Sentences with phrase «human ability similar»

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Induced pluripotent stem cells (known as iPSCs) are similar to human embryonic stem cells in that both cell types have the unique ability to self - renew and have the flexibility to become any cell in the human body.

DOUBLE TAKE Scientists trained sheep to recognize pictures of celebrity faces, and showed that the animals have advanced, face - processing abilities similar to those of humans.

Results suggest that the animals have advanced face - processing abilities similar to those of humans, Mariah Quintanilla reported in «Face it: Sheep are just like us when it comes to recognizing people» (SN: 12/9/17, p. 14).

Similar to humans, the aged mice exhibited enlarged hearts, a general thickening of the heart wall and a reduced efficiency in the hearts ability to pump blood.

Ideally, this helps researchers design drug compounds that perform similar functions but retain attributes needed for successful medicines, like nontoxicity and the ability to travel through the human body.

We employ similar pathways to shape our parts as embryos, but over the course of evolution, humans may have lost the ability to tap into it as adults, perhaps because the cell division required for regeneration elevated the likelihood of cancer.

Advances in our ability to tweak the human genome using CRISPR Cas - 9 and similar techniques won't only affect those at risk of genetic disorders.

However, all regions of the human brain have molecular signatures very similar to those of our primate relatives, yet some regions contain distinctly human patterns of gene activity that mark the brain's evolution and may contribute to our cognitive abilities, a new Yale - led study has found.

Dogs have the ability to distinguish words and the intonation of human speech through brain regions similar to those that humans use, a study in the 2 September issue of Science reports.

They suffer similar forms of persecution as other hyenas but have fared better due to their ability to adapt to life in proximity to humans.

A similar ability has been proposed in humans, with research showing that merely having carbohydrates in your mouth can improve physical performance.

He believes that human language pathways may have developed in a similar fashion, given that our ability to speak is based on controlling movements in the larynx (voice box).

«Although, a atrial cell population is known to be present in humans with comparable properties, it is questionable whether the human heart possesses a similar self - healing ability,» says Stainier.

Therefore we should expect to see similar cognitive abilities in both human and nonhuman animals.

Similar issues could arise from the ability to identify people at a higher risk for contracting or spreading a disease using human genetic markers.

«Anatomically, the Neandertals are quite similar to ourselves, having a skeletal arrangement identical to ours, brains as large as ours, and - to the best of our knowledge - the capability to perform any act normally within the ability of a modern human.»

The researchers believe this study may have implications for women stressed during pregnancy or treated clinically with glucocorticoids, if the mechanisms are similar in humans, though it is unclear yet the extent to which changes in the ability of the placenta to transport nutrients to the foetus exacerbate or protect the child from the potential adverse effects of glucocorticoid overexposure during pregnancy.

Here we provide evidence of a similar correspondence in numerical abilities between humans and teleost fishes.

Although these cavemen did not have higher - order cognitive abilities as as we do, their cellular and metabolic needs were likely similar to that of modern, active humans.

It was similar to SMB in a sense that it was very «cartoon - like» but also had unrealistic (super human) abilities that were unique for each player.

In a similar way, Riley has used this very ability of the human eye to make an impression on the viewers of her works, hence her reputation of being an «optical» artist.

The petitioner argued that laptops were fundamentally different from the closed container analogies used in previous case law, more similar to homes or the human mind, given their capacity for storage and ability to record activity.

Recent studies have demonstrated that some cells from human adults have the ability to be reprogrammed to become similar to embryonic stem cells.