A doctor described as the resident physician to the twisted upstate sex cult Nxivm has been charged by a state oversight board with illegally
conducting human experiments.
Not exact matches
Thus, for example, I will not address the question of whether we could rightly
conduct the first
experiments in
human cloning, given the likelihood that such
experiments would not at first fully succeed.
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.
Animal Research: For nearly four decades, the animal liberation movement has been at war with medical research
conducted on animals — even though
conducting such
experiments before trying new drugs or procedures on people is a crucial
human rights protection established in the Nuremberg Code.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a Washington - based group that promotes low - fat, vegetarian diets and opposes what it deems inhumane
experiments on animals and
humans, acknowledges that it has
conducted no independent research.
In terms of the goal of controlling behavior, he viewed
humans, and their conditioned responses, in much the same way as he viewed the animals upon which he
conducted his
experiments.
A physician who allegedly
conducted human brain - activity
experiments on people associated with the NXIVM corporation has apparently not published a scientific study in years and there is no indication his private research was being overseen by an independent review board, according to a medical expert and records of the NIH and U.S. National Library of Medicine.
With vast differences in the physiology of different species and poorly
conducted experiments, it comes as no surprise that 92 % of all drugs that are shown to be safe and effective in animal tests prove to be ineffective or even dangerous to
humans.
This
experiment was just one part of the Apollo Lunar Surface
Experiments Package (ALSEP), the only comprehensive set of moon - based studies
humans have ever
conducted.
I'll start: I
conduct experiments to answer questions about
human biology.
Some people consider this to be a remarkable aspect of
human physiology; others consider it to be an illusion arising from the way medical
experiments were
conducted.
To get a sense of what happens when soldiers are wounded, the students first
conducted experiments with a gel that mimics the consistency of
human tissue.
16 Waiting to exhale: In 1907 a Massachusetts doctor
conducted an
experiment with a specially designed deathbed and reported that the
human body lost 21 grams upon dying.
«Before this study, it was not known if it is possible to produce sufficient numbers of these cells and successfully use them to remuscularize damaged hearts in a large animal whose heart size and physiology is similar to that of the
human heart,» said Dr. Charles Murry, UW professor of pathology and bioengineering, who led the research team that
conducted the
experiment.
Dr. Zubair, medical and scientific director of the Cell Therapy Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Florida, says the
experiment will be the first one Mayo Clinic has
conducted in space and the first to use these
human stem cells, which are found in bone marrow.
Morgan and University of Liverpool archaeologist Natalie Uomini arrived at their conclusions by
conducting a series of
experiments in teaching contemporary
humans the art of «Oldowan stone - knapping,» in which butchering «flakes» are created by hammering a hard rock against certain volcanic or glassy rocks, like basalt or flint.
Although the Harvard criteria were based on zero patients and no
experiments were
conducted either with
humans or animals, they soon became the standard for declaring people dead in several states, and in 1981, the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) was sanctioned by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
Experiments and observations may be
conducted on
humans, animals, cell cultures, chemical platforms, etc..
In
experiments conducted on
human lung endothelial cells and in mice, the researchers showed that NS1 caused permeability of the endothelium, which lines the walls of blood and lymph vessels.
The so - called «
human challenge model» has a long and checkered past that began with 18th century
experiments by smallpox vaccine developer Edward Jenner and later fell under intense scrutiny when they were
conducted by Nazi doctors, military researchers, and academic scientists working with prisoners.
As for the animal model, the researchers hope to now
conduct experiments in monkeys or other species that more closely resemble
humans.
Building on the newly - published pilot study, the team will
conduct experiments using a windtunnel which measures the behaviour of mosquitoes towards odours and electrodes which track the response of individual odour - detecting cells from within the antenna of the mosquito in specially - designed secure laboratories at the School to measure the responses of malaria - infected Anopheles gambiae s.s. females to
human odours.
A panel, appointed by the Clinton administration in early 1994 to look into these matters, has so far documented 400 government - backed biomedical
experiments involving
human exposure to radiation
conducted between 1944 and 1975.
Lifshin and his colleagues
conducted a series of
experiments based on their existing work on terror management theory — the idea that
humans» awareness of their own mortality is a strong motivator for behaviors that may help quell the fear of death.
