Sentences with phrase «study plant disease»

After receiving her Ph.D., Nelson headed off to the Philippines to study plant disease and genetic mapping at the International Rice Research Institute, where she was partly funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.

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Study after study has shown that a mostly plant - based diet rich in nutrients reduces the risk of cancer, strokes, heart disease, auto - immune diseases, arthritis, diabetes and obesity just to name aStudy after study has shown that a mostly plant - based diet rich in nutrients reduces the risk of cancer, strokes, heart disease, auto - immune diseases, arthritis, diabetes and obesity just to name astudy has shown that a mostly plant - based diet rich in nutrients reduces the risk of cancer, strokes, heart disease, auto - immune diseases, arthritis, diabetes and obesity just to name a few.

Lead researcher Dr Michael Macknin, of the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital in Ohio, said the findings of the study showed eating less meat and more plant - based foods could be «an effective lifestyle modification» to help reverse risk factors for heart disease.

According to that study, replacing animal proteins with plant proteins can greatly reduce the risks of coronary heart disease.

Plant protein has been shown in study after study to offer a protective effect from an array of diseases.

Numerous studies have linked diets higher in plant protein than animal protein to reduced risk of heart disease, cancer, and other health ailments.

They've both spent the last 25 years proving through research and patient studies that a plant - based diet can prevent many standard Western Diseases, including heart disease and diabetes.

Multiple specialty manufacturing plants in eastern Rensselaer County and North Bennington, Vt., used the chemical for decades before studies emerged a decade ago linking it to cancer and other serious diseases.

A new study has shown that traditional Aboriginal and Indian plant extracts could be used to manage the disease and may also have potential use in cancer treatment.

There are two recent human studies, one showing an effect on cardiovascular disease and one Kaiser Permanente study on workers in China (in polycarbonate - manufacturing plants) showing effects on male sexual function.

Most research looks at aging in older people, but the seeds of age - related diseases are planted decades earlier — that's why these researchers believe it's crucial to study aging in the young.

«When we examined the associations of the three food categories with heart disease risk, we found that healthy plant foods were associated with lower risk, whereas less healthy plant foods and animal foods were associated with higher risk,» said Ambika Satija, ScD, a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston and the study's lead author.

This plant pigment, which gives the tomato its red color, is also an antioxidant that has been linked in some studies to reduced incidence of heart disease and prostate cancer.

The winners of the prize are Maged Al - Sherbiny from Egypt, for his research on vaccines and diagnostics against hepatitis C and schistosomiasis; plant scientist Felix Dapare Dakora from Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, in South Africa for his work on legumes and soil bacteria; and Rossana Arroyo of the Centre for Research and Advanced Studies of Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute, who studies trichomoniasis, a parasitic dStudies of Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute, who studies trichomoniasis, a parasitic dstudies trichomoniasis, a parasitic disease.

The study looked at a way to substitute animal - based saturated fats for plant - based unsaturated fats in muffins made for patients with the metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that affect about a third of adults in the United States, increasing their chance of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

This study has implications for timber and plant trade within Europe, «We have to be more rigorous about trade between European countries once it is known that a disease is in the source country.

Tighter controls on timber and plant movements into Europe are necessary to prevent further disastrous effects of plant diseases, a new study of the ash - dieback pathogen advises.

For the study, MAbs were rapidly produced in tobacco plants in as little as ten days, giving promise to change the image of scourged product that causes lung cancer into a manufacturing system for societal benefits against infectious diseases.

Scientists can use these images to study plant health, phenology, and reproduction, to track disease, and to survey human - mediated habitat disturbances.

Professor Nick Talbot, Professor of Molecular Genetics and expert in plant diseases, said: «The strategy of introducing less aggressive microbes to fight more aggressive ones may prove effective to control some crop disease, but our study shows that they are not a silver bullet and caution needs to be exercised.

The list of ecological questions that herbaria can target is long, and includes biogeography, ethnobotany, tracking invasive species, plant diseases, and studying the impact of climate change on flowering times.

Based on a plant - based class of molecules known as indoline alkaloids, the compound inhibits an enzyme called polymerase, which enables a virus to make thousands of copies of itself and cause disease, explains Claire Marie Filone, the study's lead author.

The study urges farmers to employ shade covers to keep their plants cool, and to shift to more drought - and disease - resistant varieties of cacao.

I mean, if there is existing literature studies looking at those plants where they found active compound [s], I definitely will use that, but first I am trying to show that there is a pattern — that if you do some math and try to synthesize all this information about the different plants being used in different cultures for different diseases, and using the evolutionary relationships of the plants, the cultures and the diseases to sort of merge it all together and have these equations spit out a sort of potential efficacy — our best guess of what the efficacy of this plant is.

A new study of 100,000 people shows that switching to Willett's dietary scheme — which emphasizes whole - grain foods, plant oils, and plenty of exercise — cuts the risk of cardiovascular disease in men by 39 percent and in women by 28 percent.

