Posts Tagged ‘Animals’
You probably know that there are 22 amino acids found in animals, that 14 can be synthesized from other elements in the human the body, that eight can't and need to be consumed, and that chains of them create proteins, the building blocks of the body.
At fairs and on farms, animals take the heat
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Cows don't crank up the air conditioning, pigs can't chill out in a movie theater and chickens won't cannonball into a pool. At farms, fairs and the racetrack, the furry and feathered rely on human caretakers to keep them comfortable.
Jay Kirk: Museum Of Natural History And Carl Akeley’s Jounrey To Build Its African Wing
Monday, October 25th, 2010
Renowned taxidermist Carl Akeley joined the hunters rushing to Africa, where he risked death time and again as he stalked animals for his dioramas and hobnobbed with outsized personalities of the era such as Theodore Roosevelt and P. T. Barnum.
Antibiotics For The Prevention Of Malaria
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
If mice are administered an antibiotic for three days and are simultaneously infected with malaria, no parasites appear in the blood and life-threatening disease is averted. In addition, the animals treated in this manner also develop robust, long-term immunity against subsequent infections. This discovery was made by the team headed by Dr. Steffen Borrmann from the Department of Infectious ...
Antibiotics Can Help Prevent Malaria
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Antibiotic treatment during the liver stage of malaria generates strong protective immunityIf mice are administered an antibiotic for three days and are simultaneously infected with malaria, no parasites appear in the blood and life-threatening disease is averted. In addition, the animals treated in this manner also develop robust, long-term immunity against subsequent infections. This discovery ...