Sentences with phrase «knew of animal research»

The analysis by Kearns and her colleagues of the industry's own documents, in contrast, suggests that the industry knew of animal research suggesting this link and halted funding to protect its commercial interests half a century ago.

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«It is my desire and my purpose to further the education of the people of Texas and elsewhere in wildlife conservation, in the knowledge of the breeding and living habits of our wild creatures and in the relationship of wildlife to domesticated livestock on our ranches and farms; to afford students and others interested in wildlife betterment and propagation and in the raising of wildlife along with domesticated animals a place for research and an opportunity for the study thereof; and to develop scientifically methods of increasing the wildlife population of the state and nation for the benefit of future generations... who may not have the opportunity to know and appreciate our wildlife, as I have, unless methods of increasing and conserving our wildlife are scientifically developed.

You would be amazed at what service projects and groups are out there doing things that you never knew about — dolls and bears made up to be the the weight of your baby (Molly Bears), stuffed animals made out of your baby's clothing and blankets, peer support and parent advocates waiting to help the newly bereaved, personalized jewelry makers (like My Forever Child), stone painters, heart sewers, pillow - making people (Heaven Born for miscarriage), memory - box makers, authors (there are books for almost every subject on this topic waiting to be discovered), research and education groups, story - sharing sites, support groups, chat groups, blogs, Facebook groups, foot / hand print kits, music and funeral planning resources... Consider starting here before starting something new.

Thankfully, as someone who has studied the effects of chronic stress in animals and in people, I knew that claims like Dr. Narvaez's are not supported by data and instead rest on a fundamental misreading of stress research.

I know of one highly experienced research press officer, who had worked on controversial issues like human animal hybrids, GM crops, animal research, minimum alcohol pricing and climate change, who admitted: «Nothing had prepared me for the most polarising, knee - jerking subject of all: breastfeeding.»

«These trips have a real feeling of exploring the frontier in a way that research expeditions on land perhaps no longer provide, in part because the terrain and the animals that are encountered are so often unfamiliar and surprising,» says Webster.

Although much research has focused on understanding how animals guide their migrations across large regions of the planet, we know very little about this phenomenon, particularly for large, difficult - to - track species.

That was the reality for one female octopus, Graneledone boreopacifica, and it's the longest known brooding period of any animal, reported biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in July.

«Before this study, it was not known if it is possible to produce sufficient numbers of these cells and successfully use them to remuscularize damaged hearts in a large animal whose heart size and physiology is similar to that of the human heart,» said Dr. Charles Murry, UW professor of pathology and bioengineering, who led the research team that conducted the experiment.

For example, Conry said there is a lot of research on the effects of BPA, particularly in lab animals, but doctors don't know how to interpret the results.

In science news around the world, the National Institutes of Health expands the definition of clinical trials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture restores previously public animal welfare records, seismologists fear the loss of a key research vessel, Brazil's indigenous tribes win land rights, and China's — and the world's — largest radio telescope gets a no - fly zone.

Despite years of attention and funding for flu research, however, health officials are no closer to having an efficient way to flag new animal pathogens that could harm people.

Supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation — FAPESP under the aegis of its Research Program on Biodiversity Characterization, Conservation, Restoration & Sustainable Use (BIOTA - FAPESP, the study relied on the collaboration of the City's Animal Health Control Center and its Department of Parks & Green Areas to carry out a collection of 37,972 specimens of the family Culicidae (which gathers flies commonly known as mosquitoes) from nine municipal parks — later laboratory analysis would show that these mosquitoes belonged to 73 species and 14 genera.

Looking further into the intestinal crypts of both the transgenic and wild - type mice, the research team made what they consider a surprising finding: Not only was HMGA1 causing the stem cells themselves to self - renew or proliferate more rapidly in the transgenic animals, but it was also increasing the number of Paneth cells, a type of niche cell known to support intestinal stem cells.

