Sentences with phrase «lab rat studies»

There's not a whole lot of evidence that supports the understanding of apple cider vinegar and lower cholesterol but it has been found apparent in lab rat studies (13 + Health Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar, Reader's Digest).

I've read that lavender is not safe for children but particularly boys as it has been shown to cause a rise in estrogen levels in lab rat studies, and that it cause breast enlargement in boys under 12.

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In lab studies, sleep - deprived rats have been invaded by bacteria from their own bowels.

In a lab study, researchers reported that rats who consumed powdered liver were able to swim much longer (from 63 minutes to 2 hours) compared to rats fed a basic rat with or without supplemental vitamin B complex.

In several studies they have shown to cause cancer and defects in lab rats.

Mind you, studies have been shown that high levels of fructose make lab rats fat.

In studies of lab rats, those fed eggplant showed a decrease in cholesterol and improved blood pressure.

In a recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, Michele Noonan, a University of Texas neuroscience graduate student in the lab of Amelia Eisch, shows that a lack of neurogenesis, or birth of new neurons, in the adult rat can actually cause drug addiction.

«Most of these studies have been conducted in very simple lab settings, [with] one species of bacteria — often the «lab rat» of the bacteria world, E [scherichia].

A comparable study, she says, may find that lab rats also do not lose hippocampal cells — and thus redeem them as a research tool in studies on the link between alcoholism and memory loss.

Claustrophobic cells Three years ago, Gorbunova was involved in another study that described the unusual way in which the cells of the naked mole rat behave in the lab.

Previous studies in lab rats have shown that this type of nongenetic inheritance can influence traits like fur color and obesity.

To find out if tweaking current overdose protocols could prevent fatal liver damage, Duke mathematicians Lydia Bilinsky and Mike Reed and Duke biologist Fred Nijhout developed a mathematical model of acetaminophen metabolism, based on previous studies of lab rats given high doses of the drug.

And among lab animals, rats are considered particularly relevant to human cancer studies because they need the same nutrients and proportion of protein for maximal growth as humans.

He was completely baffled until he read about a 1968 research study conducted in India that linked a milk protein to liver cancer in lab rats.

In the new study, Dangl and colleagues delved more deeply into this relationship, using mutant versions of Arabidopsis thaliana, a weed that has long been the standard «lab rat» of plant biology research.

So instead of studying the whole animals, he began isolating single nerve cells from the mole rats and investigating them in lab dishes to track the molecular basis of the rodent's pain insensitivity.

For the current study, Jessica Childs, a graduate student in Kroener's lab, applied VNS to a test group of rats used in the study in a process called «extinction learning» to determine whether the procedure could help the animals learn different behaviors and reduce their drug cravings.

Automated technology used by many labs makes it easier to simply track a rat as it runs through a maze — a test of location - based memory — as opposed to studying more - sophisticated forms of memory.

Our lab study of rats backs up this idea.

In the lab, they adapted the standard experimental technique for studying place cells: implanting electrodes directly into a rat's hippocampus and recording from them as the animal runs freely in a large box (see «A sense of place»).

In the new study, Mogil told the researchers in his lab to inject an inflammatory agent into the foot of a rat or mouse and then take a seat nearby and read a book.

The lack of gravity in space doesn't seem to affect certain aspects of root growth in the botanical equivalent of lab rats, a new study suggests.

Brace for another shot across the bow: Opioids like morphine have now been shown to paradoxically cause an increase in chronic pain in lab rats, findings that could have far - reaching implications for humans, says a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

A large number of lab studies using rats and mice exposed to high doses of BPA failed to show measurable effects on key aspects of reproductive development, function and behaviour.

Thousands of years of selective breeding have turned man's best friend into the ideal lab rat to study the genetic underpinnings of personality

Brace for another shot across the bow: Opioids like morphine have now been shown to paradoxically cause an increase in chronic pain in lab rats, findings that could have far - reaching implications for humans, says a new study.

«Early exposure to too much manganese causes attention deficits in rats: Findings in lab study support concerns about adverse effects on children of exposure to too much manganese early in development.»

