Sentences with phrase «in several animal studies»

Fennel contains a unique antioxidant, called anethole, that has been found to reduce inflammation and lower the incidence of cancer in several animal studies.

In several animal studies, researchers have demonstrated that moderate alcohol consumption does not promote weight gain.

Not exact matches

Onions have been shown to lower blood sugar levels in several animal and human studies and may decrease the risk of diabetes.

Studies done with animals show that acrylamide in the diet increases the risk of developing several different types of cancer, including stomach and colon cancer and don't get me started on the salt levels.

The study, led by Dr Allan Debelle and Dr Rhonda Snook in the University's Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, looked at the mating patterns of fruit flies after they evolved for 100 generations in either polyandrous populations (where several males have to compete for a single female) and monogamous populations (where each male has access to only one female).

«Several studies have measured parasite infection in urban animals, but surprisingly we are the first to measure whether wild birds living in a city were more or less infected by a parasite and a pathogen, as well as how these infections are linked to their physiological stress,» said Mathieu Giraudeau, a post-doctoral associate who previously worked with Kevin McGraw, ASU associate professor with the School of Life Sciences.

Our animal ancestors used their noses way more than we do in modern society, says Jessica Freiherr, a neuroscientist at RWTH Aachen University, in Germany, and the author of several studies on human olfaction.

Animal studies have revealed several ways in which opioids may amplify pain signals in the central nervous system, suggesting targets for drugs that could counter the effect.

This study is among several funded under a public - private partnership established in 2008 between NICHD and the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, a division of Mars Inc., to establish a human - animal interaction research program to support studies relevant to child development, health, and the therapeutic use of animals.

Several chemicals play a role in helping us form attachments, and animal studies are showing how we could manipulate them to do just that.

For the new study, reported in the 20 April issue of Science, animal communication researcher Karen McComb of the University of Sussex in Brighton, United Kingdom, and Sarah Durant of the Institute of Zoology in London studied 20 small family groups of elephants, each typically containing several females and their calves, in Kenya.

Over several years studying an elephant seal colony in Año Nuevo State Park, California, the researchers were able to recognize many of the individual animals just by the rhythm of their voices, he says.

Sharpe has been studying dwarf mongooses at the Phuza Moya Private Game Reserve in northeastern South Africa, where several groups of the animals are habituated to the presence of humans.

Previous studies on animals and humans have shown that the ion can be retained in bone and tissue for several days or longer after administration.

In the study, the scientists used a type of mouse, called CVN - AD, that they had created several years ago by swapping out a handful of important genes to make the animal's immune system more similar to a human's.

The BUSM researchers believe the data from this study and those reported by others in animal models as well in clinical studies strongly suggest that Avodart may have serious adverse side effects that were not obvious several years ago.

In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists from The Field Museum and colleagues from around the world describe several new amphibian species and a reptile from northeastern Brazil that help fill this key geographic gap and reveal how animals moved among regions in the supercontinenIn a study published in Nature Communications, scientists from The Field Museum and colleagues from around the world describe several new amphibian species and a reptile from northeastern Brazil that help fill this key geographic gap and reveal how animals moved among regions in the supercontinenin Nature Communications, scientists from The Field Museum and colleagues from around the world describe several new amphibian species and a reptile from northeastern Brazil that help fill this key geographic gap and reveal how animals moved among regions in the supercontinenin the supercontinent.

Ethologist Frans de Waal has offered several observations of apparent empathy among nonhuman primates in his 1996 book Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals, but richer insights come from a series of studies published about 40 years ago, when standards for animal welfare were minimal.

The team of researchers studied stable carbon isotopes in the tooth enamel of the large primates — which are able to reveal information about the animals» dietary habits even after several million years.

Nevertheless several new studies argue in favor of considering animals

The metabolic analysis of the mice could be combined with clinical assessments, by performing biochemical analysis in blood, plasma, urine and tissues (i.e, lipid and cholesterol content, glycogen content...) and by performing autopsy of the animal at the end of phenotyping study with several tissue collections (i.e, histology, mRNA anlaysis, protein analysis...).

