Sentences with phrase «help of an animal model»

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«What I've tried to do is create a sustainable organic farming model that is good for the earth, the soil, the animals, and the people working on these farms, and helps revitalize rural communities,» said Albert Straus, CEO and founder of Straus Family Creamery.

You can help teach your child to be gentle by modeling the behavior yourself, by having your child role play with a doll or stuffed animal, and by helping your child to be aware that her movements and tone of voice are just as important as gentle touch.

«Hi Tor operates as a no - kill shelter and we are here to help all animals survive and thrive, however we must be able to operate on a fiscally sound business model or risk insolvency and the possibility of putting these animals lives at risk.

New experimental models based on three - dimensional reconstructions of human skin are helping to reduce chemical testing on live animals, but can not yet replace animals altogether

«Magnetically applied MicroRNAs could one day help relieve constipation: Micro metal beads and magnets help deliver a biologic where it's needed to improve constipation or rectoanal incontinence in animal models of the disorders..»

The findings of this work will help scientists identify possible shortcomings of current animal models and construct a more accurate picture of how genes work in humans.

Modeling how forces of locomotion act on an animal's bones — living or extinct — could help scientists understand why.

Next, the research team will examine specifically whether these liver cells obtained from human embryonic stem cells in a dish help repair injured livers in preclinical animal models of liver disease.

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.»

He sees the capability of using the team's research in the future to design models that will help game managers, conservation managers, farmers and tour operators predict animal migration, whether it's zebras or other migratory animals.

Granular resistive force theory, which considers the thrust provided by the body waves and the drag on the animals» bodies, helped model the locomotion and compare the energy efficiency of the limbless snake against that of the four - legged lizard — which doesn't use its legs to swim through the sand.

Using an animal model, the UAB researchers found that a lack of Sp7 interrupts the maturation of two types of specialized cells that help create teeth.

Studying vision in autism may also help connect studies of people to those of animal models.

«Given the key similarities to human infections, a marmoset model of Zika may be useful for testing of new drug and vaccines,» said Texas Biomedical Research Institute virologist Jean Patterson, Ph.D. «Having an animal model of Zika infection to study may help us identify places where we might be able to block transmission.»

While more data are needed to improve the model, and it is unclear if it can be extrapolated to animals of much larger body mass, the researchers hope that it might help predict features of non-avian dinosaur locomotion using data from fossils and footprints.

«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.

New fossil evidence, computer modeling and comparisons with living creatures are helping scientists to paint a clearer picture of these extinct animals, overturning many historic conceptions of their postures, gaits, skin coverings and colors.

Though the scientists don't know if such individual and pack behavior is a common occurrence, observations like these on Isle Royale provide insight into how animal societies function as well as the vicissitudes of the food chain cycle on Isle Royale, also helping to inform other models of the natural world.

He hopes the animals will help him create more realistic mouse models of human chlamydia and salmonella infections.

In order to understand the biology of fossilized animals, researchers often turn to living animals with similarities that help model how extinct animals moved.

Maintaining the supply of a molecule that helps to nourish cartilage prevented osteoarthritis in animal models of the disease, according to a report published in Nature Communications online May 11.

This is why studies carried out on animal models can help us to understand the development of the human embryo.

The team, including researchers from the Natural History Museum in London, quantified the anatomical and genetic differences between living animals, and established a timeframe over which those differences accumulated with the help of the fossil record and intricate mathematical models.

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.

Animal models also can help at earlier steps in the creation of new medicines.

Additionally, the wheel lock and other animal model suggest that exercise during youth may help preserve muscle mass over the course of aging and lower the activity of genes associated with cardiovascular disease.

Animal models can help researchers address a slew of questions.

Finally, the HZI will help develop in vivo imaging technologies to characterize (i) vaccine biodistribution and persistence, and (ii) cellular and molecular changes at the injection site and in draining lymphoid tissues, helping to refine the use of animal models.

The following profile of REGEN2017 student Susannah Kassmer, Ph.D., appears in the fall edition of the MDI Biological Laboratory's «Breaking Through» magazine, which focuses on how the study of highly regenerative animal models can help science understand the potential for regeneration in humans.

It's been used to study automobile cruise control systems and population growth of certain animal species, and now researchers think Markov modeling could one day help a woman and her physician...

