Sentences with phrase «many human illnesses»

«After more than a decade of our eating biotech foods, there has not been a single scientifically confirmed case of human illness that can be attributed to food biotechnology,» he writes.

That's why he spent $ 50 million of his own money developing the prototypes and testing them in Third World villages, and they work, and we have to get the word out because 50 percent of all human illness is caused by waterborne pathogens.

Human milk contains proteins that promote brain development and specific immunities against human illness.

It was noted that EPA's measure of 400 ppt was and remains in effect for only short - term exposure to PFOA, which has been linked to a number of human illnesses including forms of cancer.

«Finding these similarities and studying the aspects of mouse biology that may reflect human biology, allows us to approach the study of human illnesses in a better way,» affirms Bing Ren, one of the principal authors from the ENCODE Consortium and a lecturer in molecular and cellular medicine at the University of California — San Diego.

Our study goes a long way towards validating the usefulness of this animal model and provides enormous support for its use in human illnesses.

A whole set of data has come out of this — which is now to available to the scientific community — which will be significant for research into mammalian biology as well as the study of human illness mechanisms.

«The mouse is one of the most utilised models for studying human biology and we use it for creating models of human illnesses and testing new drugs and therapies.

Besides killing people, global warming also contributes to some five million human illnesses every year, the researchers found.

These bacterial infections can cause a range of human illnesses from skin infections to pneumonia.

A section on human illnesses describes the five main kinds of algal seafood poisoning, which causes symptoms such as diarrhea and numbness.

Acute infections in male marmosets, a New World monkey, resemble the human illness the Zika virus creates in people, including the presence of the virus in semen, saliva and urine up to two weeks after the initial infection.

Furthermore, this discovery was made using streptococcal bacteria, which are responsible for a wide range of human illnesses, ranging from sore throat and pink eye to meningitis and bacterial pneumonia.

The field has many medical applications, and it is possible that optogenetics may be applied in the future to treat human illnesses.

«The animal kingdom undoubtedly holds information that could help lead to cures for many human illnesses,» said Craig Dinsmore, executive director, Utah's Hogle Zoo.

A new study examines the links between environmental degradation and human illness.

Midges are less likely to bite humans than mosquitoes, and there have been no reports of unusual human illnesses from farmers whose livestock is infected.

Although the fucose findings are still preliminary, unlocking the role of this sugar in competitions between gut microbiota and pathogens could theoretically give rise to new therapies for treating human illness.

The mouse has been the mainstay of laboratory research on human illness and will most likely become a more essential player in future studies.

During this BSA Lecture, Kevin Esvelt of Massachusetts Institute of Technology discusses his lab's work with communities on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard to prevent tick - borne human illness by developing hereditary traits in mice that could immunize them, removing a vital link in the spread of Lyme disease.

They have also compared the mouse and human genomes, which together are expected to help researchers find genes for diseases and lead to new treatments for human illness.

But these scientists and others have continued working at the problem in the hopes of one day eliminating certain human illnesses.

Further, a newly emerging African flavivirus, Bagaza virus [18], both causes human illness [4], [19] and infects birds in Africa [20], [21].

Jul. 12, 2016 — Fecal transplants are increasingly being used to treat certain human illnesses and more scientists have begun to research the transplants» effects in animals.

With modernization and development in our lives pollution has reached its peak; giving rise to global warming and human illness.

Although studies have failed to establish a causal relationship, some scientists and activist groups continue to emphasize the role of trace levels of synthetic chemicals in human illness.

In addition, recent genome - wide association studies have identified several hundred common genetic variants — inherited changes in the DNA sequence of the human genome — that play a role in an individual's susceptibility to complex human illnesses such as heart disease, mental illnesses, cancer and diabetes.

Overuse of antibiotics in animals reared for food has led to antibiotic - resistant strains of bacteria that make treating human illnesses increasingly more difficult.

It might not be a «toxin'the way we traditionally define the term, but the American Institute of Stress warns that chronic stress has been linked to 3 out of 4 doctor's visits and may be one of the root causes behind more than 60 percent of common human illnesses.

Our doctors have made it their life's passion to gather and incorporate the most innovative approaches, tools and protocols for holistic healing of human illness and disease.

In the 19th century, strategies to cure the disease focused on balancing the body's humours - the long - standing theory that human illness was related to an imbalance in the four basic human temprements (indeed, cholera takes its name from one of these four: choleric - bad - tempered or irritable).

Turtles in the home could lead to environmental contamination with Salmonella bacteria and result in human illness.»

To summarize, cat illnesses are just like human illnesses, and symptoms of cat illnesses are therefore similar to the symptoms exhibited by people under the same conditions.

In humans, the bacteria is transmitted from cats and has been connected to 22 human illnesses, including «cat scratch fever,» heart valve diseases, neurologic disorders, pregnancy complications and others.

Poor nutrition and unhealthy lifestyles can lead to a variety of conditions that only recently were considered as «human illnesses».

Point: Dogs carry certain intestinal parasites, fleas, and ticks that cause human illnesses.

Dog DNA project provides clues to human illnesses Melbourne researchers are examining the DNA of dogs in a research project aiming at determining the genetic causes of common pet diseases - and to provide a model for combating diseases such as diabetes and multiple sclerosis in humans.

So far, the recall has been associated with 16 human illnesses of salmonella contamination; at least five of those cases have resulted in hospitalization.

These knowledge gaps are particularly concerning after a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that human illnesses from mosquito, tick and flea bites more than tripled in the United States from 2004 to 2016.

There have been no reports of pet or human illness associated with this product.

Why does it appear that a recall only occurred when a state government authority had a positive Salmonella test on the pet food and then connected the Salmonella strain to human illness?

However Diamond had not issued the warning that human illness had been confirmed to this pet food.

Ms. Hunt of the Michigan Department of Agriculture also shared that the connection to consumer illness was linked to this dog food on or about April 5, 2012; Diamond Pet Food was alerted to the connection of human illness to their pet food at the same time - on or about April 5, 2012.

Horses in (dry) Arizona contracted West Nile Virus in 2003 and by late 2013, West Nile had been documented in 44 states with more than 1500 cases of human illness.

The Ebola epidemic continues to rage in West Africa, and while it is very unlikely to reach pandemic scale (see The Economist), the outbreak provides a reminder of the linkages between disrupted ecosystems and human illness.

You must also be a lot of fun at parties: «So, Miss, what effect does your work as a nurse have on the overall problem of human illness and suffering?

The destruction of mountains, streams, rivers and groundwater, the destruction of land laid waste by strip - mining, the loss of wildlife in these areas, the human illnesses and premature deaths that result from these practices especially in Appalachia, the CO2 emissions and resulting climate change along with the havoc this causes — all of these are externalities that do not enter into the price companies pay to mine the stuff or the costs we pay to turn on the a.c.

According to the CDC, the major source for human illnesses is cattle.

(Monitoring for human illness alone is too far down the chain, given the animal source of the new strains of such viruses.)

Human illness and death are direct results of wind energy.