However, studies in several animals have shown that partially suppressing both normal and mutant versions by about 50 % in adults is safe and improves symptoms.

These developmental perspectives from animal models and electrophysiological studies should be integrated into the fMRI community, which has struggled to reconcile inconsistent findings with regards to functional brain connectivity in ASD over the past several years.

Citing several animal studies, the AAEM concludes, «there is more than a casual association between GM foods and adverse health effects» and that «GM foods pose a serious health risk in the areas of toxicology, allergy and immune function, reproductive health, and metabolic, physiologic and genetic health.»

Increases in libido have also been reported in several studies done on animals.

Several diseases that are defined by chronic inflammation result in significantly increased risks of cancer, such as colon cancer in patients with ulcerative colitis (an inflammatory bowel disease).2, 3 Interestingly, studies show that irritable bowel disease in itself can invoke stress, and as a result, decrease immune function.4 Animal studies have shown that stress alone can exacerbate colitis, 5 connecting the two (which comes first?).

It has been shown to increase the lifespan of several animal species in studies.

As Masterjohn explains, «The utilization of protein requires vitamin A. Several animal studies have shown that liver reserves of vitamin A are depleted by a high dietary intake of protein, while vitamin A increases in non-liver tissues.

In the laboratory animal study, avocado leaf extract in doses ranging from 100 milligrams to 800 milligrams per kilogram of body weight helped prevent seizures in response to several substances known to induce seizureIn the laboratory animal study, avocado leaf extract in doses ranging from 100 milligrams to 800 milligrams per kilogram of body weight helped prevent seizures in response to several substances known to induce seizurein doses ranging from 100 milligrams to 800 milligrams per kilogram of body weight helped prevent seizures in response to several substances known to induce seizurein response to several substances known to induce seizures.

In the mouse model of MS, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), positive effects of modified fasting and ketogenic nutrition on disease onset and clinical course in animals have been observed in several studieIn the mouse model of MS, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), positive effects of modified fasting and ketogenic nutrition on disease onset and clinical course in animals have been observed in several studiein animals have been observed in several studiein several studies.

On their native diet they are free of disease and exceptionally hardy.17 An extensive study of diet and disease patterns in China found that the region in which the populace consumes large amounts of whole milk had half the rate of heart disease as several districts in which only small amounts of animal products are consumed.18 Several Mediterranean societies have low rates of heart disease even though fat — including highly saturated fat from lamb, sausage and goat cheese — comprises up to 70 % of their caloric several districts in which only small amounts of animal products are consumed.18 Several Mediterranean societies have low rates of heart disease even though fat — including highly saturated fat from lamb, sausage and goat cheese — comprises up to 70 % of their caloric Several Mediterranean societies have low rates of heart disease even though fat — including highly saturated fat from lamb, sausage and goat cheese — comprises up to 70 % of their caloric intake.

With rudimentary laboratories, one could argue that more was accomplished with regards to the effect of diet on cancer in the former half of the century, as revolutionary researchers like Tannenbaum, Rous, and their colleagues provided us with dozens of animal studies linking diet and cancer by exposing mice to free radical - laden vegetable oils.32, 33 Several decades later, two other researchers, Dayton and Pearce, provided one of the few studies revealing what happens when we give humans vegetable oils and their accompanying free radicals when they randomized men to a corn oil solution and a similar rise in cancer followed.34 It is no surprise that corn oil is often used in animal studies to cause cancer, as the ingestion of damaging free radicals predictably hastens cancer development.35 Furthermore, these scientists were the first to show that fasting, restricting calories, and cutting carbohydrates could lower the chance of cancer in animals exposed to dangerous chemicals and carcinogens.

While it is true that researchers have induced heart disease in some animals by giving them extremely large dosages of oxidized or rancid cholesterol — amounts ten times that found in the ordinary human diet — several population studies squarely contradict the cholesterol - heart disease connection.