There's more to these findings than just lofty philosophical quandaries, though: If ravens really do possess a level of social cognition comparable to humans and other large primates, the birds might serve as better animal models to study this kind of behavior in the lab — which could help scientists understand why some humans are better at this kind of inference than others, and why some individuals can't manage it at all.

But how do these models help us understand HD and how to treat it - and what are the pitfalls of relying on animal models?

To build upon the encouraging early discoveries, Helmsley renewed and expanded its Crohn's funding for the Institute in 2013 to begin new work with three major aims: 1) continue studies of individual genes to determine how genetic differences between Crohn's patients and healthy individuals contribute to the disease; 2) evaluate promising small molecules in disease - relevant studies and prioritize insights from genetics to help develop novel therapeutics; and 3) begin basic experimentation in animal models with Crohn's disease to provide the data necessary to begin testing new therapies in humans.

The same changes can be studied in humans as well as animal models of HD, and can help test drugs.

As one of the three initial cores established when the Buck Institute was founded, the Genomics Core has played a vital role in helping shape investigations in the basic molecular biology of aging, from assisting in the investigation of how specific drugs can extend lifespan in simple model organisms such as the nematode C. elegans, to facilitating studies in various animal models of age - related disease.

The colorectal cancer project employs a mouse model that the researchers established with the help of Paul Grippo, an associate professor specializing in animal models of gastroenterology.

In animal studies, phloretin obtain from apples has been shown to help stabilize blood glucose levels, plasma insulin levels, and lessen insulin resistance as measured by the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA - IR).

Aside from antioxidant mechanisms (stabilizing free radicals that would normally damage lipid membranes and microcirculation), vitamin C can help normalize pain - inhibiting pathways involving dopamine, NMDA, and other neurotransmitters, and has shown promise for a variety of pain conditions in animal models.

While the exact mechanism of the effect on the ubiquitin pathway is not currently known, studies in both animal models and humans have shown the same effect, reduced protein breakdown, which helps maintain more muscle mass.

Another study showed that women who were light drinkers had less weight gain and less risk of obesity than those who drank no alcohol, in addition a study using animal models found that the resveratrol also helped increase exercise endurance.

Housing both the headquarters of San Diego Humane Society and the County of San Diego Department of Animal Services (DAS), it represents the first public — private partnership of its kind in the country, and one that serves as a model of independent organizations working in harmony to help animals.

Her 3 hour intensive model for private in home training has been very successful and her long list of satisfied clients can testify to the benefit of the mini crash course in helping develop that special human animal bond.

«This program will raise the public profile of cats, demonstrate their trainability and will serve as a model for organizations helping animals everywhere.»

Staff at the Best Friends Sanctuary, where many of Michael Vick's dogs were sent after their rescue, have stated that when Mya first arrived at the sanctuary, she was «afraid of her own shadow,» but has since blossomed into her role as a puppy socialization model, helping younger dogs to settle into their new lives and become comfortable around other animals.

With the help of a 3D model, pet parents saw what heartworms look like, learned about the benefits of preventative care, as well as how to treat an animal who is diagnosed with heartworm.

We've invested our resources in building community collaborations where animal welfare organizations come together to develop successful models of lifesaving; in veterinary colleges to help shelter medicine become part of the veterinary curriculum to train veterinarians to save the lives of sick and injured dogs and cats in animal shelters; and in the implementation of a national strategy to promote accountability and transparency in animal shelter operations.

To achieve this goal, Maddie's Fund is investing its resources in building community collaborations where animal welfare organizations come together to develop successful models of lifesaving; in veterinary colleges to help shelter medicine become part of the veterinary curriculum to train veterinarians to save the lives of sick and injured dogs and cats in animal shelters; and in the implementation of a national effort to promote accountability and transparency in animal shelter operations.

With your purchase of a commemorative brick, you will help build a walkway that will lead the way to a better quality of life for the animals and put us on the fast track to be the model shelter of the future.

C4C is an operations and management model that helps shelters better meet the needs of the animals in their facility, which significantly improves outcomes.

Capacity for Care Case Studies Capacity for Care (C4C) is an operations and management model that helps shelters better meet the needs of the animals in their facility.