Sentences with phrase «using animal therapy»

He wrote in his post, «The main objective is to use animal therapy to reach out to those who are in need of help, especially to the special needs kids, elderly, and et cetera.»

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The researchers caution that the booster therapy used in their new study will not be available on the market or even for use in human trials anytime soon; it must await years of animal testing for safety and effectiveness first.

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).

Again, using mouse models of glioblastoma — this time created from brain tumor cells that were resistant to the herpes virus — the therapy led to increased animal survival.

Using a new technique to deliver gene - therapy - like intervention directly where it's needed, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University successfully increased or decreased the muscle tone of the anal sphincter in appropriate animal models.

The brochures contain information about toxicology, pharmacology, and animal safety studies used to determine the potential risk a particular therapy may pose to humans, but they also include efficacy studies done in animal models to demonstrate a therapy's potential benefit.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed an animal research model for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) to be used for muscle regeneration research as well as studies of the effectiveness of potential therapies for FSHD.

The journal's home page explains that translational medicine «builds on basic research advances — studies of biological processes using cell cultures, for example, or animal models — and uses them to develop new therapies or medical procedures.»

In their report that has received advance online publication in Nature Nanotechnology, a research team based at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) describes how a nanomedicine that combines photodynamic therapy — the use of light to trigger a chemical reaction — with a molecular therapy drug targeted against common treatment resistance pathways reduced a thousand-fold the dosage of the molecular therapy drug required to suppress tumor progression and metastatic outgrowth in an animal model.

Using gene therapy to insert the gene, they expressed the synthetic gene in adult mice or in zebrafish embryos, and witnessed remote activation of neurons the presence of a magnetic field through the altered behavior of the animals.

«From studies on animals, we know we can treat the circadian rhythm of the suprachiasmatic nucleus non-pharmacologically by using light therapy.

This conference touched on a broad spectrum of topics encompassing scientific integrity, including gene therapy, guidelines for animal and human subject use, authorship, public health issues, and the involvement of minorities in research.

Using gene therapy to insert the gene, they expressed the synthetic gene in adult mice or in zebrafish embryos, and witnessed remote activation of neurons in the presence of a magnetic field through the altered behavior of the animals.

The technology developed could be applied to bacteriophages with different morphologies to be used in phage therapy, in both animals and humans.

Researchers have pursued alternative therapies for TB using a variety of animal models, including the zebrafish found in many pet stores and household aquariums.

A: One of the biggest differences between human registries and animal registries is the use of experimental therapies or compounds in animal studies that aren't known to the wider scientific community.

BETHESDA, Md., Mon., Jan. 26, 2004 - A Japanese - U.S. team today reported the successful creation of transgenic animals using sperm genetically modified and grown in a laboratory dish, an achievement with implications for a wide range of research from developmental biology to gene therapy.

Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato, in Robert Koch's laboratory, find that injecting diphtheria toxin into animals produces a serum containing an anti-toxin that provides passive anti-diptheria immunity to people, introducing the use of serum as therapy and showing that immunity did not need to arise internally but could be transferred.

His major research interests are human neuroanatomy and neuropathology and the use of animal models to test novel therapies for neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease.

Present use cases for the utility of animal models for identifying targets for precision therapies

Fallon said that in addition to the value of the findings themselves, the study demonstrates advances in creating animal models that can be used more successfully in mimicking the disease in ALS research, which is a key element in driving new research and possible therapies.

We recently developed such an animal model and propose to use it to study the role of complement in AMD as well as develop a gene therapy.

The research team now concentrates on using CBS - based therapy in other animal infection models, e.g. urinary tract infection (UTI), hoping to offer a more extensive approach to combat with antibiotic resistant superbugs.

Oisín Biotechnology — a startup with initial funding from SENS Research Foundation, the Methuselah Foundation, and others — is close behind them, having developed a form of gene therapy that — in animals at least — also destroys these cells, using an approach that is less inherently likely to destroy healthy cells along with senescent ones.

