Sentences with phrase «other laboratory animals»

THE KILLING OF MILLIONS OF MICE and other laboratory animals — cats, dogs, frogs, birds and monkeys — is controversial, to say the least.

Experimental Subacute Spongiform Virus Encephalopathies in Primates and Other Laboratory Animals

He expects to spread the range of the method into these other laboratory animals soon.

Not exact matches

Two questions come immediately to mind: (I) whether real human kindness and sympathy are, or can be, encountered in the slaughterhouse, in the circus and the rodeo, in the forced captivity of wild animals in zoos, and in pain research in biomedical laboratories, and (2) whether our abuse and destruction of members of other sentient species for our benefit alone can be a truly moral goal for mankind.

While some still object to cells being taken from animals and used by scientists to grow clean meat in laboratories — and some just don't like the idea of eating a «cultured» steak created by men and women in white coats — others see the lab - grown meat revolution as key to solving the environmental crisis linked to meat eating.

A GMO, or genetically modified organism, is a plant, animal, microorganism or other organism whose genetic makeup has been modified in a laboratory using genetic engineering or transgenic technology.

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.

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.

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.

Five or 10 years ago, he notes, measurements of animal athletics came mostly from treadmills or other laboratory setups without a sense of what real - world emergency might prompt particular motions.

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.

«Other studies have seen a relationship between tameness and stress responses in animals,» said Jessica Hekman, the first author of the paper who worked on the study as a graduate student in the laboratory of University of Illinois animal sciences professor Anna Kukekova.

«All the sudden you can do these sorts of studies in scrub jays and other animals that are not a [laboratory] organism,» says Joseph Pickrell, an evolutionary geneticist at the New York Genome Center in New York City, who was not involved with the work.

During the past two years, activists have conducted a crusade against Huntingdon Life Sciences, a laboratory that tests drugs and other products on animals.

In five other studies published over the past year, Taffe, Dickerson and their laboratories have looked at the effects of MDPV and a related «bath salts» cathinone derivative, mephedrone, in a range of animal models.

This is not only because tests on laboratory animals can cause much suffering, but also because the relevance of the data they provide for predicting effects in humans or other animals is severely limited by differences among major species.

The findings have implications for all aspects of medical and scientific research because laboratory mice underpin studies whose results have a transformative effect on human and animal lives through vaccination and other immune - based therapies.

Since the rhesus monkey was the most common laboratory monkey at the time and very little was known about its natural behavior, my project was directly relevant to a host of other ongoing research into animal behavior and social dynamics.

That's because most studies on single human brain cells use dead rather than living tissue, and many others rely on cells from common laboratory animals, especially mice.

Unlike many other cellular and physiological processes, human reproduction varies in significant ways from that of common laboratory animals like mice or fruit flies.

Other responsibilities include general lab management duties, scheduling and planning assistance, budget monitoring and purchase orders approval, providing technical assistance to students and other laboratory personnel, obtaining approvals required for environmental safety, animal use, and stem cell use (e.g., laboratory clearance, IACUC, IRB, SCRO, and BUA), and assisting in the assembly of materials for grant and fellowship applicatOther responsibilities include general lab management duties, scheduling and planning assistance, budget monitoring and purchase orders approval, providing technical assistance to students and other laboratory personnel, obtaining approvals required for environmental safety, animal use, and stem cell use (e.g., laboratory clearance, IACUC, IRB, SCRO, and BUA), and assisting in the assembly of materials for grant and fellowship applicatother laboratory personnel, obtaining approvals required for environmental safety, animal use, and stem cell use (e.g., laboratory clearance, IACUC, IRB, SCRO, and BUA), and assisting in the assembly of materials for grant and fellowship applications.

Use of HuH6 and other human - derived hepatoma lines for the detection of genotoxins: a new hope for laboratory animals?

It may be more important that the quality of the feed provided for animals in regulatory tests has to comply with legally binding Good Laboratory Practice regulations (GLP), which include regular analyses to demonstrate amongst other things that contamination with heavy metals, pesticides and other substances is kept below strict limits.

We have learned a fair amount from the neurologic genetic diseases, but we and others also studied these cells in the laboratory as well as in animal models of brain injury.

Subsequently, work in the Markou laboratory showed that these compounds had desirable effects on nicotine dependence in animal models, while offering a better side - effect profile than other alternatives under study (full agonists at the same receptors).

Their activity increases in response to heat, toxins, and various other forms of cellular stress, and dialing up the activity of heat shock proteins is involved in a number of methods demonstrated to slow aging in laboratory animals.

In order to best develop this information, you should consult heavily with researchers, veterinarians, animal care staff, laboratory administrators, members of other departments (e.g. ethics and law faculties) and even, if possible, members of the public.

We thank the Animal Facility Core for help in maintaining animal colonies and other members of the Tang laboratory for support and helpful discuAnimal Facility Core for help in maintaining animal colonies and other members of the Tang laboratory for support and helpful discuanimal colonies and other members of the Tang laboratory for support and helpful discussion.