Dr Martin Stevens from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus said: «As far as we know, this is the first time that research has demonstrated through the eyes of a predator how individual animals from the same population can tune their camouflage to match different backgrounds.

The study is part of a larger field of research that aims to understand when, where and how humans turned wild plants and animals into the crops, pets and livestock we know today.

The causes of such unpredictable results, Harris said, can include bad ingredients in the lab, including contaminated and misidentified cell lines; poor research design, including insufficient numbers of mice in animal studies; statistical error and overreach, including «HARKing» (hypothesizing after the results are known), a push beyond the limits of the data; and funding pressures, which can lead scientists to hype or exaggerate their results to remain competitive for additional grant money.

Using the most comprehensive conservation data available for both marine and non-marine organisms, research led by Dr Thomas Webb, from the University's Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, has shown that 20 to 25 per cent of the well - known species living in our seas are now threatened with extinction — the same figure as land living plants and animals.

«We've long known about biofluorescence underwater in organisms like corals, jellyfish, and even in land animals like butterflies and parrots, but fish biofluorescence has been reported in only a few research publications,» said co-lead author John Sparks, a curator in the Museum's Department of Ichthyology.

Knowing that rats» faces can tell another rat how they're feeling will of course lead to more questions about using the rodents — or other animals — in biomedical research.

Hauser is well - known for his research on the cognitive abilities of nonhuman animals and has been an admired teacher and mentor, as well as the author of several popular books on animal behavior.

According to the authors of the study, in future researches it will be necessary to know about the action mechanism of the new products - highly selective and with low cell toxicity on in vitro tests - and broaden preclinical studies with laboratory animal models.

«I don't know about such a technique, but surely if dogs lose contact with the ground and hence their balance, this would be very annoying to them,» says Angelo Gazzano, an ethologist at the University of Pisa in Italy who has worked on the behavioral rehabilitation of beagles used in animal research.

The study, performed in an animal model, was the first to identify growth differentiation factor 10, or GDF10, a molecule that previously had no known role in the adult brain, said Dr. S. Thomas Carmichael, the study's senior author and a professor and vice chair for research and programs in the UCLA department of neurology.

Since the rhesus monkey was the most common laboratory monkey at the time and very little was known about its natural behavior, my project was directly relevant to a host of other ongoing research into animal behavior and social dynamics.

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research senior fellows Brian Leander and Patrick Keeling supervised lead author Greg Gavelis at the University of British Columbia and, in collaboration with senior fellow Curtis Suttle, showed that this eye - like structure contains a collection of sub-cellular organelles that look very much like the lens, cornea, iris and retina of multicellular eyes that can detect objects — known as camera eyes — that are found in humans and other larger animals.

While researchers could not identify how a particular animal became infected, treponemal infections are known to be transmitted by contact with the skin lesion of an infected individual, so a pet macaque could potentially pick up the bacteria, said Lisa Jones - Engel, a UW research assistant professor of anthropology who led the study.

Research in animals is an important step in developing any new treatment, but we'll need to see the findings translated into clinical studies in people before we could know the potential of EPPS to treat Alzheimer's in humans.

Examples: an animal rights campaign targeting an individual or institution, the abrupt suspension of critical research for unclear reasons, or perhaps you know of a great opportunity to increase understanding about animal research.

Animals are extremely expensive to keep, and all scientists would like to see the day where animal research is no longer needed, however our level of technology at present is not sophisticated enough to remove the need for animal research.

Did you know that animal research played an important part in the development of penicillin, blood transfusions, anaesthetics, deep brain stimulation and insulin for diabetics?

As the year draws to a close it's time to reflect on an exciting year of animal research, and there seems no better place to start than with the top 10 breakthroughs of the year as selected by the prestigious scientific journal Science.

«We are excited about this treatment, because we think this has the potential to slow the disease progression,» said Steve Rose, chief research officer of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, a nonprofit that invested about $ 2 million in early animal testing of the treatment, but is no longer directly involved.

