Sentences with phrase «effect on our biology»

Habitual bipedal locomotion is a defining feature of modern humans compared with other primates, and the evolution of this behaviour in our clade would have had profound effects on the biologies of our fossil ancestors and relatives.

Although humans aren't as seasonal as animals, these cyclical changes can have a dramatic effect on our biology.

Nutrition has a profound effect on our biology.

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Modern scientific disciplines such as biology, psychology and medical science have started to study the effects of empathy on the human mind and body, on our health and relationships.

The naturalists on the other hand, with a powerful impetus from Aristotle, took the categories of physics and biology such as form and matter, time and space, cause and effect, and sought real being in that which man shares with all nature.

As regards bedsharing, an expanded version of its function and effects on the infant's biology helps us to understand not only why the bedsharing debate refuses to go away, but why the overwhelming majority of parents in the United States (over 50 % according to the most recent national survey) now sleep in bed for part or all of the night with their babies.

Studies done by the Touch Research Institute in Miami, the first scientific center to study the biology of touch and its effects on health and development, have shown that premature infants who are massaged for 15 minutes three times a day gain more weight and are able to be released from the hospital sooner than those who are not massaged.

On the wider scientific canvas, however, the advances in biology and medicine have began to draw a more sophisticated, many - layered picture where heredity is characterised with a notable degree of flexibility and openness to the effects of personal or collective experience and the influence of the environment.

So Silberg and colleagues used the tools of synthetic biology — and a refined experimental setup that Silberg initially drafted with his son's spare Lego bricks — to establish a situation where just one microbial conversation was taking place and where biochar's effects on that conversation could be measured.

The researchers — led by Brett Sandercock, professor of biology — discovered that wind turbines have little effect on greater prairie chickens, and that these grassland birds are more affected by rangeland management practices and by the availability of native prairie and vegetation cover at nest sites.

On top of their positive effect on pathogens, macrophages can also play a negative role in cancer biologOn top of their positive effect on pathogens, macrophages can also play a negative role in cancer biologon pathogens, macrophages can also play a negative role in cancer biology.

It had major effects on the world's oceans, climate and biology, and perhaps even triggered the evolution of humans.

Ana Soto, professor of cellular biology at Tufts University School of Medicine, and her colleagues were studying the effects of estrogen on a breast cancer cell line.

According to the traditional view among biologists, a central tenet of evolutionary biology has been that the evolutionary fates of new mutations depend on whether their effects are good, bad or inconsequential with respect to reproductive success.

With that, Dr. Benedetti, using biochemical, cellular and physiological tools, aptly summarizes research new findings on describing the placebo effect on psychology and biology and their impact on the doctor - patient relationship.

A new article addresses the ecological and ethical challenges stemming from the question of what effects the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology will have on the conservation of nature.

The focus was science — genetics, evolution, histology — but soon opportunities to edit business articles and topics outside biology arrived — geriatric crime, the effects of exercise, spam on the Internet, management succession, and alternative medicine.

Since performing these studies, James has continued to study the underlying biology of VPA's effects on neural development.

«The dose of transplanted bone marrow has strong and lasting effects on how HSCs specialize and coordinate their behavior,» said Rong Lu, senior author and assistant professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine.

Surveying the lasers and mirrors laid out on Farrow's laboratory table in Oxford, he notes that the road to definitive experimental proof of quantum biology will be a long one — and there is a very real chance they will never prove quantum effects lurk within living beings.

«While genetic modification of crops can introduce new beneficial traits into existing crops, the resulting products need to be tested for long - term health effects before making assumptions about their impact on human health,» said senior investigator Frances Sladek, a professor of cell biology and neuroscience at UC Riverside.

«On the one hand, it says that we should regulate by the product, and not the process, but then goes on to admit that the newer GE techniques, such as gene editing and synthetic biology, will produce more diverse and complex traits in more crops that could raise new safety concerns, noting that even the newer gene editing techniques have off - target effects,» he saiOn the one hand, it says that we should regulate by the product, and not the process, but then goes on to admit that the newer GE techniques, such as gene editing and synthetic biology, will produce more diverse and complex traits in more crops that could raise new safety concerns, noting that even the newer gene editing techniques have off - target effects,» he saion to admit that the newer GE techniques, such as gene editing and synthetic biology, will produce more diverse and complex traits in more crops that could raise new safety concerns, noting that even the newer gene editing techniques have off - target effects,» he said.

The remaining gaps in our understanding of the biology of gene drives and the potential effects of gene - drive modified organisms on the environment are fundamental considerations in the development and release of gene - drive modified organisms, the report says.

She graduated with a bachelor's in biology from Yale University and received a doctorate in ecology and evolutionary biology and a master's in ocean sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she examined the effects of ocean climate change on seabird populations.

Additionally we included information the life history of the main target prey to better demonstrate the effects that tool - using monkeys have on shellfish reproductive biology.

