Force feeding

Force feeding

Dunkleosteus, a four tonne, 0-metre-long armour plate fish has come under new analysis to reveal just how remarkable a predator it really was. The monster fish cruised the oceans 400 million years ago, preying on creatures much larger than itself, its blade-like fangs adept at tearing its quarry into pieces. Although the fossilised remains themselves suggest an awesome predator, using these rem...

Bacterial invasion: Force feeding by Salmonella

Recent findings have shed new light on mammalian-cell invasion by Salmonella. Using a type III secretion system, Salmonella deliver virulence factors into the host cell that directly activate signal transduction pathways, initiating cytoskeletal rearrangements and bacterial uptake by a ruffling mechanism.

Hunger strikes, force-feeding, and physicians' responsibilities.

PRISON HUNGER STRIKES PRESENT CLINICAL, ETHICAL, LEgal, and human rights challenges to physicians who care for hunger strikers. Controversy continues over the care of prisoners who are hunger striking at the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The World Medical Association (WMA) has updated the Declaration of Malta with guidelines on care of hunger strikers, and recent court opinions in the ...

Hunger striking prisoners: the constitutionality of force-feeding.

Changes in body composition attendant on force feeding.

COHN, CLARENCE AND DOROTHY JOSEPH. Changes in body comflosition attendant on force feeding. Am. J. Physiol. I g6 (5) : g65-968. 1g5g.-Normal young adult male rats were either forcefed or allowed to eat ad libitum a moderate carbohydrate diet for 3-4 weeks. The force-fed animals were given either the amount of diet consumed by the animals eating ad libitum (pair-fed) or 80% of this amount (under...