For using light to manipulate the activities of brain
cells in living animals and for enabling rapid alterations to the genomes of living organisms.
PET is a highly sensitive molecular imaging technique that can be used to visualize a variety of biological
processes in live animal models.
The faster speed means it will be possible for the first time to watch disease progression
in living animal models at the molecular level.
Other techniques exist for remotely controlling the activity of cells or the expression of
genes in living animals.
The only way to test an animal for rabies is on their brain tissue, which can not be
done in a live animal.
A unique and innovative aspect of our research is the ability to
visualize in live animals the evolution of tumors and to model the effects of patient specific changes on tumor dynamics.
Scientists have traditionally studied the neural basis of behavior
in live animals by using techniques such as stimulating neurons with electrodes.
The very best pet shops refuse to
deal in live animals and will refer you to a breeder, animal shelter or vet.
For her postdoc she wanted to continue with the same line of research but with
recordings in living animals — a technique she had never done.
The same molecule has been reported previously, but this is the first time it has been shown to treat dementia - like
symptoms in a living animal.
All of this can be
done in the living animal, and that's a huge step forward compared to what was possible only a couple of years ago.
Then to see whether something similar
occurs in living animals, the team injected neural stem cells into the damaged muscles of mice.
But without further
study in live animals, «it's impossible to say» how important the webs are for fighting infection, cautions microbiologist Victor Nizet of the University of California, San Diego.
The Australian agriculture minister, David Littleproud, vowed to investigate and study mortality
in live animal exports.
Adult stem cells have the ability to transform into many types of cells, but tracing the path individual stem cells follow as they mature and identifying the molecules that trigger these fateful decisions are
difficult in a living animal.
Add to these features reptiles» penchant for economy of movement, and it sometimes feels like we
work in a live animal version of Monty Python's famous cheese shop — there is no cheese in there!
But the effects of adenosine had never been
demonstrated in live animals, says Robert McCarley, a neurophysiologist at Harvard Medical School.
She is particularly interested in how
structures in living animals developed and how novel ways of moving — such as avian flight and wing - propelled diving — evolved.
Bearing in mind that this may be the first
time in their lives these animals receive undivided attention and respect, Forgotten Friends will provide them with medical care and rehabilitation.
Now, EPFL scientists have observed and measured synaptic
transmission in a live animal for the first time, using a new approach that combines genetics with the physics of light.
Winner of the Retailer Excellence Award
in the Live Animal Retailer Category at this year's Global Pet Expo, held in Orlando, Fla., in March, Pet Express has four locations — a 4,000 - square - foot stand - alone store on a busy, main street a few miles from Logan International Airport and three located in Boston - area malls, ranging in size from 2,500 to 3,500 square feet.
A team at Rockefeller University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is developing a system that would make it possible to remotely control biological
targets in living animals — rapidly, without wires, implants or drugs.
This effect was also
observed in a live animal model, showing that rats injected with ar - tumerone into their brains experienced increases in neural stem cell proliferation and the creation of newly formed healthy brain cells.
Current in vitro hematopoiesis models fail to demonstrate the cellular diversity and complex functions of living bone marrow; hence, most translational studies relevant to the hematologic system are
conducted in live animals.
Optogenetics has been able to activate single neurons
in living animals in milliseconds and reverse the intervention just as rapidly.
But Gladstone postdoctoral scholar Li Qian, PhD, along with researchers in the laboratory of Deepak Srivastava, MD, has now accomplished this
transformation in living animals — and with even greater success.