Second, the lab is studying how early life stress impacts both the transcriptome in stress - related brain regions using deep - sequencing methods and the addictive potential of the prescription opioid oxycodone using the drug self - administration paradigm, in male and female rats.

But a study on lab rats who got hooked on alcohol and were then put through detox, showed that one particular protein was responsible for the retention and revival of these memories.

First, the lab is studying the molecular and behavioral correlates of depressive - like states that accompany withdrawal from drugs of abuse in male and female rats.

: A group of researchers set out to study the toxicity and other effects of buckyballs and came up with a surprising find — the diet of buckyball - infused olive oil doubled the lifespan of the lab rats.

To answer basic research questions like these, investigators study bacteria, viruses, fungi, animal cells and human cells (both healthy and cancerous) grown in the lab, and tumors in animals, such as mice and rats.

I looked each video (very well made) and also realize they use broader simpler but still concise enough terminology, that»S really great to increase reach and be more «approachable» because sometimes regular everyday people on the street don't know all or have heard the mumbo jumbo jargon in biogerontology (they will think you are a pompous alien nerd - stuck up who thinks he knows more because he was like a lab rat in his lab books studying aging; on top of that they will more Resentful towards you for Daring to Question their Life beliefs on Life and Death by your» 2 - cents worth knowledge (couldn't give a f...)»

In this 2005 study, 1,500 lab rats were exposed to radio frequency electromagnetic radiation equivalent to that emitted by cell phones.

Most lab rats have been bred to the point of near - uniformity within their strains — a helpful trait when doing controlled experiments and studies.

For a long time, such scientists studied animals that were easy to keep in cages in the lab, such as pigeons and rats.

«There have been lab studies on rats who eat sugar where the rats will actually bite investigators when they take it away because they're so angry.»

It's long been thought that the hearts of mammals stop producing cells at a very young age, but a new study by Australian researchers showed that exercise can actually increase the number of cells in the hearts of young lab rats.

They claim that sugar can be eight times as addictive as cocaine and cite studies where lab rats chose sugar water over cocaine.

Ginseng provokes excitement, enhances endurance, and in lab studies with female rats there was even an increase in their ability to attract male rats during mating season.

Perhaps you've heard the stories about artificial sweeteners causing cancer in lab rats, but you also heard those studies used doses much greater than a normal human would ingest.

However, there are plenty of studies done using lab animals mostly using rats and rabbits.

I see the China Study as verification in people of what Campbell and others had already shown over many, many years and experiments in his lab with rats at Cornell.

In fact, in one study, a dose of mercury sufficient to kill 1 percent of lab rats (lethal dose «LD01»), when combined with a dose of lead sufficient to kill 1 percent, killed 100 percent of the rats.13 A similar test involving mercury and aluminum in cultured neurons killed 60 percent of the cells when the two low - dose toxicants (LD01) were combined.14 Even antibiotics have been shown to enhance the uptake, retention and toxicity of mercury.14 Additionally, testosterone appears to aggravate mercury toxicity during development, while estrogen protects against it.15 This may explain why more boys than girls are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders and attention deficit disorders.

This was observed in cancer - induced albino rats in lab studies.

His lab has done studies in rats, where they compared mice fed a standard diet (rat chow) with mice fed a fattening diet, for 7 days.

For example, a 2010 study discovered three varieties of GMO corn developed by Monsanto that were approved by food safety organizations in America, Europe and other countries was connected with organ damage (mostly kidney and liver functioning) in lab rats.

A 2010 Princeton University study that compared the health of lab rats fed both sugars found those on a steady diet of HFCS gained far more weight, even though their caloric intake was the same.

Learning to control his anger while seeking a cure for the gamma poisoning that causes him to mutate when his heart rate accelerates, Banner's plans are interrupted when General Thaddeus «Thunderbolt» Ross (William Hurt) sends in a Special Ops unit — led by ex-KGB mercenary Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth)-- to capture him and study like a lab rat.