Sentences with phrase «using nonhumans»

► Scientists using nonhuman primates in your research, take note: «[I] n response to a congressional mandate, [the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-RSB- will convene a workshop this summer to review the ethical policies and procedures surrounding work on monkeys, baboons, and related animals,» David Grimm reported on Monday.

«They've made the first comparative study using nonhuman primates of the cerebral processing of voices, and they've done it with a noninvasive technique by training dogs to lie in a scanner.»

Other issues that may be later resolved are the commitment to increased costs and longer waiting times when using nonhuman primates.

Using a nonhuman primate model, their findings provide insight into the mechanisms of human psychiatric disorders associated with emotion dysregulation, such as PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and schizophrenia.

We begin with attorney Elizabeth Baker, Senior Science Policy Specialist at Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, PCRM, who joins Peter to discuss the problems and limitations of using nonhuman animals in testing for drugs being developed for use in humans.

Not exact matches

If, as Hartshorne does, one uses one's prior understanding of various types of human experience as the source of generalized descriptions which together constitute the final concept of experience, how does one decide whether the generalizations have been radical enough to support application to all — including nonhuman — experiences or were sufficient only to cover human experiences?

This chilling thought adds a new importance to the images we use to characterize our relationship to others and to the nonhuman world.

With its emphasis on stewardship it allows us to affirm that the nonhuman world ought to be used in an ecologically responsible manner for the benefit of all humans.

It is also apparent that the recent evidence for self - consciousness in primates and cetaceans, based on their capacity for language use and deception, requires us to acknowledge that nonhuman capacities are somewhat closer to human capacities than Whitehead asserted.

«The most important [issue is] the removal of restrictions on the use of nonhuman primates and the ability to reuse animals,» said Simon Festing, chief executive of Understanding Animal Research, a British advocacy group promoting the need for humane animal research.

However, it and other animal groups were less happy with other aspects of the changed directive, especially moves to allow the reuse of animals and the use of nonhuman primates in experiments not directly linked to life - threatening or debilitating diseases.

Many of us use such words with our nonhuman best friends every day.

The numbers tell the tale: «Approximately 834,000 rabbits, nonhuman primates, and other regulated animals were used in research last year, compared with more than 1.5 million in the early 1970s.

There are currently no vaccines or drugs approved for human use and no post-exposure treatment that has completely protected nonhuman primates against MARV - Angola, the most deadly Marburg viral strain, with a mortality rate of up to 90 percent.

Several groups of nonhuman primates including macaques, chimps, and capuchins have found a way to use rocks to secure new food sources.

Animal research is a hot - button issue in the United Kingdom, and the use of nonhuman primates (NHPs) is particularly sensitive.

Most research using monkeys, baboons, and other nonhuman primates in the United Kingdom produces results that justify the animal welfare costs, according to a comprehensive review made public today.

Many scientists thus refrain from using the word crying when referring to nonhumans, preferring to talk about distress vocalizations, or describe the acoustical properties of the sound.

In the Yerkes and Mount Sinai study, the research team sought to determine whether non-surgical exposure to sevoflurane, an inhaled anesthetic commonly used with children, could lead to cognitive and behavioral alterations in a nonhuman primate (NHP) model.

Approximately 834,000 rabbits, nonhuman primates, and other regulated animals were used in research last year, compared with more than 1.5 million in the early 1970s.

The experiment shows that precursor cells can develop into functional organs when placed within the body of an adult mammal, says Takebe, who hopes to use the technique to grow organs in nonhuman primates and eventually in humans.

Twelve percent fewer dogs were used from 2013 to 2014 (16 % fewer since 2008), 11 % fewer rabbits (36 % fewer since 2008), 11 % fewer Guinea pigs (26 % fewer since 2008), and 10 % fewer nonhuman primates (19 % fewer since 2008).

«The use of nonhuman oocytes for SCNT is currently the only ethically justifiable option given the large numbers of eggs required to derive cloned human stem cell lines,» he said.

For example, in nonhuman primates, stimulation using microelectrodes improved face categorization (Afraz et al., 2006), modulated motion perception with great specificity (Fetsch et al., 2014), and increased the learning rate during a reinforcement learning task (Williams and Eskandar, 2006).

Lastly, we need to move PfSEA -1-based vaccines into nonhuman primate challenge trials using human - use approved vaccine adjuvants.

Both of these techniques help us to explore the function of genes in the nervous system, but until recently it hasn't been possible to use them in nonhuman primates.

Animal models were developed using mice, hamsters, ferrets and nonhuman primates, and efforts to identify useful treatments and effective vaccines are ongoing.

Using our deep understanding of nonhuman primate solutions and our product development expertise, Alpha Genesis is positioned to take a leading role in the development of new product extensions throughout Europe,» according to a statement from Senior Alpha Genesis Management.

The use of nonhuman primates to model this disease provides the most accurate representation of human Lyme disease as demonstrated in this work.

animal model A nonhuman animal used to stand in for people in research testing.

Yerkes National Primate Research Center researchers are the first to show that an irradiation plus transplantation combination approach in nonhuman primates can be used to treat or even possibly cure HIV / AIDS, and this new model is providing some answers about the «Berlin patient,» the only human thought cured of AIDS.

Graham et al. showed that lowering ApoC - III using antisense oligonucleotides reduces plasma TGs in rodents, nonhuman primates, and humans (15).

With odds like that, does it make sense to use CRISPR to create countless new varieties of nonhuman species?

We used a 40 ° quadrupedal orientation for nonhuman primates with an included ± 10 ° in sensitivity analyses to account for variation.

Personification — literary device used to give human characteristics to nonhuman objects.

My lab is is a research unit of the Department of Surgery located on the veterinary hospital campus, primarily focused on translational research using complex nonhuman primate (NHP) disease models and screening rodent models.

As Dr. Michael Fox asked, «Can we justify using parts of many other severely deprived and prematurely killed nonhuman animals to maintain each individual cat's well - being?»

California National Primate Research Center Education Outreach Program A free program to introduce K - 6 students to nonhuman primates, health sciences, animals in research, and biomedical research programs and careers, using science activities in the classroom.

Animals covered under this act are: Dogs, Cats, Monkeys (other nonhuman primate mammals), guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, and other warm - blooded animals that is intended for use in research, testing, or exhibition.

The Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights actively works toward the acquisition of rights for all nonhuman animals by educating the public and the veterinary profession about a variety of issues concerning nonhuman animal use.

Areas of interest include the crossovers between art and science, computer generated imagery, and the use of nonhuman actors in art.

But I've also come to see substantial merit in the emerging concept of nonhuman personhood, having worked with Pace University students and faculty members in trying to pass legislation in New York banning circuses from using elephants, and absorbing much about animals» feelings and rights from writers and scientists like Carl Safina.

In validating fcMRI results against nonhuman animal tract - tracing studies, the topography of putative origins and terminations of large - scale networks is often defined using an iterative seed - target - seed approach (Vincent et al., 2006, 2008; Yeo et al., 2011).