Topics such as the mechanisms of cell injury in normal and dystrophic muscle, compensatory muscle regeneration and hypertrophy, and the effects of various therapies or voluntary exercise on muscle repair, satellite cell activation, muscle growth, bone density and age - related atrophy are examined using a large variety of cellular, molecular and whole - animal in vivo assays of function.

An impressive patient account exemplified how novel therapies developed using animal models improve human health and saves lives.

In 1995, University of Chicago researchers demonstrated that gene therapy, using a virus, could be used to combat restenosis following angioplasty in several animal models.

This is the first time that that this assay has been used to ascertain retinal function after cellular therapy in a retinal degenerate animal.

Thats why youll find horses used in hundreds of animal - assisted therapy programs that benefit at - risk youth, abused women, people with disabilities, those with eating disorders, and other groups.

Are a woman Have a family history of osteoporosis Are white Are thin Are short Went into menopause early Have a low calcium intake Don't exercise Smoke cigarettes Drink more than two alcohol drinks daily Are on chronic steroid therapy (e.g. Prednisone) Are on chronic anticonvulsant therapy Are taking drugs which can cause dizziness Are hyperthyroid Eat too much animal protein intake Use antacids regularly Drink more than two cups of coffee daily

Prescription drug use and overall costs of caring for patients in nursing homes dropped in facilities where companion animals became part of daily therapy.

She uses antigen therapy to desensitize patients to environmental allergens such as molds, animals, pollens, and inhalants as well as chemicals and foods.

Alcohol / Drug Use: Tranquilizers and other drug therapies are used on animals.

In addition to seeing - eye dogs and dogs that can be trained to detect seizures, animals can also be used in occupational therapy, speech therapy, or physical rehabilitation to help patients recover.

In addition to seeing - eye dogs and dogs that can be trained to detect seizures, animals can also be used in occupational therapy, speech therapy, or physical rehabilitation to help patients recover.1 Aside from these designated therapeutic roles, animals are also valued as companions, which can certainly affect the quality of our lives.

Police and animal control agencies use CGC for dealing with dog problems in the communities, some therapy dogs groups use the CGC program as a partial screening tool, and some 4 - H groups around the country have been using the CGC program as a beginning dog - training program for children.

There are two kinds of therapy animals here in Singapore — the first are involved in animal - assisted therapy (AAT), which is a method administered by a health professional (like a counsellor or physiotherapist) using the help of a trained therapy animal.

In a statement, Pet Partners explained that «the use of costumes and clothing in an animal - assisted therapy environment raises a number of concerns for the animal, the handler and the clients or patients being seen... Pet Partners harbors no ill will towards motorcycle enthusiasts.

Another up - and - coming practice is the use of laser therapy to treat animals.

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An animal undergoing training or an animal that is used for or by a therapy organization or government entity to visit nursing homes, hospitals, schools and other facilities does not meet the definition of a service animal.

Under the Air Carrier Access Act, an animal undergoing training or an animal that is used for or by a therapy organization or government entity to service as a therapy animal, visit nursing homes, hospitals, schools and other facilities do not meet the definition of a service animal.

Stem cell and shock wave therapies have been used in the equine industry for nearly a decade, but have only recently been recognized as treatments for small animal patients.

Wellesley Animal Hospital also provides laser therapy — a treatment used in Europe for decades and approved by the FDA in 2002.

Ozone and other oxygen therapies have been used for over a century around the world for human and animal healing.

While it should not be used on cancerous tissue, in pregnant animals, or in tissue that has been treated recently with steroids, laser therapy carries no known side effects.

The AAT program uses volunteers and their companion animals to provide social therapy to comfort children and adults with special needs or those experiencing life's stresses.

The use of unadopted shelter animals in visitation programs is not supported because of the many stressors of the therapeutic situation (shelter mascots are an exception to this policy because shelter staff tend to be very familiar with them and will know if / when they are suited to therapy work).

The ASPCA supports the use of humanely trained and professionally evaluated domestic animals to participate with their guardians / handlers in animal - assisted therapy applications and in social visits to hospitals, nursing homes and similar facilities.

(c) Interferes with a search and rescue animal or a therapy animal while the animal is being used for search and rescue or therapy purposes.