Sentences with phrase «research in nonhuman»

Clinical trials to treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's have a historically high failure rate, partially because potential drugs are derived from research in nonhuman models.

We have seen that research in nonhuman experience corroborates Whitehead's epistemological scheme in which perception takes the two forms of causal efficacy and presentational immediacy, propositions and concepts are primarily nonlinguistic, feeling is the dominant mode of world - and self - disclosure, and animals experience both morally and aesthetically.

Not exact matches

► Scientists using nonhuman primates in your research, take note: «[I] n response to a congressional mandate, [the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-RSB- will convene a workshop this summer to review the ethical policies and procedures surrounding work on monkeys, baboons, and related animals,» David Grimm reported on Monday.

PETA's director of laboratory investigations in Washington, D.C., Justin Goodman, says his group will continue to put pressure on NIH to end all nonhuman primate research.

In a letter to the lawmakers, he emphasizes the importance of nonhuman primate research in tackling Ebola, cardiovascular disease, and other afflictionIn a letter to the lawmakers, he emphasizes the importance of nonhuman primate research in tackling Ebola, cardiovascular disease, and other afflictionin tackling Ebola, cardiovascular disease, and other afflictions.

In recent years, animal rights groups have pressured the few airlines that still transported nonhuman primates for research into ending their service.

That same month, Congress included language authored by Roybal - Allard in its 2016 spending bill that strongly encourages NIH to perform an ethical review of its nonhuman primate research.

At one point in the process, scientists were concerned that there could be a general ban on all nonhuman primate research.

In recent years European countries have passed increasingly strict regulations for experiments with nonhuman primates, leading many neuroscientists to fear for the future of their research.

The research team, which included scientists from Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, also found that the nanoparticles could powerfully silence genes in nonhuman primates.

The case is in keeping with the recent European trend of increasingly stringent regulations for animal research; most notably, a September 2007 petition in the European Parliament to end all nonhuman primate experiments gained support from more than half of its members.

The numbers tell the tale: «Approximately 834,000 rabbits, nonhuman primates, and other regulated animals were used in research last year, compared with more than 1.5 million in the early 1970s.

Animal research is a hot - button issue in the United Kingdom, and the use of nonhuman primates (NHPs) is particularly sensitive.

Most research using monkeys, baboons, and other nonhuman primates in the United Kingdom produces results that justify the animal welfare costs, according to a comprehensive review made public today.

In the Yerkes and Mount Sinai study, the research team sought to determine whether non-surgical exposure to sevoflurane, an inhaled anesthetic commonly used with children, could lead to cognitive and behavioral alterations in a nonhuman primate (NHP) modeIn the Yerkes and Mount Sinai study, the research team sought to determine whether non-surgical exposure to sevoflurane, an inhaled anesthetic commonly used with children, could lead to cognitive and behavioral alterations in a nonhuman primate (NHP) modein a nonhuman primate (NHP) model.

The drug has already demonstrated safety in nonhuman primate trials, and the cardiovascular research might even be able to skip ahead to a larger phase II trial based on safety data from the ongoing phase I studies, Leeper suggests.

Approximately 834,000 rabbits, nonhuman primates, and other regulated animals were used in research last year, compared with more than 1.5 million in the early 1970s.

Researchers plan to assess the new modified antigen against other candidates in advanced strep throat vaccine tests in nonhuman primates beginning later this year in Atlanta, Georgia, funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.

Developing this technology in nonhuman primates in the U.S. would allow more scientists in this country to incorporate these models into their research, he added.

Although the scientific community widely sees nonhuman primates as essential for advances in biomedicine (they have facilitated major gains in the fights against AIDS and neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, for example), researchers agree more can be done to treat the animals more humanely and conduct research less wastefully.

Scientists have identified potential biomarkers in nonhuman primates exposed to Ebola virus (EBOV) that appeared up to four days before the onset of fever, according to research published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

This offers an unprecedented opportunity for research concerning individual variation and relationships between brain structure and function relative to development and cognitive capacity in a nonhuman primate.

The experienced and caring staff at AGI is dedicated to conducting humane research with nonhuman primates to advance knowledge in primate biology and to address human health concerns.

animal model A nonhuman animal used to stand in for people in research testing.

The NIH has for years supported research in which human cells are transplanted into animal models, and it continues to fund human / nonhuman chimera research that lies outside the scope of research singled out in its notice of moratorium.»

Yerkes National Primate Research Center researchers are the first to show that an irradiation plus transplantation combination approach in nonhuman primates can be used to treat or even possibly cure HIV / AIDS, and this new model is providing some answers about the «Berlin patient,» the only human thought cured of AIDS.

In contrast to evidence that the amygdala stimulates stress responses in adults, researchers at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University have found that the amygdala has an inhibitory effect on stress hormones during the early development of nonhuman primateIn contrast to evidence that the amygdala stimulates stress responses in adults, researchers at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University have found that the amygdala has an inhibitory effect on stress hormones during the early development of nonhuman primatein adults, researchers at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University have found that the amygdala has an inhibitory effect on stress hormones during the early development of nonhuman primates.

This year's 29th Annual Symposium on Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Models for AIDS, which takes place from October 25 - 28 in Seattle, has about 50 % more registrants than last year, and the number of international registrants has doubled, said David Anderson, conference chair and director of the Washington National Primate Research Center.

In this talk, I will discuss the progress made from two lines of neuroscience research toward this goal involving pairs of nonhuman primates, presented with specific empirical results from the studies of social decision - making and social gaze interaction.

Upon graduation she entered the field of biomedical research as a clinical veterinarian specializing in nonhuman primate medicine and surgery.

New funds awarded from American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine will allow us to grow our eco-epidemiology investigations of transmission of the Chagas disease parasite in and around biomedical research facilities where nonhuman primates are becoming naturally exposed.

California National Primate Research Center Education Outreach Program A free program to introduce K - 6 students to nonhuman primates, health sciences, animals in research, and biomedical research programs and careers, using science activities in the clResearch Center Education Outreach Program A free program to introduce K - 6 students to nonhuman primates, health sciences, animals in research, and biomedical research programs and careers, using science activities in the clresearch, and biomedical research programs and careers, using science activities in the clresearch programs and careers, using science activities in the classroom.

Animals covered under this act are: Dogs, Cats, Monkeys (other nonhuman primate mammals), guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, and other warm - blooded animals that is intended for use in research, testing, or exhibition.

Fereshteh is an Assistant Professor of Art at Florida International University in Miami, where she directs The Nature Connection Arts Lab, dedicated to exploring the connection between nonhuman and human health through contemplative art and creative research.

After I wrote over the weekend about new research on the killing method employed in the dolphin roundups undertaken in Taiji, Japan, a fascinating comment on the rights of «nonhuman persons» was posted by Thomas I. White, who is the Conrad N. Hilton Professor in Business Ethics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.