Sentences with phrase «other animal diseases»
The A. notoscriptus mosquito is not known to transmit any other animal diseases besides heartworm disease.
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In developing this thesis, he plays with these analogies: «Herbs which nourish some animals are fatal to others... the medicine which abates one disease aggravates another.
Unlike other animals, however, we have a God - given intellect that enables us to use our scientific understanding of these laws to prevent, alleviate and sometimes cure disease.
LCTs exist primarily in foods derived from animals and have been linked to heart disease and a number of other chronic conditions.
has not only caused incredible harm to the environment, but respiratory disease, cancer and other ills, so - called «accidents» that murder and maim many people — and other domestic and wild animals, the poor things dismissed as «roadkill», and heinous wars.
so often they just look at potential markers — but those don't always equate to diseases)- what was the health of the those being studied - I'm assuming the test subjects were people, but other studies done on animal subjects might not be as reliable as those done on humans.
Here are some of the causes of constipation: a poor diet comprised of too much animal protein and a lack of fiber intake, not enough fluids, lack of exercise or other physical activity, an illness, certain drugs and medication prescribed for other diseases or weight loss programs, colon cancer, depression, stress, anxiety etc
Numerous studies have linked diets higher in plant protein than animal protein to reduced risk of heart disease, cancer, and other health ailments.
(Feed Yourself, Feed Your Family, 2012) Mothers who consume no animal products, those who have nutrient absorption issues due to Crohn's disease or gastric by - pass surgery, or who have diets limited by other disorders or choices, should discuss vitamin supplementation, particularly vitamin B12, with a knowledgeable health professional for the sake of their own body and health as well as to ensure that their bodies have adequate stores to draw on when producing breastmilk.
Scientists have linked low doses of BPA to obesity, diabetes, thyroid disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer and other illnesses in lab tests on animals.
Dr. Rob Ostfeld, a cardiologist at Montefiore says eating more plants and eating less animal products is the best way to prevent heart disease and other diet - related illnesses.
Officials said the change is needed to protect drinking water supplies from cryptosporidium, a parasite found in animal waste, and other disease - causing microorganisms.
But although animal studies have suggested that tea can protect against diseases such as skin and stomach cancer, the antioxidants in tea had not been directly compared to those found in other foods.
«What we had done for the cystic fibrosis pigs was applicable to other diseases» for which the previous animal models were not sufficient, Rogers says.
«Gene - delivery system prevents vision loss from inherited eye disease: Initial testing in animal models holds promise for treating Leber congenital amauroisis and other congenital visual disorders.»
Several species of mammal, including mice, rats and dogs, are able to sniff out disease in humans and other animals.
The example of kuru helped to show how BSE — mad cow disease — spread through the feeding of infected cattle brains to other animals, and how this led to variant Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (vCJD).
Or, do they acquire more disease because of increased contact with other, infected animals?»
The animals are fed — and not permitted to graze — to diminish the possibility of contracting disease from contaminants in other animals.
Still, he's open to more animal testing of the idea — and calls on others to be as well, especially given the dearth of treatments for mitochondrial diseases.
Ames is more likely than other strains of anthrax to cause disease in animals immunised with the standard US anthrax vaccine, which is now being given to US troops.
Disease in wild animals can have a greater impact on the health of others than on the infected animals themselves, a study suggests.
The demonstration of this poison pill in the coxsackievirus B3 could theoretically translate to other positive - sense RNA viruses, including those linked to asthma and to foot - and - mouth disease that is a major animal health concern in Europe and South America.
Collins and his colleagues exposed one culture of Escherichia coli — some strains of which colonize the human and animal gut; others of which are notorious for causing disease outbreaks — to increasing amounts of an antibiotic over time.
Other wild animal disease donors include rats, the source of the plague and typhus.
These animals are most active in spreading disease to other domesticated species.
Poinar suggested in the journal American Entomologist that the origins of this deadly disease, which today can infect animals ranging from humans and other mammals to birds and reptiles, may have begun in an insect such as the biting midge more than 100 million years ago.
Khanna believes companion animals will play an ever - increasing role in biomedical research on cancer and other diseases.
She kept feeding the new data into mathematical models that factored in the animals» age, migration patterns and disease prevalence in the population, among other things.
Still, he says, other groups have arrived at opposing results regarding the role of T cells in the disease, in part, perhaps, because their animal models aren't the same.
«Understanding the evolution of malaria parasites in bats and other animals, and how they fit into the tree of life, is key to understanding this important human disease.»
More work is needed to determine whether the findings on rapamycin hold true in animal models of Leigh syndrome and other neurodegenerative diseases, and to ascertain how exactly rapamycin is altering the metabolism of the cells.
«The animals — who are housed in unbearably small cages — live with fear, stress, disease, parasites and other physical and psychological hardships...» reports PETA.
Debates are now erupting over the benefits and ecological risks of releasing such insects into the wild — and whether gene drives could also thwart invasive species such as Asian carp and cane toads, or combat other animal - borne pathogens such as the one causing Lyme disease.
However, it and other animal groups were less happy with other aspects of the changed directive, especially moves to allow the reuse of animals and the use of nonhuman primates in experiments not directly linked to life - threatening or debilitating diseases.
In humans and all other animals, such nerves become exposed only as a result of decay or gum disease.
«The next stage would be to repeat the study in primates, a more suitable animal model where HIV infection induces disease, in order to further demonstrate elimination of HIV - 1 DNA in latently infected T cells and other sanctuary sites for HIV - 1, including brain cells,» Dr. Khalili said.
This is a critical component of strangles control, as 10 to 40 percent of animals who have had the disease can remain carriers, able to pass on disease to other animals even when they appear healthy.
The multi-author study, by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control's Partners for Rabies Prevention Group, also shows that annual economic losses because of the disease are around 8.6 billion US dollars, mostly due to premature deaths, but also because of spending on human vaccines, lost income for victims of animal bites and other costs.
Veterinarians have an important role to play not only in treating the disease, but also in ensuring that infected horses are kept away from other animals until they have fully recovered from the illness.
Along with animal studies, these observations suggest that the balance of bacteria and other microbes help guide immune development — and that when the balance is disrupted, disease may follow.
A study reported in the Gut journal has shown that in mice, bacterial imbalance in the gut can lead to an inflammation similar to Crohn's disease, and this can be transmitted to other animals.
«I'm hopeful the techniques successfully used in this study can be applied to make animal models for other neurodegenerative diseases,» he says.
«Estrogens perform important biological functions not only in sexual development and reproduction, but also in modulating many other processes impacting health and diseases in human and animals,» Beinhauer said.
It says BSE is probably a new prion disease which originated in the 1970s as a consequence of a gene mutation in a cow or other animal.
But this remarkable therapeutic benefit isn't limited to MS. Previous research in animal models that mimic other diseases suggest that certain forms of amyloids can ease damage from strokes, traumatic brain injuries and even heart attacks.
Gomes - Solecki's vaccine wouldn't address the spread of other tick - borne pathogens, nor target other animals such as deer or skunks that act as reservoirs for Lyme disease.
Introducing a new «disease» which makes animals infertile may not work — and it could infect other species, he says.
The infection not only harms animals and farmers» profits, but also drives more systemic antibiotic use on dairy farms than any other disease.
«If we can expand the role of RNAi to other organ systems beyond the liver, the likelihood that RNAi could overtake antibodies in terms of importance for diseases of man, animals, and even plants, is certainly there,» said Dr. Geert Cauwenbergh, president and CEO of RXi Pharmaceuticals.