Sentences with phrase «with animal hosts»

Studies of related viruses indicate that some have evolved disease - free coexistence with their animal hosts

We're working with animal hosts where we put human cancers in and we try to attack the telomerase.

Not exact matches

«Since the filing of our lawsuit last September, a host of organic stakeholders representing thousands of organic farming families, organic certifiers and organic policymakers — along with leading animal welfare and retail groups speaking out for millions of consumers — have joined our challenge,» Batcha said.

Letting your toddler play with a farm play set can be a great way to bring home the outdoor world, and introduce your little one to a host of animals.

In addition to its antique homes and buildings, heirloom gardens, and heritage breed animals, Old Sturbridge Village offers a host of classic summertime activities that are especially popular time with families.

It's all about learning about the farm with Galt's Playnest and Gym with a host of farmyard animals for your baby to enjoy.

With bright, bold artwork and a host of favourite animals, Dear Zoo is a must for every toddler's bookshelf.

For reproductive cloning - which creates animals with an identical genetic make - up to an already existing animal - the embryo must then be transferred to a host body, in which to grow.

Today NYCLASS hosted a mayoral candidate forum, with Tom Allon moderating, focused on animal rights.

This March it found signs of white - nose infected animals in two small caves — one hosting fewer than 10 bats and the other with around 60.

The new study offers «yet another piece of information» that selecting for changes in behavior can trigger a host of other changes in domesticated animals, says Greger Larson, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, who was not involved with the work.

As people move into formerly wild areas, local pathogens increasingly come into contact with new domesticated animal hosts — freshly arrived pigs, chickens, horses — and, eventually, humans.

Morse is credited with creating the term emerging infectious diseases in the late 1980s to explain viruses that can exist for years in an animal host without causing illness.

Since the sexual reproduction stage of malaria only occurs in insects, Poinar said in the new study that they must be considered the primary hosts of the disease, not the vertebrate animals that they infect with disease - causing protozoa.

Wild boar and red deer are key hosts of bovine tuberculosis — a chronic, infectious disease mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis — in southern Europe, with the incidence of TB in these animals particularly high in certain areas of Spain.

The group also observed that the experimental VSV - EBOV vaccine appears to provide initial protection by triggering innate virus - fighting host responses; these responses partially protected animals challenged with EBOV - Makona within a week after vaccination.

Lead author Paul - Yannick Bitome - Essono, from the National Center for Scientific and Technological Research, France, explains: «We thought the tsetse fly might be a good candidate in our study, as both sexes feed on blood, they are large and easily trapped, present in large numbers in Central Africa, and are opportunistic feeders with no strong preference for a particular host animal, so would feed on a large range of wildlife.»

Globalisation has resulted in the movement of humans and animals all across the world, bringing pathogens into contact with hosts that haven't had the opportunity to establish resistance.

Liturgusa krattorum is named for Martin and Chris Kratt, hosts and creators of Kratts» Creatures and Wild Kratts, both of which provide children with entertaining and accurate programming on animal biology.

The July 2006 story, «The Way of All Flesh,» explains the vision of biologist Vladimir Mironov: Those muscle cells would be harmlessly extracted from an animal, and with the right nutrients and environment, they'd multiply just as they would in their original host, but even more rapidly.

In the study, the gut microbiota of the animals that were fed a diet rich in sugar and fat have a diminished capacity to communicate with host cells.

Sloths also play host to moths, with up to 120 living on each animal.

Between 1956 and 1967, he hosted a weekly show called Zootime, presented on live TV with live animals.

The majority of the positive samples (72 percent) were 79 - 100 percent similar to astroviruses associated with human infections; 23.5 percent of the samples were similar to mammalian astroviruses isolated from diverse animal hosts including dogs, pigs and sheep.

Fouchier, who has discussed his work at scientific meetings and with the media, concocted a transmissible H5N1 in ferrets by both manipulating viral genes and repeatedly passaging the virus through the animals to help it adapt to that host.

Other strategies targeting host animals with acaricides have shown promise in some trials.

«With the growing understanding that all animals are in fact in a symbiotic relationship with complex microbial communities, the framework to consider how symbiotic interactions shape host evolution should be expanded,» he sWith the growing understanding that all animals are in fact in a symbiotic relationship with complex microbial communities, the framework to consider how symbiotic interactions shape host evolution should be expanded,» he swith complex microbial communities, the framework to consider how symbiotic interactions shape host evolution should be expanded,» he said.

The asymptomatic incubation period and the duration of the illnesses in various species of animal hosts is discussed along with information on additional species of Old World and New World monkeys and the domestic cat, which have been shown to be susceptible to subacute spongiform virus encephalopathies.

