Not exact matches
«So to me it was sort of natural to put dog
studies in the context of
human disease.»
Some of the marketing material highlighted
in Lion's cross claim includes: «A2 will improve
human health through the consumption of a2 dairy milk products», «
studies suggest that milk containing only the A2 type of protein may benefit you and your family if you're concerned with certain allergies, immune function or digestive wellbeing» and «there is significant evidence to suggest that beta casein A1 may be a primary risk factor for heart
disease in adult men and also be involved
in the progression of insulin dependent diabetes
in children... Beta casein A1... is the most powerful risk factor ever discovered.»
«Future
studies need to determine the health effects of these cocoas
in models of
human disease and to evaluate the consumer acceptability of the cocoas as part of a chocolate product.»
Funding / Support: The Infant Feeding Practices
Study II was funded by the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, and Maternal and Child Health Bureau
in the US Department of Health and
Human Services.
Research
in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other developed countries, among predominantly middle - class populations, provides strong evidence that
human milk feeding decreases the incidence and / or severity of diarrhea,1 - 5 lower respiratory infection,6 - 9 otitis media,3,10 - 14bacteremia, 15,16 bacterial meningitis, 15,17 botulism, 18 urinary tract infection, 19 and necrotizing enterocolitis.20, 21 There are a number of
studies that show a possible protective effect of
human milk feeding against sudden infant death syndrome,22 - 24insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus,25 - 27 Crohn's
disease, 28,29 ulcerative colitis, 29 lymphoma, 30,31 allergic diseases,32 - 34 and other chronic digestive diseases.35 - 37 Breastfeeding has also been related to possible enhancement of cognitive development.38, 39
less than or equal to lamivudine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Antiretroviral therapy, usually means 1 - 2 drugs, used
in early
studies Antiretroviral zidovudine (also known as ZDV) Breastfeeding Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Breastfeeding and HIV International Transmission
Study Combined antiretroviral therapy Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention Deoxyribonucleic Acid Exclusive Breastfeeding Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay Food and Agrigulture Organization Fixed dose combination ART, e.g., lamividine, stavudine, and nevirapine Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, 3 or more drugs for more effective treatment used
in later
studies Human Immunodeficiency virus International Atomic Energy Agency Infant feeding Infant and young child feeding Lopinavir cubic millimetre Mother - to - Child Transmission of HIV Non-governmental organization Nevirapine Polymerase Chain Reaction People Living with HIV Prevention of Mother - to - Child Transmission Replacement Feeding Ritonavir Ribonucleic acid, one of the three major macromolecules (along with DNA and proteins) that are essential for all known forms of life single dose NVP United Nations Agencies Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS United Nations Population Fund United Nations Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Children's Fund U.S. Agency for International Development World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action United Nations World Food Programme World Health Assembly WHO 2010 Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding World Health Organization Zidovudine (same drug as AZT)
Additional
human studies are needed to explore how individual differences
in maternal breast milk composition could predispose to intestinal inflammatory conditions, such as allergic
disease.
Studies have shown that a protein
in human milk aids
in brain development, and breast - fed babies are less likely to get gastrointestinal infections and diarrhea, respiratory and ear infections or more serious
diseases such as pneumonia, and there is a lower risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Physiologic sleep
studies have found that breastfed infants are more easily aroused from sleep than their formula - fed counterparts.247, 248
In addition, breastfeeding results in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.2
In addition, breastfeeding results
in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.2
in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious
diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients
in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.2
in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious
diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.249
The charity said this was «particularly concerning» as most of these experiments
studied human diseases which do not exist
in non-
human primates, such as Parkinson's
Disease, and this they suggested «significantly challenges» the validity of the tests.
Of the thousands of ancestral variants reintroduced into modern
humans, only 41 have been linked
in genetic
studies to
diseases, such as skin conditions and neurological and psychiatric disorders, he said.
High total and saturated fat intake were associated with greater risk of estrogen receptor - and progesterone receptor - positive (ER+PR +) breast cancer (BC), and
human epidermal growth factor 2 receptor - negative (HER2 --RRB-
disease, according to a new
study published April 9
in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa have created a chimera virus that allows the
study of molecules to treat cancers caused by
human herpes virus infection
in mice models of
disease.
