Sentences with phrase «use in animal research»

«I don't know about such a technique, but surely if dogs lose contact with the ground and hence their balance, this would be very annoying to them,» says Angelo Gazzano, an ethologist at the University of Pisa in Italy who has worked on the behavioral rehabilitation of beagles used in animal research.

Each year tens of thousands of dogs, mostly beagles, are routinely used in animal research in laboratories across the world.

Not exact matches

(Hanna Tuomisto, who in 2011 conducted a study at Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, found that growing meats in - vitro would use 35 % to 60 % less energy, emit 80 % to 95 % less greenhouse gas and use around 98 % less land than conventionally produced animal meat.)

Between high costs, high energy use, and even the possibility of environmental destruction — seawater treatment plants can accidentally take in and kill small marine animals — continued research is needed to make the technology safer and more efficient.

GFI sees value in market research, and may conduct some themselves; they have already conducted a short survey to identify the most appealing name for cultured meat.96 They would also be interested in research done to identify other factors important in promoting plant - based and cultured meat, such as whether consumers are more likely to respond well to promotion related to health benefits or to animal welfare.97 They plan to conduct such research and will encourage its use by companies.

This sweeping anthropocentric position then leads him to the conclusion that it is permissible, if not desirable, to breed and keep animals for our food, work, and pleasure, and he approves, in particular, of their use in medical research and even in the testing of cosmetics that are to be marketed.

The code of laws provides the regulations which create the proper relations between man and God, such as saying prayers, fasting, and other religious duties; they guide man in his relations with his brother in Islam or the non-Muslim community, in organizing the structure of the family and encouraging reciprocal affection; they lead man to an understanding of his place in the universe, encouraging research into the nature of man and animals and guiding man in the use of the benefits of the natural world.

Indeed, the animal rights movement's fury against the speciesist use of animals» a necessary element for human flourishing, particularly in medical research» has increased to the point that scientists are now under threat of death by the most radical liberationists for daring to experiment on rats or monkeys to find cures for cancer and other human afflictions.

Animal welfare activists remind us that hundreds of millions of animals are used each year as idols for questionable research in science and as victims of inhumane treatment in industry, including food industries that rear and slaughter animals for meat.

The increasing use of in - vitro - fertilisation techniques, and the emergence of new possibilities involving human cloning, mixing of human and animal genetic elements, and the use of embryonic stem cells for research, among other things, brought the need for further teaching.

Animal welfare encompasses important issues, such as establishing legal standards for using animals in research, defining the parameters of what constitutes proper and improper care for animals, and establishing shelters for abandoned animals.

The main experiments used to conduct this research are the Farming Systems Trial (FST)- the oldest continuous trial in the US that compares organic and conventional farming systems, the new Vegetable Systems Trial (VST)- comparing the impacts organic and conventional farming practices on nutrient density in vegetables and linkages to soil health, and Integrated Crop - Livestock Systems using annual and perennial crops along with cattle or hogs for soil, plant, and animal health.

So they used five times heated palm oil (5HPO) to induce high blood pressure in rats bred for animal study research, Sprague - Dawley rats.

GFI sees value in market research, and may conduct some themselves; they have already conducted a short survey to identify the most appealing name for cultured meat.96 They would also be interested in research done to identify other factors important in promoting plant - based and cultured meat, such as whether consumers are more likely to respond well to promotion related to health benefits or to animal welfare.97 They plan to conduct such research and will encourage its use by companies.

Epidurals slow labor, possibly through the above effects on the laboring woman's oxytocin release, although there is also evidence from animal research that the local anesthetics used in epidurals may inhibit contractions by directly affecting the muscle of the uterus.18

«This was the first time our teams used PSAT, a technology generally deployed on marine animals and rarely, if ever, used in a freshwater ecosystem,» said Dr. Andy Kough, research biologist at Shedd Aquarium.

In a sign that the horsemeat scandal continues to affect consumer sentiment around food quality and safety, new consumer research published by the NOAH suggests that shoppers are more confused than ever about animal medicines and how they are used to protect the health and welfare of animals on farms.

«The updating of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 was an important step forward in helping to replace the use of animals in medical research and in enshrining the 3Rs principles of reduction, refinement and replacement of animal experimentation in law but it is clear that much work remains to be done.Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 was an important step forward in helping to replace the use of animals in medical research and in enshrining the 3Rs principles of reduction, refinement and replacement of animal experimentation in law but it is clear that much work remains to be done.animals in medical research and in enshrining the 3Rs principles of reduction, refinement and replacement of animal experimentation in law but it is clear that much work remains to be done.»

Both live and deceased animals are used for commercial or scientific research or educational purposes in a range of capacities.

Nevertheless, research is continuing into finding new ways to further promote the 3Rs scheme — to «reduce, refine and replace» the use of animals in research.

Another highly emotive and controversial issue is animal experimentation, whether that involves testing cosmetics and household products on animals, or using animals in medical research.

«We will end the testing of household products on animals and work to reduce the use of animals in scientific research.»

The 50th anniversary of the launch of the 3Rs concept, published in the book «The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique» by William Russell and Rex Burch, was marked in 2009 with several organisations expressing concern about the number of animals still being used in research.

Laboratory animals are used for many different purposes in research and testing, raising a variety of ethical, welfare and scientific issues.

Studies show that these models can accurately predict the ways that new drugs will react in the human body and replace the use of animals in exploratory research and many standard drug tests.

«AAAS Board Statement Deploring Intimidation of Scientists Who Use Animals in Their Research» [28 November 2007]

Kunda chose the direction of her research career after reading Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin, an animal science professor who is autistic and has the ability to problem - solve — and even to visualize huge pieces of machinery before they are built — using her exceptional visual thinking skills.

1991: Adrian Morrison — Dr. Morrison, a veterinarian whose scientific research focuses on the neural mechanisms associated with sleep, defended the right of scientists to use animals in their research and promoted responsible research practices among those scientists.

2011: David Jentsch, Edythe London, and Dario Ringach — Drs. Jentsch, London, and Ringach were honored for the rare courage they demonstrated in speaking out forcefully for the value of the use of animals in biomedical research, even in the face of grave threats and vicious acts of harassment and vandalism against them and their families.

Beginning in 2011, research associate Jindong Zhang and his colleagues were using motion - detecting camera traps to document the movement of animals in Hetaoping, a roughly 15 square - mile area in the northeastern portion of the reserve.

Scientists once shied away from naming research animals, and many of the millions of mice and rats used in U.S. research today go nameless, except for special individuals.

Using gene editing to create rodents that are ideal research models could narrow the genetic divide between humans and their animal stand - ins.

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The finding is far from definitive evidence of safety, but it's some of the first published animal research supporting the use of this type of RNA as long - term therapy in diseases like methylmalonic acidemia (MMA).

Around 25 million of these animals, including fish, are used in invasive research each year.

A lot of research remains in order to map in detail how animals discover and use the Earth's magnetic field.

They account for more than 95 per cent of animals used in research in the US.

Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research holds national conferences on issues relating to Institutional Review Boards, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees, and ethics education, among many other topics.

Their research in Springer's journal Animal Cognition is the first to use the Aesop's Fable paradigm to assess if mammalian carnivores understand the principles of water displacement.

«Before this study, it was not known if it is possible to produce sufficient numbers of these cells and successfully use them to remuscularize damaged hearts in a large animal whose heart size and physiology is similar to that of the human heart,» said Dr. Charles Murry, UW professor of pathology and bioengineering, who led the research team that conducted the experiment.

Coss, who taught drawing classes early in his academic career and whose previous research focused on art and human evolution, used photos and film to study the strokes of charcoal drawings and engravings of animals made by human artists 28,000 to 32,000 years ago in the Chauvet - Pont - d'Arc Cave in southern France.

«I can't think of any right - wing groups that have taken on animal research before,» says Tom Holder, the director of Speaking of Research, an international organization that supports the use of animals in scientifresearch before,» says Tom Holder, the director of Speaking of Research, an international organization that supports the use of animals in scientifResearch, an international organization that supports the use of animals in scientific labs.

In its 2007 report, Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy, the US National Research Council called for the replacement of animal tests: «The vision for toxicity testing in the 21st century articulated here represents a paradigm shift from the use of experimental animals... toward the use of more efficient in vitro tests and computational techniques.&raquIn its 2007 report, Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy, the US National Research Council called for the replacement of animal tests: «The vision for toxicity testing in the 21st century articulated here represents a paradigm shift from the use of experimental animals... toward the use of more efficient in vitro tests and computational techniques.&raquin the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy, the US National Research Council called for the replacement of animal tests: «The vision for toxicity testing in the 21st century articulated here represents a paradigm shift from the use of experimental animals... toward the use of more efficient in vitro tests and computational techniques.&raquin the 21st century articulated here represents a paradigm shift from the use of experimental animals... toward the use of more efficient in vitro tests and computational techniques.&raquin vitro tests and computational techniques.»

«It's a new way to crowbar off policymakers who might not otherwise support» efforts to end the use of animals in research.

These statements might sound like the rhetoric used by extreme animal rights groups, but they come from White Coat Waste — a new, unlikely coalition of fiscal conservatives and liberal activists that aims to end federal funding for research involving dogs and other animals by targeting people's pocketbooks in addition to their heartstrings.

This study is among several funded under a public - private partnership established in 2008 between NICHD and the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, a division of Mars Inc., to establish a human - animal interaction research program to support studies relevant to child development, health, and the therapeutic use of animals.

«Using a genetic method, we inhibited MTF1 in the epileptic mice and as a result, the seizures in the animals were much rarer and weaker,» says lead author Dr. Karen M.J. van Loo who is conducting research in the team working with Prof. Becker.

These include the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and foods grown with pesticides, the use of animals in research, whether climate change is mostly due to human activity, and whether humans have evolved over time.

With wit and heart, de Waal uses examples from decades of his own research as well as others» work to make the case for different types of intelligence in all corners of the animal kingdom.

One of his greatest goals is to convince people of the importance of using both younger and older animals in research that is meant to be translatable to aging humans.