Several studies done on animal models have suggested that the principal compound in cilantro, linalool, has an ability to revamp and boost the antioxidant function of the liver.

Amongst several auxiliary discoveries such as a lack of cancers, zero facial deformation, zero cavities, rugged resistance to disease and joyful exuberance for life... he noted that all of the strongest, healthiest and happiest tribes he studied ate a diet rich in saturated fats from animal meat and organs.

In addition, a new study conducted on animals, also revealed at the symposium, focused on the beneficial effect of a symbiotic (prebiotic and probiotic) maple sap drink in recovering gut flora balance, which can be lost for several reasons, including treatment with antibioticIn addition, a new study conducted on animals, also revealed at the symposium, focused on the beneficial effect of a symbiotic (prebiotic and probiotic) maple sap drink in recovering gut flora balance, which can be lost for several reasons, including treatment with antibioticin recovering gut flora balance, which can be lost for several reasons, including treatment with antibiotics.

In Campbell's first protein - aflatoxin - cancer study published in 1982 (8) and in virtually every such study thereafter (10, 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24), Campbell and his research group used 20 percent casein for several weeks during the initation period for all the animalIn Campbell's first protein - aflatoxin - cancer study published in 1982 (8) and in virtually every such study thereafter (10, 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24), Campbell and his research group used 20 percent casein for several weeks during the initation period for all the animalin 1982 (8) and in virtually every such study thereafter (10, 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24), Campbell and his research group used 20 percent casein for several weeks during the initation period for all the animalin virtually every such study thereafter (10, 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24), Campbell and his research group used 20 percent casein for several weeks during the initation period for all the animals.

A colleague informed him of a startling trend: liver cancer was plaguing affluent Filipinos at a much higher rate than their less - wealthy counterparts — a phenomenon that, despite a slew of other lifestyle differences, Campbell believed was linked to their higher intake of animal protein.1 Bolstering his suspicions, Campbell also learned of a recent study from India showing that a high protein intake spurred liver cancer in rats, while a low protein intake seemed to prevent it.2 Intrigued by this gem of little - known research, Campbell decided to investigate the role of nutrition in cancer growth himself — an endeavor that ended up lasting several decades and producing over one hundred publications (none of which pertained to Fight Club).3

While calorie restriction has been shown in several studies to slow aging in many animals, Ramsey was interested in how a high - fat diet may impact the aging process.

Scientists in several laboratories around the world are working to unlock this mystery with animal studies.

The caveat is there aren't too many human studies with PQQ yet; most of these are animal studies, but preliminary clinical studies are extremely encouraging, and several larger clinical trials are currently either completed waiting publication or are in process.

Several of these «risk factors» can be improved by vinegar consumption, but many of the studies were done in animals.

Studies in animals and experiments with cells grown in the laboratory have identified several potential ways in which these compounds may help prevent cancer:

We have seen several studies involving decreased risk of bone fracture in children and teens who regularly consume milk, and we've also seen animal studies showing reduced risk of osteoporosis following regular milk consumption.

Several animal studies have shown that a diet high in added sugar leads to obesity, insulin resistance, increased gut permeability and low - grade inflammation (5).

Several studies have been done on humans and animals that show obese individuals have very different gut bacteria to those who are in a normal weight range.

Over the past several years, studies in cell cultures and animals have found that metformin appears to slow or stop the growth of a wide range of cancer cells, including those associated with breast, prostate, lung, and endometrial cancer.

ADVERSE EFFECTS OF OVERCONSUMPTION Adverse Effects of Dietary Fiber Mineral Bioavailability Within the last 20 years, several animal and human studies have shown that foods or diets rich in fibers may alter mineral metabolism, especially when phytate is present (Sandstead, 1992).

The same phenomenon, by the way, has also been shown in several studies of animals that mate for life.

Several studies have found that the antioxidants found in blueberries can even protect brain health as many different animals age.