Focused both on discovery and on mentoring future generations of researchers, Salk scientists make groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of cancer, aging, Alzheimer's, diabetes and infectious diseases by studying neuroscience, genetics, cell and plant biology and related disciplines.

«Resveratrol is a natural polyphenol occurring in abundance in several plants, including grapes, berries and peanuts,» says author Philippe Marambaud of the Litwin - Zucker Research Center for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders in Manhasset, N.Y. «The polyphenol is found in high concentrations in red wines.»

Research Assistant, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology June 2002 — January 2004 UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Principal Investigator: Dr. John Taylor The lab studies the evolutionary relationships of fungi, concentrating on the fungi that cause plant and human diseases, by sequencing DNA from different fungi and using the differences in sequence to infer their geneaPlant & Microbial Biology June 2002 — January 2004 UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Principal Investigator: Dr. John Taylor The lab studies the evolutionary relationships of fungi, concentrating on the fungi that cause plant and human diseases, by sequencing DNA from different fungi and using the differences in sequence to infer their geneaplant and human diseases, by sequencing DNA from different fungi and using the differences in sequence to infer their genealogy.

The ultimate application of these studies is to develop innovative and eco-friendly disease control strategies for plant protection.

Continued research may allow HPFM to be used as a probe so, for instance, it would be possible to study the effect of new treatments being developed to save plants such as citrus trees from bacterial diseases rapidly decimating the citrus industry, or study fundamental photonically - induced processes in complex systems such as in solar cell materials or opto - electronic devices.

Although prions are infamous for causing Creutzfeld - Jakob disease, fatal familial insomnia, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as mad cow's disease, the present study indicates that prions identified in yeast, and possibly in plants, and other organisms may be beneficial.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A new study from the Gladstone Institutes shows for the first time that impairments in mitochondria — the brain's cellular power plants — can deplete cellular energy levels and cause neuronal dysfunction in a model of neurodegenerative disease.

«As Program Director of Virology, he and his coworkers were at the forefront of new and fascinating studies using the electron microscope to detect and characterize viruses and phytoplasmas in cells of diseased plants and insect vectors.»

In 1980 Maramorosch was awarded the Wolf Prize in Agriculture for «his pioneering and wide - ranging studies on interactions between insects and disease agents in plants.»

Back to the film... What I love about Forks Over Knives is, in addition to hearing from incredible doctors like Colin Campbell (author of The China Study) and Caldwell Esselstyn, is that the film tells inspiring stories of real people, from all walks of life, who've embraced a plant - based diet and have thus reversed chronic health conditions like heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

Even the original study by Dr. Dean Ornish on reversing heart disease with low - fat, plant - based diets in 48 patients was expanded to nearly 3,000 subjects, leading to Medicare approval.

NPR's health blog conceded that studies show a plant - based diet can lower the risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.

Studies dating back to the 1960s found a positive correlation between saturated fats and the risk of cardiovascular disease; nutritional guidelines encouraged people to reduce saturated fats (mostly found in meat and dairy products) and instead increase polyunsaturated fats found in plant oils, such as soybean oil.

Pioneering studies by Dean Ornish, M.D., called the Lifestyle Heart Trial, combined a plant - based diet with exercise, stress reduction, yoga, social support and love, and cessation of smoking to reverse advanced heart disease.

There have been numerous research studies over the years linking plant - based diets to overall wellness, longevity and even the prevention and reversal of disease.

A study published in the August 26, 2001 issue of the journal Nutrition makes a strong case against plant - based diets for prevention of heart disease.

Study of healthy, degenerative disease - free Ancestral Cultures demonstrates a preference for Vitamin A rich foods with plant foods containing carotenes consumed at a much lower rate.

As for Colin Campbell's China Study, often cited as proof that plant - based diets are healthier than those containing animal foods, the data on consumption and disease patterns collected by the Cornell University researchers in their massive dietary survey do not support such claims.

A study out August 26 in the journal Nutrition makes a strong case against plant - based diets for prevention of heart disease.

Correlation between plant protein and myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease (from the China Study's «food composite analysis»): +21

Correlation between plant protein and myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease (from the China Study's «diet survey»): +25

The VASTNESS of what has been proven in clinical studies is not even the tip of the iceberg of how a plant based diet was made for the human race to live life, thrwart disease and THRIVE!

From Dr. Esselstyn who showed actual reversal of heart disease in 2 studies «It is not uncommon for HDL to fall when consuming plant based nutrition.

Research hints that both of these groups of plant compounds may be beneficial to health by reducing heart disease and cancer risk, but studies are not conclusive by a long shot.

In this study of 12 patients with elevated LDL cholesterol levels, a diet containing almonds and other nuts, plant sterols (also found in nuts), and soluble fiber (in high amounts in beans, oats, pears) reduced blood levels of all LDL fractions including small dense LDL (the type that most increases risk for cardiovascular disease) with near maximal reductions seen after only 2 weeks.