Sentences with phrase «although human drug»

Although human drug trials are several years away, Leinwand has cofounded a company to fund her research.

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These include the infant with galactosemia, 53,54 the infant whose mother uses illegal drugs, 55 the infant whose mother has untreated active tuberculosis, and the infant in the United States whose mother has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.56, 57 In countries with populations at increased risk for other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies resulting in infant death, the mortality risks associated with not breastfeeding may outweigh the possible risks of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection.58 Although most prescribed and over-the-counter medications are safe for the breastfed infant, there are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breastfeeding temporarily.

Although hormonal growth promoters are illegal in the UK, it is widely feared that the use of antibiotics may be contributing towards the development of drug - resistant bacteria, with potentially serious consequences for animal and human health.

Although new synthetic drugs are closely evaluated for high specificity, high efficacy, low toxicity, and good pharmacokinetics, little attention is paid to the possibility that the chemically synthesized drugs may eventually be discharged from the human body into the environment in their original and / or metabolized forms.

Although the drug levodopa can relieve some symptoms, there is no cure — intensifying the pressure to find an animal model that can help clarify the pathological processes underlying human PD and find new medications to treat the pathology and / or relieve symptoms.

Next, researchers would like to study how the two - drug approach works in humans, although no clinical trials have yet been designed or scheduled.

Although SB 247464 doesn't work with human cells, the discovery will spur the pharmaceutical industry's search for protein - mimicking drugs, says Mark Goldsmith, who studies cytokine receptors at the University of California, San Francisco.

Although its launch in Britain last week could give them access to uncontaminated and potentially limitless supplies, the 95 haemophilia treatment centres may not be able to afford the new drug, which costs 52p per unit, compared with 20 to 45p for factor 8 extracted from human blood.

Although that marker, called IL21, had not previously been associated with autoimmune diseases, the gene that produces it sits right in the stretch of DNA known to make these mice vulnerable to diabetes, suggesting that IL21 might make a drug target, says Sarvetnick.Furthermore, by giving the animals a shot of dead bacteria — similar to an immunization in humans — when they were newborns, Sarvetnick and her colleagues prevented a surfeit of CD4 + and CD8 + cells.

«Although our study is in rodents, the same receptors have been shown to impact human stress and drug addiction.

Although the comparable benefit for humans isn't established yet, if it works, the drug could drastically cut the length of time patients must pop pills.

Although Wang says there is still a long way before such an experiment is tested in human clinical trials, he believes that in theory, if scientists could develop drugs or use electrical stimulation that activates D2 neurons, then alcoholics might be prevented from wanting another bottle of beer.

Although this research is still in its earliest stages, it ultimately could lead to drugs that make people more resistant to pain by blocking those same fly - discovered pathways in humans.

Although Isis's drug was the first SMN - targeting agent tested in children, RG3039 was actually the first SMN - directed drug discovery program to enter human trials, albeit in a healthy adult population.

And although the research in humans isn't conclusive, some laboratory studies have suggested that its compounds display properties similar to drugs commonly used to treat joint pain.

All in - contact pets should be treated and, in some cases (severe and / or chronic infestation, multiple pets in the household, affected humans in the household), environmental treatment is recommended.1 Although no veterinary products are labeled for the treatment of Cheyletiella dermatitis, a variety of topical and systemic drugs have been found to be effective.

Although this class of compounds has shown efficacy in a variety of cancers, interest in developing new topoisomerase I inhibitors, indenoisoquinolines, are currently being evaluated in human patients as agents with improved drug stability and measurable blood levels.

These drugs, although commonly used for arthritis in humans, are lethal to cats.

Although anesthesia will never be 100 % risk - free, modern anesthetics (including intravenous fluids and rapidly acting and rapidly metabolized anesthetic drugs) and patient evaluation techniques (ECG, blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, etc) used in advanced veterinary hospitals minimize the risks just like in human medicine.

Although, there is currently a drug in the testing phase called Rapamycin, which claims to slow down aging in dogs (and humans).

Although human and veterinary drugs are the most obvious sources of pet poisoning, some seemingly innocuous things around your home can be harmful — even fatal — to your pet.

Although diuretics given to pets are often the same drugs used in human medicine, dosages will vary greatly from those taken by people, so it is best not to use prescriptions for people in pets, unless directed by your veterinarian.

Although canine models of various cancers garner increasing interest as in vitro systems suitable for studies of basic biology and drug development, the fact that breed specificity is observed for many types of cancer has excited geneticists who are anxious to localize susceptibility genes that have proved intractable in human families and populations.

Although, the Ontario Human Rights Code does not specifically say that alcoholism or drug addiction are a disability (nor does it say cancer or diabetes is a disability under the Code.