Sentences with phrase «many laboratory animals»

Some PAHs have caused cancer in laboratory animals when they breathed air containing them (lung cancer), ingested them in food (stomach cancer), or had them applied to their skin (skin cancer).»

We need to know about the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, which was also a federally run and endowed study, where African American men — mostly illiterate and impoverished — were experimented upon like laboratory animals for 40 years.

They are trying to save endangered species and protect domestic and laboratory animals from abuse.

In a study published in Clinical Biochemistry, 2004, researchers looked at coconut oil as a component of diet in laboratory animals.

Carrageenan is such an efficient inflammatory agent and carcinogen, it is widely used with laboratory animals to study the molecular signals involved in cancer and anti-inflammatory drugs.

Originally, human laboratory animals were «asked» to taste a series of peppers and rate their hotness.

However, recent studies on laboratory animals have shown the ability of ground pumpkin seeds, pumpkin seed extracts, and pumpkin seed oil to improve insulin regulation in diabetic animals and to prevent some unwanted consequences of diabetes on kidney function.

Studies of laboratory animals have shown that even small doses of these chemicals impair attention, learning, memory, and behavior.

Diapers and diaperlike products are sometimes used on pets, laboratory animals, or working animals.

Independent studies have conclusively shown adverse health effects of BPA on the brain and reproductive system, as well as metabolic diseases in laboratory animals.

1 out of every 16 infants fed ready - to - eat liquid formula are exposed to BPA at doses exceeding those that caused increased aggression and significant changes in testosterone levels in laboratory animals.

The Food and Drug Administration has long permitted its use, but in recent years concerns about the chemical have grown as studies have indicated low doses of the substance can disrupt hormone systems in laboratory animals and possibly increase the risk of cancer or other serious illness.

around 7 am, after getting poked, prodded, stuck and generally made to feel like laboratory animal, the nurse tells the gothmommy to push a little, just to see what happens.

Over the past decade, a growing body of scientific studies has linked the chemical to breast cancer, testicular cancer, diabetes, hyperactivity, obesity, low sperm count, miscarriage and other reproductive problems in laboratory animals.

Commercial testing of non-medical products is largely opposed, but fewer place the welfare of laboratory animals above the development of life - saving medical treatments.

Laboratory animals are used for many different purposes in research and testing, raising a variety of ethical, welfare and scientific issues.

As of now, the E.P.A. has said PFOA is known to cause developmental and other adverse effects in laboratory animals, but the agency has yet to determine if the chemical poses an unreasonable risk to the public.

AAAS Board Chairman Gilbert S. Omenn has written a letter to members of the House Judiciary Committee to express support for a pending bill that would strengthen laws against harassment, threats or intimidation of those involved in animal enterprises, including biomedical research with laboratory animals.

Tests on laboratory animals with a type of experimental leukemia... have shown that the extract, known as camptothecin, has high antitumor properties.

For example, one can administer the chemical to a laboratory animal by vein and then stimulate the animal with a pattern of sound.

This promising technique makes it possible to map active brain structures in a living laboratory animal or in a human being.

A raft of studies in laboratory animals, molecular models and cancer patients suggest that pain drugs given during and after cancer surgery stimulate the growth and spread of certain tumors.

With the harvested follicles, investigators such as James V. («Vince») Gruber, global director of research and development at Lonza Consumer Care, can test the effectiveness of new hair and skin products without relying on laboratory animals.

A class of small molecules found in grapes, red wine, olive oil, and other foods extends the life of yeast cells by approximately 70 % and activates genes known to extend life span in laboratory animals.

Rapamycin, an antibiotic and immunosuppressant approved for use about 15 years ago, has drawn extensive interest for its apparent ability — at least in laboratory animal tests — to emulate the ability of dietary restriction in helping animals to live both longer and healthier.

Paradoxically it's almost impossible to get laboratory animals hooked on pure nicotine, though it has a mildly pleasant effect.

The U.S. National Research Council's 1996 Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals went further, prompting animal care staff to add perches, blankets to make nests, and even music and movies.

Patricia Brown, head of NIH's Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, says the agency will be talking with all sides as it moves to comply with Congress's call to explore ways of cutting red tape.

It is the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare.

Sunday's vote ended an energetic campaign by Swiss biologists to convince the public that transgenic laboratory animals are essential to biomedical research, and that genetic engineering can provide benefits without posing a serious threat to the environment.

The virus, redesigned using sophisticated protein engineering techniques, works: With its shield and its adapter, these viral gene shuttles efficiently infected tumor cells in laboratory animals.

A big drawback to long - term use of rapamycin, however, is the increase in insulin resistance, observed in both humans and laboratory animals.

For all laboratory animal experimentation described in the manuscript, the Science Journals require that authors state in the Methods section their adherence to the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, or the equivalent.

Although British researchers had discovered embryonic stem cells in laboratory animals in 1981, it wasn't until 1998 that a Wisconsin team announced it had isolated stem cells from human embryos for the first time.

More than 160 papers were published on rodent enrichment in 2016 versus a handful at the turn of the millennium; at the 2016 meeting of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 83 out of 171 rodent presentations focused on enrichment — more than twice the number at the 2009 meeting.

«And a restricted diet in laboratory animals has been shown to increase their lifespan about 25 - 30 percent.

The mutated, drug resistant H7N9 virus, however, was still able to infect cultured human cells and spread between laboratory animals as efficiently as nonmutated strains, researchers report December 10 in Nature Communications.

Species, strain, sex, and age of laboratory animals should be provided in the main text or Supplementary Materials.

Twenty years of electrical recording in anesthetized laboratory animals provided ample evidence that many cortical cells, particularly in primary sensory cortical regions, continue to respond selectively during anesthesia.

Even Badylak's habit of referring to the dog by name was contentious, since researchers typically conform to the colder convention of identifying laboratory animals by numbers.

We are cautiously optimistic, appreciating that the transition from laboratory animal models to the clinical setting is often challenging,» commented Dr. Davis.

In the meantime, the relationship between biomedical researchers and government regulators has taken a turn for the worse as the Animal Welfare Board last week threatened to close the country's main center for supplying laboratory animals after it failed to follow new registration procedures.

Tufts University offers three D.V.M. - master's degree programs in comparative biomedical sciences, laboratory animal medicine, and public health.

There's been a growing realization among diabetes researchers that human islet development differs significantly from islet development in typical laboratory animals like mice.»

The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science defines laboratory animal science as «a field of science devoted to the production, care, and study of laboratory animals used in biomedical research and education.

For the final year of his new degree, Franco did a 1 - year internship in the Laboratory Animal Science group at IBMC, led by Anna Olsson.

And there are no obvious side effects in laboratory animals; the rats suffered no harm to their memory or their ability to learn.

The experience prompted Franco to start a Ph.D. in laboratory animal science; he's now about halfway through a program at IBMC.

Lawmakers from both parties are backing a bill — called the AWARE Act — that would expand the scope of the Animal Welfare Act, which governs the humane treatment of laboratory animals.

Franco believes that the new European legislation — which would require systematic evaluation of all research involving laboratory animals in all E.U. countries, with ethical considerations a big part of the assessment — makes now a good time «to assess what [researchers] think about using animals, what effect training can have not only about their knowledge of the three R's but also how it affects their attitudes.»