With rudimentary laboratories, one could argue that more was accomplished with regards to the effect of diet on cancer in the former half of the century, as revolutionary researchers like Tannenbaum, Rous, and their colleagues provided us with dozens of animal studies linking diet and cancer by exposing mice to free radical - laden vegetable oils.32, 33 Several decades later, two other researchers, Dayton and Pearce, provided one of the few studies revealing what happens when we give humans vegetable oils and their accompanying free radicals when they randomized men to a corn oil solution and a similar rise in cancer followed.34 It is no surprise that corn oil is often used in animal studies to cause cancer, as the ingestion of damaging free radicals predictably hastens cancer development.35 Furthermore, these scientists were the first to show that fasting, restricting calories, and cutting carbohydrates could lower the chance of cancer in animals exposed to dangerous chemicals and carcinogens.

In this study from Laboratory Animal Research, researchers aimed to analyse the effects of yerba on weight loss and other biochemical parameters related to obesity.

To increase the number of certified laboratory animal technicians at Texas Biomed and other institutions, he has developed institution - wide training and certification programs.

There are groups called «Bunchers» that look through the classifieds for free dogs, cats and other animals to collect then sell these poor animals to laboratories for animal testing, research and experimentation.

If we, who so deeply care for them, do not use the appropriate words to speak and act on their behalf, to educate others, to free them from the outdated and cruel paradigm of animal ownership, animal exploitation there can be no doubt that our nation's puppy mills, backyard breeders, laboratories, factory farms and slaughter houses will not do so for us.

We are an American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) certified hospital, which means that we have voluntarily undergone an extensive inspection service regarding patient care, housekeeping & sanitation, laboratory & Xray facilities, record keeping, equipment and facility maintenance, safety & security, and a long list of other required features.

Others will be stuck outside and will likely die of starvation, temperature extremes, be hit by cars, infected with lingering, debilitating diseases, stolen by laboratory dealers, used as bait by dogfighters, attacked by other animals, or tortured and / or killed by cruel people.

Other recommended courses: accounting; animal sciences (including nutrition); biochemistry laboratory; business; business / technical writing; chemistry; economics; embryology; immunology; leadership; personal finance.

In other words, the College represents the academic component in our field of laboratory animal medicine.

Zoos, industry and university research laboratories, veterinary schools, emergency clinics, oncology clinics, animal industry nutrition research, animal shelters, and commercial animal operations provide a variety of other opportunities.

Technicians provide patient monitoring, client education, surgical and dental assistance, laboratory diagnostics, administration of medicines and treatments, and anesthesia among other vital animal care and veterinary clinical tasks.

Graduates may be employed in veterinary clinics; diagnostic, research, or pharmaceutical laboratories; zoos; academic institutions; or other areas associated with animal care.

We do very limited work on advocacy around other specific animal issues such as use of animals in laboratories and companion animal homelessness, because we think good opportunities to help animals are much easier to find in the area of farm animal advocacy (and additionally the less popular area of wild animal suffering).104 The work we do in these areas serves mainly to check our assumptions about the scale, tractability, and neglectedness of various causes.

Countless other groups have been formed to help farm animals, animals in laboratories, overworked animals like donkeys and camels, stray animals and feral cats, and other injured and needy creatures both domesticated and wild.

The facility, scheduled to open in 2010, will include a forensic laboratory and veterinary hospital, a treatment center for animals that are victims of cruelty, as well as educational training and other programs.

Most veterinary technicians work in private practice, but after licensure you will also be prepared for employment in many other fields: private and public research institutions, animal food production facilities, biological laboratories, veterinary teaching hospitals, food inspection, humane societies and rescue organizations, livestock production, and zoos and exotic animal facilities.

We are committed to ending the dog and cat overpopulation crisis, but PETA also saves and improves the lives of animals who are suffering on factory farms and fur farms, and in laboratories, circuses, and other abusive industries.

These public records, funded by taxpayers, help consumers find out more about the animal welfare records of commercial dog breeders, horse trainers and owners, roadside zoos, research laboratories and other facilities.

From dogs saved from puppy mills, to rabbits rescued from laboratory testing facilities, and exotic animals freed from their lives as domesticated animals — the individuals who are removed from these horrible circumstances serve as an example for many other animals continuing to endure similar challenges.

Technical skills desired: excellent patient care skills, safe and effective animal restraint, laboratory collection (including venipuncture), surgical assistance including IV catheterization and anesthesia monitoring, digital radiography (both body and dental); dental cleaning and proper charting, medical record management, and other skills as assigned.

On a related note, as we reported earlier this year, in February, the USDA suddenly yanked from its website all information about the treatment of animals at breeding operations, zoos, research laboratories and other places where animal abuse commonly occurs.

In addition to providing veterinary care, specialists in laboratory animal medicine play pivotal roles in other aspects of an institution's animal care and use program.