Ocean seagrass meadows reduce bacteria unhealthful to
humans and marine organisms by up to 50 %, a new
study shows, and they also decrease the likelihood of
disease in coral reefs by half.
Studies on the origins of BSE — a fatal
disease marked
in the early stages by loss of balance — gained urgency with the 1996 emergence
in humans of the BSE - like new variant Creutzfeldt - Jakob
disease (nvCJD).
«Much like the spread of
human disease in populated areas, urban centers can foster increases
in multiple
disease types
in wild animals,» said McGraw, senior author of the
study.
«There are many
studies in humans, and at least one
in chimpanzees, showing that from an immunological perspective, juveniles and children are really important for maintaining
diseases in populations through play and things like that,» she said.
When the researchers gave concentrated broccoli sprout extracts to 97
human type 2 diabetes patients
in a 12 - week randomized placebo - controlled trial, obese participants who entered the
study with dysregulated
disease demonstrated significantly decreased fasting blood glucose levels compared to controls.
The
study of these highly unusual but devastating prion
diseases has to date been thwarted by a lack of animal models that faithfully mimic the
disease processes
in humans.
In this study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers also identified six further variants in the human genome that occur more frequently in a coronary artery disease (CAD
In this
study, published
in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers also identified six further variants in the human genome that occur more frequently in a coronary artery disease (CAD
in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers also identified six further variants
in the human genome that occur more frequently in a coronary artery disease (CAD
in the
human genome that occur more frequently
in a coronary artery disease (CAD
in a coronary artery
disease (CAD).
«Cultural revolution
in the
study of the gut microbiome:
Human gut - on - a-chip technology used to co-culture gut microbiome, human intestinal cells could lead to new therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases.&r
Human gut - on - a-chip technology used to co-culture gut microbiome,
human intestinal cells could lead to new therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases.&r
human intestinal cells could lead to new therapies for inflammatory bowel
diseases.»
Reductions
in biodiversity from illegal wildlife trade can have other substantial negative
human health impacts, including the loss of potential sources of pharmaceuticals, experimental models for
studying disease, crop pollination and micronutrients for
humans lacking alternative sources of protein.
The team from the University made their discovery by
studying the bacteria
in a newly developed model, which closely reflected the
human disease condition.
Scientists
study VSV, which causes acute
disease in livestock but typically does not lead to illness
in people, as a model for viruses that are harmful to
humans.
A recent
study published
in Annals of Neurology reports that healthy
human tissue grafted to the brains of patients with Huntington's
disease in the hopes of treating the neurological disorder also developed signs of the illness, several years after the graft.
The new
study supports the theory of antibody - dependent enhancement
in humans, says Anna Durbin, an infectious
diseases physician at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
«The
study results elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying
disease progression
in multiple sclerosis models, providing a basis for future clinical trials to determine safety and efficacy of these chemical agents
in humans with demyelinating disorders,» says Patrizia Casaccia, MD, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences at Mount Sinai and senior author of the
study.
Preliminary results of the
study were presented at a World Health Organization (WHO) evidence review group meeting, while UNITAID has issued a call for further research into the use of endectocide class drugs, of which ivermectin is currently the only one registered for
human use, as new vector control tools
in the fight against malaria and other mosquito borne
disease.
This proof - of - principle
study shows «for the first time... that
human iPS cells can be used to model a diverse range of inherited
diseases in adult cells,» the authors wrote
in their paper, published online
in The Journal of Clinical Investigation August 25.
The
study, led by Nancy J. Cox of the Centers of
Disease Control and Prevention describes a molecular analysis of the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infecting
humans in several parts of the world.
If further
studies in humans prove successful, this research could have broad implications for the prevention of influenza and, by extension, as an approach for other infectious
diseases as well.
The
study, the culmination of more than 10 years of research and published online
in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology
in June, discovered virus - like elements within the
human genome linked to the development of two autoimmune
diseases: lupus and Sjogren's syndrome.
