats getting the high animal protein diet.

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

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carb diet helps against aging 23.12.2008 Vitamin D extends your life expectancy 22.12.2008 Too much growth hormone reduces life expectancy 07.11.2008 S - Words extend lifespan of writers and psychologists 11.10.2008 Creatine extends lifespan of mice 08.10.2008 Slim - waisted rats live longer 23.09.2008 Gingko lengthens rats» lifespan 12.09.2008 Strong men live longer 31.08.2008 Male orgasm prolongs life 23.08.2008 Ginkgo prolongs life 17.08.2008 Ginkgo protects the elderly against the first signs of Alzheimer's 16.0Animal study: melatonin extends lifespan 25.10.2009 Fish fatty acids reduce age - related physical performance decline 24.10.2009 Old muscles weaker, but tire less quickly than young ones 23.10.2009 How creatine lengthens your lifespan 20.10.2009 Melatonin keeps brain cells young 03.10.2009 Long marriage adds years to your life 18.09.2009 Drink three cups of tea a day and add five years to your life 11.09.2009 Life extending bacteria found in gut of Chinese centenarians 08.08.2009 Your initials determine how old you get 30.07.2009 Lecithin anti-aging supplement keeps hearing sharp 18.06.2009 Live ten years longer with just one multivitamin pill per day 06.06.2009 Life - extending effect of virgin olive oil shown in fat rats 22.05.2009 Daily dose of Echinacea lengthens life expectancy 24.04.2009 The less you sit, the older you'll get 21.04.2009 Animal study: nori contains life prolonging substance 06.04.2009 Vegetarianism is healthy, but not because of lack of animal protein 27.03.2009 Meditation lengthens lifespan 20.02.2009 Live longer with healthy fats 30.12.2008 Vitamin D delays aging at genetic level 28.12.2008 Physical exercise delays molecular aging by ten years 25.12.2008 How a low - carb diet helps against aging 23.12.2008 Vitamin D extends your life expectancy 22.12.2008 Too much growth hormone reduces life expectancy 07.11.2008 S - Words extend lifespan of writers and psychologists 11.10.2008 Creatine extends lifespan of mice 08.10.2008 Slim - waisted rats live longer 23.09.2008 Gingko lengthens rats» lifespan 12.09.2008 Strong men live longer 31.08.2008 Male orgasm prolongs life 23.08.2008 Ginkgo prolongs life 17.08.2008 Ginkgo protects the elderly against the first signs of Alzheimer's 16.0Animal study: nori contains life prolonging substance 06.04.2009 Vegetarianism is healthy, but not because of lack of animal protein 27.03.2009 Meditation lengthens lifespan 20.02.2009 Live longer with healthy fats 30.12.2008 Vitamin D delays aging at genetic level 28.12.2008 Physical exercise delays molecular aging by ten years 25.12.2008 How a low - carb diet helps against aging 23.12.2008 Vitamin D extends your life expectancy 22.12.2008 Too much growth hormone reduces life expectancy 07.11.2008 S - Words extend lifespan of writers and psychologists 11.10.2008 Creatine extends lifespan of mice 08.10.2008 Slim - waisted rats live longer 23.09.2008 Gingko lengthens rats» lifespan 12.09.2008 Strong men live longer 31.08.2008 Male orgasm prolongs life 23.08.2008 Ginkgo prolongs life 17.08.2008 Ginkgo protects the elderly against the first signs of Alzheimer's 16.0animal protein 27.03.2009 Meditation lengthens lifespan 20.02.2009 Live longer with healthy fats 30.12.2008 Vitamin D delays aging at genetic level 28.12.2008 Physical exercise delays molecular aging by ten years 25.12.2008 How a low - carb diet helps against aging 23.12.2008 Vitamin D extends your life expectancy 22.12.2008 Too much growth hormone reduces life expectancy 07.11.2008 S - Words extend lifespan of writers and psychologists 11.10.2008 Creatine extends lifespan of mice 08.10.2008 Slim - waisted rats live longer 23.09.2008 Gingko lengthens rats» lifespan 12.09.2008 Strong men live longer 31.08.2008 Male orgasm prolongs life 23.08.2008 Ginkgo prolongs life 17.08.2008 Ginkgo protects the elderly against the first signs of Alzheimer's 16.08.2008

This study (animal based pregnant rats) provides strong rationale for preventive management of immune disorders, such as food intolerance, rather than therapeutic issues,

Animal research is valuable for exploring possibilities and uncovering potentially fruitful areas to explore further in human research, but a rat's metabolism is quite different than a human's.

The conclusion from the rat experiment seems pretty obvious - take away any sense of hope and the animal will give up sooner than one with hope.

American rat snakes are as varied as they are fascinating, and a cool selection of these animals is sure to impress more than a few customers.

I've opted to include just information about dogs and cats — but KCPP is an open admission facility and takes in everything from animal control — so we have saved more than 250 chickens, goats, alligators (I'm not kidding), ferrets, pigs, owls, rats, and snakes over the past 12 months also.

Testing device uses cells instead of animals WASHINGTON D.C. ---- Can a robot detect substance toxicity toward humans faster and more accurately than a traditional test on rats, mice, fish, or other animals?

Pet rats are also omniverous and will prey on animals smaller than them, so it is not safe to introduce your pet rat to a hamster or another smaller animal.

Later that same day, on Operation Resolution 3, ARC, Hardin County Animal Control, and the Hardin County Sheriff's Office acted on a warrant and found more than 40 animals, including dogs, a cat, and pet mice and rats, living in a single wide trailer in Counce, TN, with some of the highest ammonia levels encountered in the five years ARC has been working in Tennessee.

That is why our society can generally find it acceptable to eat some animals and keep others as pets, why rats are often viewed as diseased pests while squirrels are seen as beautiful woodland creatures, or why wearing fur has become taboo but most people don't think twice about leather and I believe why cats are viewed and treated as more disposable than dogs.

For many kids, this might be their only exposure to any kind of animal life, other than loose dogs or cats, rats, squirrels and birds, and thus the class might very well be their first personal exposure to a non-human living being.