In his paper, Shapira proposes that animals and a set of core bacteria — or in general, a host with its core microbiota — evolve together, adapting as they can to changing conditions and perhaps, over time, becoming new species.

In the moist, dark microbial rainforest of the intestine, hundreds of species of microorganisms interact with each other and with the cells of the host animal to get the resources they need to survive and thrive.

«Drugs that specifically target PGE2 pathways have already been developed and tested in animals, so our results have excellent potential for clinical translation, not only for the treatment of influenza, but other viral respiratory infections that interact with similar host immune pathways,» says senior study author Divangahi, who is also a member of the Infectious and Immunity Axis at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI - MUHC).

He attributes the initial rise of AIDS and the recent outbreaks of SARS to viral strains that mixed and morphed into deadlier forms when their original wild - animal hosts came into closer contact with human butchers and hunters.

Malaria cases increase with deforestation, researchers have found, while new roads through the rain forest provide corridors for the migration of people, insects and animals that serve as intermediate hosts for pathogens, Wilson said.

In particular, he says he is concerned that this patched - together virus might not be stable and could easily reassort with other viruses encountered in a human or animal host.

It is however likely that bats are the natural hosts for the virus, and that human infections are the result of contact with other animals such as camels acting as intermediate hosts.

IDMIT is an infrastructure for preclinical research in infectious diseases and immunology which is certified ISO9001 and which includes 1) A large animal facility with capacity to host NHP in BSL2 and BSL3 containment, 2) State - of - the - art laboratories for cell biology, immunology, molecular biology, flow cytometry and mass cytometry (CyTof), cell - sorting and confocal microscopy in BSL3 containment; 3) A biological resources centre with high storage capacity; 4) Highly innovative technologies for in vivo imaging of large animals in BSL2 and BSL3 containment, including a two - photon microscope, a PET - CT facility, and several optic based technologies (fibered endo - microscopy, near infra - red imaging).

(D) Pluripotent cells from YFP transgenics form eyes when treated with Noggin protein and grafted to the eye field of stage 15 wild - type hosts (these stage 32 animals were photographed 1 d posttransplant).

If Brucella suis can metabolize compounds in soil associated with plants, then this may explain its ability to survive outside human and animal hosts.

With body segments that can grow to enormous lengths — sometimes by the thousands — the tapeworm makes its home in the intestines of animals using its suckers and hooks to anchor itself to its host.

Sponges, being one of the most evolutionary basal animal groups, have a high ability to regenerate their tissues [15], [16]; removal of internal sponge walls by spongobionts may be regenerated by the host, and therefore provide the shrimps with a continual food source.

In addition to its obligations under section 8.1 to comply with all applicable laws, the Host Institution must ensure that research involving animals gives due consideration to the refinement, reduction and replacement of animals in research and adhere to:

That spells several problems: not enough fiber or antioxidants, too many inflammatory omega - 6 fatty acids, and the potential to eat less - than - high - quality animal proteins, which can come with a host of other problems (like hormones).

He hosts an ongoing and informal experiment, encouraging anyone who's willing to follow the diet to record his / her experience with it, but admits that he hasn't had his own health officially appraised since he started eating animals only.

Its natural beauty, peaceful atmosphere and yoga on the banks of the Ganges go hand in hand with a host of adventure activities like white water rafting, camping, trekking, rock climbing, bungee jumping and jungle safari in Rajaji National Park to sight tigers and other wild animals.

Normally when an animal snacks on a glycan - rich food, the bond between the glycan and the fat or protein is degraded and the host gets the protein / fat while the gut bugs metabolize the glycan — and sometimes the glycan gets assimilated into the body as we see with glycosaminoglycan / GAGs.

She is a veterinarian at the Belle Haven Animal Medical Centre in Alexandria, VA, as well as the host and producer of The Pet Show with Dr. Katy on Washington DC's News Channel 8.

All living things have an ecosystem of bacteria that live symbiotically with their human or animal hosts.

Hosted by Caryn Hartglass, a vegan since 1988, the program includes in - depth interviews with medical doctors; nutritionists; dieticians; cook book authors; athletes; environmental, animals and health activists; farmers; food manufacturers; lawyers; food scientists and more.

Again quoting from the free encyclopedia, «Probiotics are live microorganisms that may confer a health benefit on the host... «live microbial feed supplement which beneficially affects the host animal by improving its intestinal microbial balance»... commonly consumed as part of fermented foods with specially added active live cultures.»

I wore a similar outfit last fall with a green sweater, skinny jeans and animal print sneakers Happy weekend and thanks for hosting, Rachel!