Sentences with phrase «experiments on animal models»

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Nadeau also studies the potential impacts of climate change on species around the globe, using modeling, field observation and experiments to predict where species are most vulnerable and determine how conservation groups can best mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on animal populations.

They were able to do so by building on an experiment showing that grafting a peripheral nerve into the space between a severed spinal cord in an animal model brought about nerve regeneration (albeit limited).

Signs of neuronal damage around plaques also varied depending on the APOE variant the animals received, and experiments in a different Alzheimer's model in which plaques appear more slowly showed that injection of APOE4 increased levels of free, soluble A-beta in the fluid that bathes the brain.

«The result was an extensive inhibition of tumor growth and prevention of metastasis to the lung in HER2 - positive animal models of breast cancer,» notes Navasona Krishnan, Ph.D., a postdoctoral investigator in the Tonks lab who performed many of the experiments and is lead author on the paper reporting the results.

This unique international event will provide the attendees with an innovative program focused on the best practices in the use of the mouse model for biomedical and basic research; this program also addresses the item of continuing professional education consistent with the new European directive requirement for lab animal protection in experiments.

After years of experimenting with FMD in animal models and showing its benefits on metabolism and life span, Dr. Longo's team analyzed the effects in a human clinical trial that was published earlier this year.

It appears that in the simian model used by us, the liver injury caused by AFB1 is accentuated by simultaneous restriction of dietary protein and in animals on such combined regimen preneoplastic lesions appear around 90 weeks of experiment.