A Japanese study found that an aromatic compound in red raspberries was able to prevent and improve obesity in animal subjects; additional research on the effect is needed, but we know enough to conclude that a handful of fresh raspberries sounds like an excellent summer snack.

An animal study conducted by a Chinese - U.S. research team showed that fructus lycii is a good dietary source of xeaxanthin, a carotenoid known to promote the integrity of vision and ocular health.

Acrylamide is a known neurotoxin, and animal research has revealed clear evidence of carcinogenic activity.14

We do know that research has confirmed that it is wise to limit your intake of saturated animal fat by cutting back on servings of high - fat red and processed meats in particular, but that enjoying full - fat versions of yogurt and other dairy products may actually be cancer and cardio - protective.

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

Do you know of definitive research (can not be re-interpreted to suite the vegetarian / vegan lobby) that settles the question that saturated fats from grass - fed / grass - finished animals are cardio. - beneficial rather than harmful?

I know you're very busy, but I would greatly appreciate a little direction as to where to find research on this and some explanation of what the grass in the diet is doing in a non-ruminant animal.

It is Dr. Fasano's team discovery that «zonulin,» is the molecule which regulates intestinal permeability (also known as «leaky gut») and their totally ground - breaking research that linked an overproduction of zonulin (gluten is a clear known trigger for such in celiacs) to the development of a series of autoimmune diseases, including Type 1 diabetes, celiac disease and multiple sclerosis (at least in animals at this point in time).

First, from other research (of which there is not very much), we know that injecting mice with double the amount of AMH used in this study causes a 16 fold rise in the animals» blood levels.

And while specific pheromones are known to trigger specific responses in animals from bees to squid, scientists have yet to isolate them in humans, and according to Smithsonian Magazine, a review of scientific literature on the study of pheromones «found that most research on the topic was subject to major design flaws.»

Soon after their success in resurrecting someone, which is only known to those five, the lab is raided by a pharmaceutical company that, according to the terms of the grant that was funding Frank and Zoe's research, owns all intellectual property in the event the terms of the grant are broken, which happened once they started testing on animals.

«From HABRI research, we know that healthy pets transform the lives of people through the human - animal bond — and Nature's Variety transforms the lives of pets by empowering pet owners to provide their pets with natural nutrition,» said Howlett.

The organization saves and shelters thousands of animals each year through its famed Red Star ® Rescue program, ensures the welfare of more than one billion farm animals, researches new ways to help children with cancer, veterans and others through animal - assisted therapy, and protects some 100,000 animal actors on television and movie production sets each year through its well well - known «No Animals Were Harmed ®» panimals each year through its famed Red Star ® Rescue program, ensures the welfare of more than one billion farm animals, researches new ways to help children with cancer, veterans and others through animal - assisted therapy, and protects some 100,000 animal actors on television and movie production sets each year through its well well - known «No Animals Were Harmed ®» panimals, researches new ways to help children with cancer, veterans and others through animal - assisted therapy, and protects some 100,000 animal actors on television and movie production sets each year through its well well - known «No Animals Were Harmed ®» pAnimals Were Harmed ®» program.

Dr. Asley Hughes of Friendship Hospital for Animals adds, «The Internet tells [pet owners] raw food is the best thing to feed, and if they love their dog, this is what they should be feeding them, and so I hope people research it more and, you know, make an informed decision if that's what they want to feed.

Check out our quiz, created with our friends at HABRI (Human Animal Bond Research Institute) and see how much you know about the health benefits of pet parenthood!

Humane Canada, also known as the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies, conducts vital companion animal research, publishing reports on key issues affecting companion animals.

Professor Mike Mendl, Head of the Animal Welfare and Behaviour research group at Bristol University's School of Clinical Veterinary Science, who led the research, said, «We all have a tendency to think that our pets and other animals experience emotions similar to our own, but we have no way of knowing directly because emotions are essentially private.