Later, as a student at Harvard Medical School, he helped
conduct some of the first controlled
human experiments with marijuana.
Professor Elizabeth Phelps and her colleagues designed and
conducted similar
experiments in both rats and healthy
humans.
But in September last year the team announced it had applied to
conduct genome editing on these embryos — five months after researchers in China had reported
experiments applying CRISPR — Cas9 genome editing to non-viable
human embryos, which sparked a debate about how or whether to draw the line on gene - editing in
human embryos.
Experiments conducted in mice and in
human ALS cells reveal that when RIPK1 is out of control, it can spark axonal damage by setting off a chemical chain reaction that culminates in stripping the protective myelin off of axons and triggering axonal degeneration — the hallmark of ALS.
It has given researchers faster or simpler ways to modify the DNA of crops and animals,
conduct biomedical
experiments, and, most controversially, genetically engineer
human embryos.
The researchers
conducted extensive social
experiments and analyzed the data from other studies to determine the percentage of reciprocal friendships and their impact on
human behavior.
Ruina knew Papadopoulos was right, but he has
conducted several
experiments over the years in which the «athlete is smarter than the natural scientist,» where a
human did something that a hypothesis said was impossible.
The study, published in the journal
Human Brain Mapping, is one of the largest and most comprehensive
experiments of individual differences in decision - making
conducted to date, the researchers said, with 304 healthy adult participants.
The researchers spent nearly a year optimizing techniques in mouse embryos and
human stem cells before
conducting human embryo
experiments, Niakan says.
Delgado also
conducted stimoceiver
experiments in cats, monkeys, chimpanzees, and even
human psychiatric patients.
So far, all the
experiments have been
conducted in normal mice and
human follicles.
To address this question, Vouloumanos
conducted a series of
experiments in which 12 - month - old infants viewed
human actors communicating in multiple ways.
The researchers
conducted an
experiment using Aldebaran Robotics» NAO
human - shaped robot.
Previously, researchers had to
conduct costly and time - consuming
experiments with animals or
human subjects to see how the nervous system responds to a given touch stimulus.
The «cheerleader» study cost the government about $ 4000, Vul estimates, the cost of
conducting an
experiment with
human subjects and the computing time needed to analyze the results.
A team headed by Professor Oliver Ullrich from the University of Zurich's Institute of Anatomy is now
conducting an
experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) to study whether this also applies to
human cells.
«Research on the ISS is being
conducted in areas as diverse as high - energy particle physics, Earth remote sensing, protein crystallization,
human physiology, radiation, plant cultivation
experiments, fluids, combustion, materials science and biology,» she said.
Experiments conducted by lead author Fatima Syed - Picard, Ph.D., also of Pitt's Department of Ophthalmology, and the team showed that stem cells of the dental pulp, obtained from routine
human third molar, or wisdom tooth, extractions performed at Pitt's School of Dental Medicine, could be turned into corneal stromal cells called keratocytes, which have the same embryonic origin.
In 1926 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Cleveland, Davis started the most influential
experiment ever
conducted to address the question of
human likes and dislikes.
Next, the researchers
conducted a set of
experiments to determine whether prototype - based machine learning could actually improve
human decision - making.
While a portion of this research was
conducted in mice, the actual vaccine discovery
experiments were performed using
human samples, thus we believe the results will effectively translate to
humans.»
«Mendel
conducted classic genetic
experiments with peas that revealed the fundamental of inheritance in many organisms including
humans,» explains Ethan Bier, a professor of biology at UC San Diego whose graduate student, Valentino Gantz, developed the method.
Stem cells collected from
human corneas restore transparency and don't trigger a rejection response when injected into eyes that are scarred and hazy, according to
experiments conducted in mice by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
And, in those areas to which we commit, we assemble the best scientists in the world, give them sufficient resources to take chances and
conduct the hard
experiments, create the best infrastructure to support their research, and explore creative models to help discoveries get one step closer to improving
human lives.
In the «Proving Ground» stage that follows, the space agency will not only
conduct experiments and operations in the cislunar space — the space around the moon — it will also develop and test technologies required for
human exploration of Mars.
The first stage of the plan — which is already underway — focuses on testing technologies and studying the impact of long - duration missions and microgravity on
human health through
experiments conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS).