Sentences with phrase «use of lab animals»

Jentsch eventually moved and hired security guards, but he has continued his research and has become a vocal proponent for the use of lab animals.

Not exact matches

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.

The lab - grown meat — which the company calls «clean meat» — is developed from self - reproducing cells taken from a chicken, with the purpose of creating a product that omnivores can't distinguish from the real thing, but with a fraction of the considerable downsides of meat production, including environmental destruction and using agricultural land to grow animal feed rather than crops for human consumption.

We can not use randomized controlled experiments with people but do so with animals, demonstrating, for example in Michael Meaney's lab, that affectionate touch in early life is critical for epigenetic controls of anxiety in mammals.

Of course, animal rights advocates have long opposed the Draize Test, which they consider cruel to the lab animals used as subjects.

«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 scientific labs.

«[These are] basic data about animal use and compliance that taxpayers have a right to access, particularly when it comes to taxpayer - funded labs,» says Justin Goodman, vice president of advocacy and public policy at the White Coat Waste Project, a Washington, D.C. — based group that opposes taxpayer - funded animal experiments.

For six of the pesticides that showed hormonal activity for the first time, the authors said they «strongly recommend» the next round of testing, using lab animals.

«The commission said it will seek to speed up the development and uptake of alternative methods [to replace the use of animals in the lab], and to better monitor compliance with the directive in member states,» Rabesandratana wrote.

To better determine the role of specific chemoattractants in type III hypersensitivity, lead author Yoshishige Miyabe, MD, PhD, a research fellow in Luster's lab, used multiphoton intravital microscopy — an imaging technology pioneered for studies of immune cell movements in living animals by CIID investigator and co-author Thorsten Mempel, MD, PhD — to follow in real time the development of IC - induced arthritis in a mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis.

The more toxic the chemical, the more deformed the web, says NASA, who hope to use spiders in place of other lab animals.

Tom Holder — the director of Speaking of Research, an international organization that supports the use of animals in scientific labs — says he hopes the agency doesn't bow to political or animal rights pressure.

«In addition to being used in animal studies to help us understand how the brain works, this new endoscope might one day be useful for certain applications in people,» said Shay Ohayon, who developed the device as a postdoctoral researcher in James DiCarlo's lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

I think about that scene when I hear the way many of my environmentalist friends talk about genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, an ill - fitting term that has come to stand for plants, animals and other living things whose genes have been directly manipulated in the lab using the techniques of modern biotechnology.

A PETA study conducted earlier this year found that there has been a 73 % rise in the use of these animals in U.S. labs over the past 15 years, obviating the need for other types of animals.»

For the current study, Jessica Childs, a graduate student in Kroener's lab, applied VNS to a test group of rats used in the study in a process called «extinction learning» to determine whether the procedure could help the animals learn different behaviors and reduce their drug cravings.

«It's irresponsible and dangerous,» says Tom Holder, the director of Speaking of Research, a U.K. - based organization that supports the use of animals in scientific labs.

Several scientists and research organizations praised the decision to stick with the existing E.U. legislation on the protection of research animals, saying it is drafted to help reduce, refine, and replace the use of animals in the lab.

The journal retracted the paper a year later, stating that «the results presented (while not incorrect) are inconclusive» due to the type of lab animal and small number used.

Because M. lepromatosis can not be grown in the lab and animal models for this version of leprosy do not exist yet, the scientists used an infected skin sample from a patient in Mexico to obtain the bacterium's genetic material.

Finally, some researchers worry that even though these registries are supposed to reduce the number of animals in biomedical research, their labs may end up using more animals because they feel they need larger sample sizes to conduct more robust research as part of these registries.

Researchers at McLean's Behavioral Genetics Lab are using animal models to study the effects of nicotine on vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a study funded by the Department of Defense (DoD).

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 applications.

To gain widespread adoption in the academic and commercial research communities for personalized drug testing and other uses — and perhaps one day to replace millions of lab animals — organs on chips will need to be affordable and easy to use.

In lab animal studies, we aim to reduce variability between groups by housing all of the animals in the same room, using the same number of animals per cage and using the same water, bedding, enrichment and diet.

While the lack of chlorophyll in OpenSource diets provides convincing evidence for their use for in vivo imaging studies, the very nature of OpenSource purified diets argues for their use in all lab animal research.

Diet - Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Rodent Models - An article from the March 2007 issue of Animal Lab News on how diets made from purified ingredients influence the phenotypes of the MS in commonly used rodent models, authored by our scientists.

Students receive training with a «systems» biology approach through courses, bench work, lab discussions and publications spanning a broad range of muscle - biology questions using studies at the level of single cells, tissues, animals and humans.

The mini brains are derived from human stem cells thus, may be used instead of animal models to test new drugs, revolutionizing the way lab experiments work.

This unique international event will provide the attendees with an innovative program focused on the best practices in the use of the mouse model for biomedical and basic research; this program also addresses the item of continuing professional education consistent with the new European directive requirement for lab animal protection in experiments.

Which animal a lab uses will depend on how closely parts of its body or chemical - signaling systems match those in people.

Our lab makes use of animal models of either physiological or pathological remodeling to study the underlying molecular pathways of these remodeling responses.

If a scientist chooses to use a certain animal in a lab environment, it makes a lot of sense to choose the same animal when testing similar or related research.

Brain research raises the possibility of a very exotic future (this article assumes that such animals wouldn't be vicious or use their new - found smarts to drive other species to extinction) «Liberated» mice from Italian lab now housed in poor conditions Methane leaks of shale gas may undermine its climate benefits: If methane leak rates are more than 3 percent of output, fracking of shale gas formations may be boosting greenhouse gas emissions rather than lowering them.

Using the fruit fly Drosophila, a standard lab model for studying animal biology, the researchers discovered a cascade of molecular signals that program gene activity to drive the fly from one stage of maturation to the next, like a baby turning into an adult.

However, there are plenty of studies done using lab animals mostly using rats and rabbits.

«Proponents of grain - free diets look for the studies that show the negative effect of excessive refined grains and then apply it to all grains, or they use research on the potential adverse effect of genetically modified wheat on lab animals and then make sweeping generalizations about the adverse effect of all wheat on people,» says Katz.

Our animal clinic diagnosis pets with obesity by using an assemblage of weight charts, body scoring and lab work when necessary.

Animals used on farms make up the majority of those raised and used by humans, with an estimated 33 billion land animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet Animals used on farms make up the majority of those raised and used by humans, with an estimated 33 billion land animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals through promoting diet change.

A few days after the records disappeared from the USDA's website, The HSUS sent a notice to the Department of Justice that the agency was in violation of a 2009 court - ordered settlement requiring it to post online certain annual reports from animal research labs, which describe how many of each species of animal was used and what kinds of pain and distress they endured.

USDA licences puppy mills and even publishes a list of breeders with over 500 adult breeding dogs... USDA puppy mills are also the ONLY legal suppliers of dogs for use in animal testing labs... stop the stupid propaganda...

Some of the responsibilies include: animal handling / restraint, summarizing medical histories, client interactions, preparing for surgery, lab work, maintaining a sanitary hospital environment, assisting doctors and use of veterinary software.

Many zoos, wildlife care centers, research labs, humane shelters and animal control agencies make use of veterinary assistants in order to provide care for their animals.

And so the Animal Welfare Act came to be; primarily to address the source of animals used in lab experiments.

The removal of the information comes a day after a bipartisan bill - known as the Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing (FACT) Act (HR 816), which would require labs to disclose how many animals they are using for testing - was introduced by Rep. Ken Calvert (R - Calif.).

NAIA represents a broad spectrum of animal owners and endorses the development and advancement of high standards of care for pets, livestock, lab animals, and animals used in sport, recreation, and education.

When possible, our veterinary clinic will also monitor lab work and other data while essential oils are being used - increasing our knowledge and evidence of long term safety in the animal kingdom.

Currently, her lab is focused on finding drugs suitable for eliminating mammary cancer and ocular herpevirus infections in small companion animals, and evaluating the effectiveness of stem cell therapies for treating skin wounds in horses — all of which may also be used in humans and other animals.

Volunteer Krysta Vollbrecht took the lead in organizing the event, Etsy Labs provided the sewing machines and workspace, and the fabric used to make the comforters was donated to Rational Animal by Materials for the Arts, a non-profit organization that distributes fabric donations from local retailers to its member organizations, of which Rational Animal is one.

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