«We know that urate has neuroprotective properties
in animal models, and an unusual convergence of
human studies suggested its possible use as a
disease - modifying strategy
in Parkinson's; so the positive results of this trial are very encouraging.»
These techniques include:
human tissue created by reprogramming cells from people with the relevant
disease (dubbed «patient
in a dish»); «body on a chip» devices, where
human tissue samples on a silicon chip are linked by a circulating blood substitute; many computer modelling approaches, such as virtual organs, virtual patients and virtual clinical trials; and microdosing
studies, where tiny doses of drugs given to volunteers allow scientists to
study their metabolism
in humans, safely and with unsurpassed accuracy.
«Due to the inhibitory function of Treg cells, people have been trying to use these cells for therapy
in human autoimmune
diseases or transplantation,» explains professor Yun Cai Liu, Ph.D., who led the current
study.
The journal provides cutting - edge research including results from animal models that are likely to apply to patients,
studies in human tissue that provide new information about therapies or
disease, and innovative reports of drug discovery and development.
The
study was done with rodent malaria, but the researchers, at Pennsylvania State University
in University Park, expect the pattern to apply to
human malaria and possibly to other mosquito - borne
diseases such as dengue fever and West Nile virus.
To maintain its foothold
in large - scale, world - class research, Japan has launched its own Brain Mapping by Integrated Neurotechnologies for
Disease Studies (Brain / MINDS) project,
in line with the increasing interest
in brain - mapping projects around the world, such as the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative project
in the United States and the
Human Brain Project (HBP)
in Europe.
Future
studies may reveal if changes
in brain lactate are linked to neurodegenerative
disease in humans, says Ross.
This mechanism may be involved
in many more
diseases,» explains
study's co-author, Dr. David Rosenblatt, a scientist
in the Child Health and
Human Development Program at the RI - MUHC and holder of the Dodd Q. Chu and Family Chair
in Medical Genetics
in the Department of
Human Genetics at McGill University.
Regulatory issues must be addressed before moving to
human studies, Davies said, but the findings published
in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation suggest that it may be possible to manipulate the bacterial residents of the gut — the gut microbiota — to treat obesity and other chronic
diseases.
The
study, the most comprehensive analysis ever conducted of RNA molecules
in human saliva, reveals that saliva contains many of the same
disease - revealing molecules that are contained
in blood.
Their
study published last week
in Science Translational Medicine demonstrated that the fasting - mimicking diet reduced risks for cancer, diabetes, heart
disease and other age - related
diseases in human study participants who followed the special diet for five days each month
in a three - month span.
In this
study, researchers took cells from patients with blood cancer MDS and turned them into stem cells to
study the deletions of
human chromosome 7 often associated with this
disease.
I've always been interested
in healthcare, so while I was an undergraduate
studying molecular biology I attended seminars on public health,
human rights, and infectious
disease management, which led directly to my current career path.
Last year the National Institutes of Health announced plans to put some 180 ex-Coulston chimps currently housed at the Alamogordo Primate Facility back
in service, to rejoin the roughly 800 other chimps that serve as subjects for
studies of
human diseases, therapies and vaccines
in the U.S., which is the only country apart from Gabon to maintain chimps for this purpose.
In response to the recent revelations, an international group of researchers has launched a project called the
Human Dark Proteome Initiative to
study how disordered proteins cause
disease.
Now, a
study published online April 27th,
in the Journal of Immunology, confirms that the cytokine GM - CSF (Granulocyte macrophage colony - stimulating factor) likely plays an important role
in human disease and offers a new explanation for why the MS treatment interferon - Beta (INF - β) is often effective at reducing MS attacks.
«Despite the overwhelming evidence linking dietary salt to
disease in humans, the potential evolutionary advantage of storing so much salt
in the body has not been clear,» says senior
study author Jens Titze, who
studies the link between sodium metabolism and
disease at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
The
study, which is published
in Human Reproduction, one of the world's leading reproductive medicine journals, looked at 51,450 women who had agreed to take part
in nine
studies in the UK, Scandinavia, Australia and Japan that contribute to the Life course Approach to reproductive health and Chronic
disease Events (InterLACE) international collaboration.