Sentences with phrase «of lab rats»

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

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.

I tried to answer that fundamental question through the behavior of my lab rats.

This post was originally published in «Life of a Lab Rat» on Wednesday 3rd February 2010.

Testing the titanium sub-oxides on zebrafish (the aquatic cousin of lab rats) showed it to be toxic when ingested; the toxicity was significant in tissue not exposed to sunlight.

Hence, He is not a physical thing that can be poked and prodded via the scientific method like some kind of lab rat.

And while an aggressive pack of lab rats might have provided Taylor with her eureka moment, the search for the brain science of attachment began with a more unlikely test subject.

At a neuroscience meeting, two teams of researchers will report implanting human brain organoids into the brains of lab rats and mice, raising the prospect that the organized, functional human tissue could develop further within a rodent.

According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, scientists use this common species as a marine version of a lab rat to research hormones, blood and organs.

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.

In February, Duke University researchers reported they hadlinked the brains of two pairs of lab rats.

Scientists at Tel Aviv University are bioengineering tissues that can take the place of lab rats, saving untold lives.

and increase the life expectancy of lab rats.

We've known phthalates affect the genital development of lab rats, but for the first time ever, human data has been published.

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.

Part of an action - packed Super Charged Sunday, the season two premiere immediately follows a special one - hour episode of Lab Rats at 6:30 p.m. ET where the gang's bionic powers are revealed to the world.

Her plants are Arabidopsis thaliana, or common mustard cress — roadside weeds that serve as the plant world's equivalent of lab rats.

The traditional «behaviorist» approach of punishing misbehavior and rewarding good behavior is based on animal research conducted in the 1940s and «50s modifying the behavior of lab rats and is not an appropriate treatment paradigm for use with children and families, although concepts regarding the communication of authority hierarchies remain valid.

I'm on holiday this week so this is an old post that appeared on my previous blog «Life of a Lab Rat» on July 1st 2010.