Sentences with phrase «development of new animal»

Importantly, the development of a new animal model for Dravet syndrome based on reduced CHD2 expression might help to find effective treatments that could improve the lives of thousands of people suffering from Dravet syndrome and perhaps other genetic epilepsies.»

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«The animal terminal will set new international airport standards for comprehensive veterinary, kenneling and quarantine services,» John J. Cuticelli Jr., Founder of Ark Development LLC and Racebrook Chairman, said in a statement.

Since the human developed out of the subhuman, and since this process of development was a continuous one, it is essential to understand what man has in common with other animals, as well as to describe the threshold that marked his appearance as something genuinely and decisively new.

Say we have a population of animals which has to meet some new challenge offered to it by an altered environment; there may be some individuals in the population whose development is changed by the environment in a way which makes them better able to deal with the challenge — they show a capacity for adaptive modification.

Grants available for the development of new or improved control tools and technologies to help farmers and land managers reduce the harmful impacts of established pest animals and weeds.

This new development in animal feed attracted the attention of Old Mother Hubbard and animal - feed leviathan, Nestle Purina Petcare.

Alternative protein sources may include the use of by - products currently viewed as waste or the development of new protein sources from plants, lower order animals, or single - cell organisms with a lower environmental impact compared with typical animal - based protein sources.

PMTCT strategic vision 2010 — 2015 -(2010) WHO - Preventing mother - to - child transmission of HIV to reach the UNGASS and Millennium Development Goals HIV and infant feeding: Update (2007) Based on the technical consultation held on behalf of the Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on Prevention of HIV infections in pregnant women, Mothers and their Infants, Geneva, Switzerland, 25 - 27 October 2006 HIV and infant feeding: new evidence and programmatic experience (2007) Report of a technical consultation held on behalf of the Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on Prevention of HIV infections in pregnant women, Mother and their Infants, Geneva, Switzerland, 25 - 27 October 2006 WHO HIV and infant feeding technical consultation - consensus statement (2007) Held on behalf of the Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on Prevention of HIV infections in pregnant women, mothers and their infants Home - modified animal milk for replacement feeding: is it feasible and safe?

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.

With the harvested follicles, investigators such as James V. («Vince») Gruber, global director of research and development at Lonza Consumer Care, can test the effectiveness of new hair and skin products without relying on laboratory animals.

The changes shown through 2050 could lead to lost habitat, the isolation of some species and the rise of «dispersal barriers» — like a wall of new development that prevents plants and animals from migrating.

Larsson is at the forefront of merging paleontology and molecular biology in an effort to connect major evolutionary changes — the development of new species and new characteristics, new shapes and structures, new kinds of animals — to changes in specific genes and in how those genes are regulated.

The journal provides cutting - edge research including results from animal models that are likely to apply to patients, studies in human tissue that provide new information about therapies or disease, and innovative reports of drug discovery and development.

Michael Kelemen, a recruiter and host of the Recruiting Animal show, a call - in career development and recruiting radio show on BlogTalkRadio, told Science Careers, «These days it's about being first to hear about new jobs and making yourself stand out as a job candidate.

With the move to India, Colleen left the lab bench so that she could coordinate the development of facilities at inStem; this included new laboratory space and an animal facility housing mice, rats, fish, and frogs.

In a new animal study, University of Missouri researchers examined how the development of obesity and insulin resistance contribute to bone - fracture risk and whether exercise prevents weight gain and diabetes and protects bone health.

«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.

The first animal trials of the pills have examined the impact of low and high - fiber diets on intestinal gases and offer new clues for the development of treatments for gut disorders.

Very high frequencies, up to the 100 MHz range, enable resolutions in the µm - range, e.g., for materials testing or the imaging of small animals that is needed with the development of new technologies.

Importantly, these devices also will open up new approaches to drug development not possible with animal models today, such as personalized medicines and development of therapeutics for specific genetic subpopulations using chips created using cells from particular patients.»

In past studies to develop a new animal model for the brain events that support motor development, neurophysiologist Martin Garwicz of Lund University in Sweden and his colleagues discovered that the schedules by which ferrets and rats acquire various motor skills, such as crawling and walking, are strikingly similar to each other; the progress simply happens faster for rats.

Discoveries will lead to new hypotheses and experiments that will further our understanding of animal development and function — and how both can go awry.

«Although this is basic scientific research using animal models, these studies are shedding light on the molecular mechanisms that control male fertility, and are helping us to better understand the causes of many cases of infertility and enabling new horizons to be opened up in the development of therapeutic targets and strategies to combat it,» explained Dr Subirán.

So - called assortative mating, in which animals that look similar are more likely to mate with each other, is one of the causes of new species development.

In a development that could lead to a new generation of drugs to precisely treat a range of diseases, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have for the first time designed a drug candidate that decreases the growth of tumor cells in animal models in one of the hardest to treat cancers — triple negative breast cancer.

The original aim of the treaty was to ensure that Third World nations would be rewarded if the plants and animals found within their borders were used in the development of new drugs.

«We used to think that close integration of animal and crop husbandry» was a later development, he says, but the new research indicates «that it goes back to Europe's first farmers.»

New gene - editing technologies such as CRISPR have sped the development of new crop varieties and animals, but products based on engineered organisms sometimes face a web of complex and overlapping regulations before they can reach the markNew gene - editing technologies such as CRISPR have sped the development of new crop varieties and animals, but products based on engineered organisms sometimes face a web of complex and overlapping regulations before they can reach the marknew crop varieties and animals, but products based on engineered organisms sometimes face a web of complex and overlapping regulations before they can reach the market.

Our finding of similarity in clinical progression between human patients and Huntington's disease monkeys suggests monkeys could become a preclinical, large animal model for the development of new treatments.»