Finally, if the macaques have had an evolutionarily significant effect on prey biology, we would expect to find that shellfish on Koram, which are exposed to increased predation pressure, mature at a younger age (and smaller size) than shellfish on NomSao island.

«With targeted nanoparticles, you have far fewer side effects, so it is anticipated that a drug combination can be selected based on the biology and medicine rather than the limitations of the drugs.»

I am currently working on potential quantum effects in organic solar cells where coherent vibronic effects, which have been widely studied in quantum biology community, seem to play an important role.

In this talk I examine the effects of elevated CO2 on the biology and ecology of coral reef fishes.

We study naturally - occurring mutations in prohormone convertases which are associated with obesity, and have shown that inactivating mutations can lead to dominant - negative effects on peptide hormone biology in mice bearing only one mutant allele.

Research on the effects of these new technologies and the development of synthetic biology - specific regulations must keep pace with the technologies» development.

We are interested in the effect that high and low extremes of temperature have on various aspects of nematode biology, including: cell biology, cell cycle control, development and fitness.

Marine biology and microbiology are engaged in examining the effects of currents, depths and temperatures on the development and propagation of organisms and animals.

Sex differences describe biology - linked differences between women and men, which are caused by differences in sex chromosomes, sex - specific gene expression of autosomes, sex hormones, and their effects on organ systems (Figure 1)(1, 3).

A new poll conducted by Hart Research Associates and the Synthetic Biology Project finds that two - thirds of Americans think that synthetic biology should move forward, but with more research to study its possible effects on humans and the environment.

Although extensive efforts have been devoted to understanding the effect of hypoxia on tumor progression, two areas of tumor biology remain unclear.

Originating from molecular biology, Genomics branched out to become a vast field that includes research into the structure and function of genomes, evolution and the effects of genes on health and disease.

Researchers in the US, China and Taiwan have developed a new systems biology model that mimics the process of wood formation, allowing scientists to predict the effects of switching on and off the 21 (at least) pathway genes involved in producing lignin, a primary component of wood.

Many HARs are located near genes that control fundamental developmental processes, 9 so their altered regulatory function could have profound effects on human biology.

«Such knowledge will, over time, have a transformative effect on the scientific understanding of human biology and on human health.»

identify where the impacts of acidification on Mediterranean waters will be more significant, taking into account the sequence of causes and effects, from ocean chemistry through marine biology to socio - economic costs.

«We do think this has some therapeutic relevance, where an inhibitors of this enzyme would have effects on the cells we identified that tend to overexpress this enzyme,» says Sabatini, who is also a biology professor at MIT.

The first of this week's review articles from the lab of Umberto Galderisi (Campania University, Naples, Italy) discusses the effects of low dose ionizing radiation (LDIR) on the biology of stem cell compartments.

We will also focus on lipid signalling and lipid - controlled cell biology, and examine the effect of sphingo - and phospholipids on endocytosis, lipid trafficking, and insulin secretion.

RIPK2 inhibitors did not inhibit RIPK1 activity involved in ferroptosis or cell death nor have an effect on mitochondrial biology.

Nevertheless, despite the importance of carbohydrates in biology and the vast array of literature on functionalized nanomaterials, little is known about the effects of carbohydrates on the uptake and toxicity of nanoparticles by different type of cells.

My laboratory also conducts fundamental research using genetics, biochemistry, cell biology and proteomics to define mechanisms of ECM assembly and turnover and their effects on cell behavior.

The workshop will focus on topics such as; hematopoietic stem cell biology, leukemogenesis, cell signaling, transcription factors, epigenetic effects, and other topics related to myeloid biology.

3:20 — Why as a doctor, he doesn't want to see his patients all the time 4:30 — The frustration that doctors face 5:20 — Why stress can be good and why we need it 5:45 — The physiological effects of too much stress 6:30 — How stress impacts fertility and memory 6:55 — The continued effects of stress on the body 7:50 — How to become more resilient to stress and how stress is like a light switch 8:28 — How to turn stress on and off 9:02 — Tips to Practically reduce stress (Book: The Relaxation Revolution) 9:45 — What is the relaxation response 10:20 — How to activate your relaxation response to deal with stress 12:45 — What happens when your body doesn't recognize stress 16:15 — What causes chronic pain 17:10 — Pain is all in the brain 17:45 — The biology of pain vs. the mental side of pain 20:00 — The core four for reducing stress and pain: Movement, Eating Right, Mindset, Avoiding Problems 24:00 — Understanding the mindset of doctors 28:00 — The frustration of the current medical system 32:00 — The shocking statistic on how a small percentage of the population is using 95 % of healthcare resources 35:00 — The seven questions you should know the answers to before you see your doctor 38:00 — Health advice Kevin wishes he had gotten earlier in life 41:15 — Kevin's recommended books and resources (and see below)

This ancient remedy is explored by Dr Todd Born ND, in terms of its clinical application and the slowly expanding body of published data on its effects on human physiology and biology.