Sentences with phrase «lead in blood samples»

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But it also may lead to monitoring the health status of lemurs and other primates living in the wild simply by screening blood samples for antibody patterns indicating exposure to specific parasites.

Collecting blood samples from 137 vultures and 27 ravens, they found that lead levels in ravens were almost six times higher during hunting season, when they were exposed to animal remains tainted with lead ammunition, than the rest of the year.

Puzzled by the appearance of the disease in a sea mammal, a team led by wildlife veterinarian Melissa Miller of the University of California, Davis, tested blood samples collected from 223 live and dead otters.

The study, «Prevalence of hypertension, awareness, treatment and control in the Hispanic Community,» led by Dr. Paul D. Sorlie of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), sampled 16,400 individuals, making it one of the largest and most rigorous health studies of the Hispanic community.

All children were within the safe lead exposure range as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the blood lead level in the sample was typical of the national U.S. population of children.

Stranded sperm and beaked whales have been well studied in recent years — in particular, several have become stranded while still alive, allowing biologists to obtain blood samples and piece together what led to the strandings.

«In the past, science has focused on identifying the pathogen someone is infected with in the blood or other sample,» said lead author Thomas Burke, Ph.D., director of technology advancement and diagnostics at the DCAGPIn the past, science has focused on identifying the pathogen someone is infected with in the blood or other sample,» said lead author Thomas Burke, Ph.D., director of technology advancement and diagnostics at the DCAGPin the blood or other sample,» said lead author Thomas Burke, Ph.D., director of technology advancement and diagnostics at the DCAGPM.

In a comprehensive and complex molecular study of blood samples from Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, published in Cell Host and Microbe, a scientific team led by the University of Wisconsin - Madison has identified signatures of Ebola virus disease that may aid in future treatment effortIn a comprehensive and complex molecular study of blood samples from Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, published in Cell Host and Microbe, a scientific team led by the University of Wisconsin - Madison has identified signatures of Ebola virus disease that may aid in future treatment effortin Sierra Leone, published in Cell Host and Microbe, a scientific team led by the University of Wisconsin - Madison has identified signatures of Ebola virus disease that may aid in future treatment effortin Cell Host and Microbe, a scientific team led by the University of Wisconsin - Madison has identified signatures of Ebola virus disease that may aid in future treatment effortin future treatment efforts.

Cycloviruses were first discovered in 2009 — along with a host of other viruses — in fecal samples from South - Asian children suffering from acute flaccid paralysis, by a team led by Eric Delwart of the Blood Systems Research Institute in San Francisco.

Han altered rabbit blood samples to artificially boost HIV vaccine test results, leading to millions in grant money.

Building on earlier studies, the researchers collected feathers and blood samples from trapped birds and found no discernible difference in lead levels before and after the ban.

In research reported online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation on February 14, Joslin clinical researchers, led by Dr. Allison Goldfine, took tiny samples of muscles from three categories of people: some who were healthy, some with a family history of diabetes who showed signs of insulin resistance although their blood glucose levels were normal, and some with full - blown type 2 diabeteIn research reported online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation on February 14, Joslin clinical researchers, led by Dr. Allison Goldfine, took tiny samples of muscles from three categories of people: some who were healthy, some with a family history of diabetes who showed signs of insulin resistance although their blood glucose levels were normal, and some with full - blown type 2 diabetein the Journal of Clinical Investigation on February 14, Joslin clinical researchers, led by Dr. Allison Goldfine, took tiny samples of muscles from three categories of people: some who were healthy, some with a family history of diabetes who showed signs of insulin resistance although their blood glucose levels were normal, and some with full - blown type 2 diabetes.

The team, led by scientists at the UCL Huntington's Disease Centre working with colleagues in Sweden, the USA, Canada, France and the Netherlands, measured neurofilament levels in blood samples from the TRACK - HD study, an international project that followed 366 volunteers for three years.

Kelley, lead investigator on the study published today in Nature Chemistry, explained how her team has advanced a completely new approach using magnetic nanoparticles with DNA capture probes on their surface that can target circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in blood samples to see if the cells contains biomarkers associated with drug resistance.

Borowsky has led an incredibly careful multi-lab re-evaluation of 8OHdG in hundreds of blood samples.

MD Anderson is currently leading a first - of - its - kind study to collect and analyze blood samples from 10,000 heavy smokers in the U.S..

In a study of blood samples from Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, the team led by UW — Madison's Yoshihiro Kawaoka has identified signatures of the disease that may aid in future treatment effortIn a study of blood samples from Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, the team led by UW — Madison's Yoshihiro Kawaoka has identified signatures of the disease that may aid in future treatment effortin Sierra Leone, the team led by UW — Madison's Yoshihiro Kawaoka has identified signatures of the disease that may aid in future treatment effortin future treatment efforts.

«In this study, we scanned people's brains before and after the retreat, as well as took blood samples at the beginning of the study before the retreat, and then four months later,» says Emily Lindsay, Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University and lead study author.

Levels of lead, cadmium and nickel in scalp hair, blood and urine samples were significantly higher in groups of exposed workers compared to those of a control group.

Cats are sometimes stressed by having a blood sample drawn leading to a temporary increase in blood sugar even if there is no sugar found in the urine.