Sentences with phrase «of bodies of the human»

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On the other, each of those bodies is becoming recognizable to the network as not just another human, but a unique and distinct entity — and one that presents a saleable proposition.

Few state laws provide any oversight whatsoever, and almost anyone, regardless of expertise, can dissect and sell human body parts.

The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced yesterday that it was presenting its prestigious 2017 Lasker - DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award to a pair of National Cancer Institute researchers, Douglas Lowy and John Schiller, who created a vaccine to prevent human papilloma virus, or HPV, from taking hold in the body.

The human body was simply not capable of running one mile in less than four minutes.

Surgeons say no mannequin or computer simulation can replicate the tactile response and emotional experience of practicing on human body parts.

«It would not be a stretch to envision a uniform state law which requires that those who recover, distribute and use human bodies adhere to uniform standards of transparency, traceability and authorization.»

If your business model revolves more around river tours and large bodies of water, the mighty kraken, complete with lots of morbid jokes about your service to the creature, ferrying tourists to feed its unending hunger for human flesh, may do a better job of making your employees feel like they are part of something greater.

«The need for human bodies is absolutely vital,» said Chicago doctor Armand Krikorian, past president of the American Federation for Medical Research.

A former health care investment analyst with a degree in biology from Yale University and current CEO of the company, Wojcicki is fascinated by the mysteries of the genome and what it can reveal about the human body.

However, even Rigg couldn't predict the rise of even better gear, such as thermal devices that can pick up on the human body's heat signature.

The tiny sensors, which consist of infrared light - emitting diodes (LEDs) coupled with a sensitive light detector, measure infinitesimal gradations in light in human tissue, due to changing blood volume in the microvasculature as blood circulates through the body — a process that follows in rhythm with the beating of the heart.

In a realm of swirling, incomprehensible big biological data — which is, perhaps, another way of thinking about the human body — the opportunity to use computer learning to better anticipate which drugs will work well (and not so well) in any one person is one we shouldn't pass up.

One of the most remarkable facts about the human body — indeed, about the great mass of living things — is that nearly every cell carries the complete genetic blueprint for the entire organism.

We've figured out some drugs that usually work, but as we learn more about the human body and our genetic code — the things we have in common but also the things that make us unique — we may come up with a new sort of medicine, tailored for each person.

This is the body's natural response to stress, developed over millions of years of human evolution.

«The miracles of technology cause us to live in a hectic, clockwork world that does violence to human biology, enabling us to do nothing but pursue the future faster and faster... Specialization in verbiage, classification, and mechanized thinking has put man out of touch with many of the marvelous powers of «instinct» which govern his body.

It's a natural phenomenon of the human body clock, one of two daily slumps that are built into our circadian rhythm.

The point, said Musk, is to prepare now rather than lapse into the human habit of being reactive and waiting until a tragedy occurs before forming a regulatory body.

Like the vital functions of the human body, these critical success factors determine the health of your business.

One of the first tools the BioHub will work on is a cell atlas to categorize all of the cells found in the human body.

Little wonder, since both were created for the sole purpose of «slipping the surly bonds» of Earth and putting human beings and cargo onto other celestial bodies.

One thing to watch out for is that as we humans start to disinfect more and more of our environment, our body's natural capacity to fight pathogens appears to be declining.

The looming question around Valeant is how many more promising drug developers it can acquire, but the company believes there are plenty of opportunities owing to the human body's endless capacity for developing illnesses, ailments, maladies, and generally decaying, making life appear a cruel joke.

The most prescribed types of insulin are called analogues, which are slight variations of human insulin that aim to help diabetics» bodies function more closely to how they would if they were able to produce the insulin themselves.

«Because the human body is not optimized for swimming, we create a ridiculous amount of turbulence, which we then fight in our struggle to pull ourselves through the water,» Poundstone explains in his book.

Assange and his attorney said Britain's vote to leave the European Union could complicate his situation by limiting his ability to appeal to the European Court of Justice or the Council of Europe, a European human rights body.

The «microbiome,» or the collection of organisms that reside within the human body (especially the gut), has become a big new interest area for a number of major pharma companies like Merck and smaller biotechs alike.

Already, Qualcomm (QCOM) and Intel (INTC) have introduced new biometic security technology that would use readings from the human body — such as a fingerprint or a facial reading — to allow access to devices instead of traditional passwords.

She said that the robots cut down on the wear and tear of the human body, which typically occurs for these blue - collar warehouse workers and thus prolongs their careers.

Such models can recreate the complex layers of tissue in the human body to study a practically infinite number of grievous wounds from all angles, speeds, and styles of bullets (or even shrapnel from mines and improvised explosive devices).

This is the root of sexual violence: The idea that women aren't autonomous human beings with the right and ability to say yes to sexual interactions we want and no to those we don't, but that we're receptacles for male sexual desire, that our bodies are up for grabs (literally, in this case).

And this may sound odd, admittedly, given yesterday's Theranos news, but I would argue that we need a little hype now and again in the startup world — just as the human body sometimes needs a rush of adrenaline.

But they have yet to design a heart, atomic or not, that works long - term within the confines of the human body and doesn't require external drivers or batteries.

While mindful of the negative connotations that might arise from manufacturing body parts and implanting them, cyborg style, in humans, he doubts someone on a waiting list for a new kidney and requiring daily dialysis would have such qualms.

The researchers still needed to address public concern about the ethics and safety of installing atomic devices inside a human body!

Each piece has a print on the inside of the apparel that absorbs the human body's natural heat and reflects it back in the form of far infrared energy.

There is some urgency to simplify the system, what with the incorporation of technology into the human body on the horizon.

Here's research into how music can affect collaboration at work (short answer: it's great for it), family interactions at home, and even the workings of the human body, as well as findings that suggest you should tailor your playlist to the type of work you're hoping to accomplish while listening.

However, radioactive iodine represents a tiny percentage of the elements that the human body would be exposed to in the event of a nuclear disaster.

Hoping to learn something about how the human body defends itself against cancer, he had zeroed in on a complex regiment of lymphocytes called T cells, common to the immune systems in both mouse and man.

While today's consumers debate the merits of wearable technology like smart watches and Google Glass, tech companies are already looking beyond that to the day when the tech disappears on — or even in — the human body.

Using an algorithm complete with 3 - D human body modeling, the company then makes a recommendation as to which of its mattresses is the best fit.

To ignore this advice and plunk ourselves down longer and more often than the human body was designed for is to tempt both a host of unpleasant health effects and early death.

But what the NEAT researchers are ultimately arguing for is much bigger, nothing short of redesigning the workplace with the needs of the human body at its centre.

Rose sometimes wears a continuous glucose monitor, or CGM, that measures sugar in his blood, which keeps him accountable and informed about the peculiarities of the human body.

«This year, consumers showed they are increasingly interested in wearing technology, and now they are looking for wearables that can seamlessly integrate into their daily lives and become extensions of the human body.

The microbiome consists of all the microbes that live in and on the human body that contribute to health and disease status of an individual.

It relies on partnerships with a wide range of government agencies and other bodies to have any effect — and that has forced Gates, the uncompromising and impatient tech leader, to apply the human touch.

Biomica is using big data to analyze the interface between the bacterial environment of human beings and the human body.

When it comes to medical treatment, the brain and central nervous system remain the darkest, most forbidding frontiers in the human body — and yet our knowledge of how the brain and mind actually work seems to be growing by leaps each year.