The cellular model of the airway mucosa could provide insight into biological and pathophysiological effects that conventional cell cultures or animal models do not capture, and help lead to the development of new therapeutics.

Whitmer said one theory stemming from animal research is that metformin may play a role in the development of new brain cells (neurogenesis).

IDMIT will contribute 1) To the development and validation of assays based on flow cytometry and mass cytometry for the evaluation of immune responses in humans and animal models; these tools will be particularly relevant for the identification of signatures of vaccine efficacy; 2) To the animal model platform, in particularly by providing access to NHP models and to new technologies for in vivo imaging infections and host responses; 3) To networking activities, in particular by organising a workshop on in vivo imaging.

All together INRA facilities power up (1) Research in multi-disciplinary domains through academic and industrial collaborations for the development of large animal models, therapeutics or new imaging devices, and (2) Training under several topics (biocontained experiments, introduction of new imaging methods for large animal models etc.), welcoming external teams which do not possess such an instrumental park for Transnational access.

GLP regulations and guidelines for the conduct of preclinical testing ensure the quality and integrity of data submitted in support to the development of new treatments, foster mutual acceptance of data in the international community, serves to minimise redundant testing, minimize animal use and maximise protection of human health.

Mild oxygen levels in shallow seas but oxygen - poor deep oceans lasted for some 1.3 billion years during a time that has been dubbed the «Boring Billion» but eventually led to the development of mitochondria that now power multicellular planet and animal life (Nick Lane, New Scientist, February 10, 2010; Rachel Ehrenberg, Science News, September 29, 2009; Johnston et al, 2009; and H.D. Holland, 2006).

Although further refinement and testing is needed, Dr. Burgess said the new techniques have the potential to speed the production of many different types of transgenic animal models that will shed new light on human development and disease.

Although atmospheric oxygen soon recovered again as photosynthesis and weathering reached a new balance, at about 10 per cent of present - day levels, the oxidative weathering of sulphides on land filled the oceans with sulphate which created abundant food for a group of bacteria that filled the oceans with sewer gas (hydrogen sulphide) toxic to oxygen - loving lifeforms (delaying the development of eukaryotic plants and animals) and turned them «into stinking, stagnant waters almost entirely devoid of oxygen.»

Rutaganira expects her studies will spark new understanding of animal development, physiology, and disease.

Vice-President of Research & Scientific Development, Robert Lanza, M.D.'s, provocative new theory that time and space do not exist as physical realities independent of humans (and animals) has been published in a feature article «A New Theory of the Universe» in the Spring issue of «The American Scholar», one of the nation's leading literary and intellectual publicationew theory that time and space do not exist as physical realities independent of humans (and animals) has been published in a feature article «A New Theory of the Universe» in the Spring issue of «The American Scholar», one of the nation's leading literary and intellectual publicatioNew Theory of the Universe» in the Spring issue of «The American Scholar», one of the nation's leading literary and intellectual publications.

The CCFA Genetics Initiative seeks to deliver validated pathway models of IBD disease mechanisms, new animal models for analysis and development, chemical probes of relevant pathways, new proteins and pathway targets, recruitment of new IBD investigators, and a tested paradigm for rapid analysis and cure for Crohn's disease.

Professional Experience 1983 — 1986 Research / Teaching Assistant, Exercise Physiology, University of Texas, Austin TX 1986 — 1990 Assistant Instructor / Research Assistant, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, and Vertebrate Physiology, University of Texas, Austin TX 1993 — 1994 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Oregon State University 1994 — 1996 Technical Services Advisor, Genetic Resources, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME 1996 — 1998 Manager, Technical Services, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME 1997 — 1998 Assistant Professor, Adjunct, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas NM 1998 — 2000 Senior Technical Information Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME 2000 — 2002 Senior New Models Development Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME 2002 — 2004 Associate Director of Genetic Resources, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME 2004 — 2005 Associate Research Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME 2004 — 2009 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas NM 2009 — 2014 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas NM 2014 — present Professor, Dept. of Biology, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas NM

In addition to a detailed study of the mudskipper and development of a robot model that used the animal's locomotion techniques, the study also examined flow and drag conditions in representative granular materials and applied a mathematical model incorporating new physics based on the drag research.

His research utilizes molecular biology, cell culture, and animal models to study your body's cannabinoid system in an attempt to further our understanding of Cannabis as a medicine, and possibly lead to the development of new drug compounds.»

Animal studies, whether for the development or production of new medicines, for physiological studies, for studying environmental effects or for the testing of chemicals or new food additives, has to be carried out in compliance with EU legislation.

It puts into effect, and in some ways exceeds, European Union Directive 86 / 609 / EEC (regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes) and offers a high level of protection to animals whilst recognising the need to use animals in medical research, the development of new medicines and scientific testing.

A new analysis of one of the most bizarre - looking fossils ever discovered has definitively sorted its head from its tail, and turned up a previously unknown ring of teeth, which could help answer some of the questions around the early development of moulting animals.

It puts into effect, and in some ways exceeds European Union Directive 2010 / 63 / EU (regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes) and offers a high level of protection to animals whilst recognising the need to use animals in medical research, the development of new medicines and scientific testing.

As part of the SFI Investigators Programme 2016 call, SFI is providing applicants with the opportunity to seek funding to support the development and validation of new tests, models and approaches not involving the use of live animals and / or addressing the principles of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement).

Partnership to adopt Organ - Chips to provide human - relevant data in drug discovery and development aiming to reduce animal testing, and to implement personalized safety testing of new drug candidates

In 2013, Peterson and his colleagues Joanna Yeh and Keith Joung were first to use the new technology to engineer a new strain of animal — a zebra - fish missing the GSK3ß gene, which encodes an enzyme involved in energy metabolism and the development of cell and body structures as an embryo grows.