Tests are then
conducted on human cells and mice to validate their hypotheses.
Not exact matches
Some of the leading non-animal tests are
conducted on cell cultures,
human and animal corneas from eye banks, corneal tissue cultures, and frozen corneas supplied by hospitals.
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.
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 print of that first micrograph of a two -
celled human embryo is now framed and hangs
on the wall above the desk in David Albertini's small, crowded office at Tufts University where, 30 years after he cleaned the monkey cages in Southborough, he
conducts research trying to figure out how the fate of those two
cells is determined.
The study, which is published in the journal Nature Communications, was
conducted on human tumour
cells and
on mice, and offers hope of a much improved therapy for a severe form of cancer.
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.
One form of stem
cell research is
conducted on embryonic stem
cells — or those extracted from
human embryos, which are destroyed in the process.
«This discovery will advance our understanding of stem
cell epigenetics and chromatin structures, provide potential mechanisms
on maintaining the hallmark properties of ES
cells, and help researchers with the rich source of information to better understand some of the unique features — such as self - renewal and pluripotency — of
human embryonic stem
cells,» said Ng Huck Hui, Ph.D., senior group leader at GIS and a member of the Singapore team that
conducted this research.
He taught me a lot about evolutionary medicine and nutrition in general, opened many doors and introduced me (directly and indirectly) to various players in this field, such as Dr. Boyd Eaton (one of the fathers of evolutionary nutrition), Maelán Fontes from Spain (a current research colleague and close friend), Alejandro Lucia (a Professor and a top researcher in exercise physiology from Spain, with whom I am collaborating), Ben Balzer from Australia (a physician and one of the best minds in evolutionary medicine), Robb Wolf from the US (a biochemist and the best «biohackers I know»), Óscar Picazo and Fernando Mata from Spain (close friends who are working with me at NutriScience), David Furman from Argentina (a top immunologist and expert in chronic inflammation working at Stanford University, with whom I am collaborating), Stephan Guyenet from the US (one of my main references in the obesity field), Lynda Frassetto and Anthony Sebastian (both nephrologists at the University of California San Francisco and experts in acid - base balance), Michael Crawford from the UK (a world renowned expert in DHA and Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and
Human Nutrition, at the Imperial College London), Marcelo Rogero (a great researcher and Professor of Nutrigenomics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Sérgio Veloso (a
cell biologist from Portugal currently working with me, who has one of the best health blogs I know), Filomena Trindade (a Portuguese physician based in the US who is an expert in functional medicine), Remko Kuipers and Martine Luxwolda (both physicians from the Netherlands, who
conducted field research
on traditional populations in Tanzania), Gabriel de Carvalho (a pharmacist and renowned nutritionist from Brazil), Alex Vasquez (a physician from the US, who is an expert in functional medicine and Rheumatology), Bodo Melnik (a Professor of Dermatology and expert in Molecular Biology from Germany, with whom I have published papers
on milk and mTOR signaling), Johan Frostegård from Sweden (a rheumatologist and Professor at Karolinska Institutet, who has been a pioneer
on establishing the role of the immune system in cardiovascular disease), Frits Muskiet (a biochemist and Professor of Pathophysiology from the Netherlands, who, thanks to his incredible encyclopedic knowledge and open - mind, continuously teaches me more than I could imagine and who I consider a mentor), and the Swedish researchers Staffan Lindeberg, Tommy Jönsson and Yvonne Granfeldt, who became close friends and mentors.
The phenolic compounds and antioxidants found in walnuts recorded a control
on human cancer
cells, according to the research
conducted in 2010 by the University of Portugal.