Sentences with phrase «advancing cures for disease»

This work, which will allow researchers to better study and understand Alzheimer's, highlights the power of collaboration between institutions in advancing cures for disease.

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Whilst we can't know the future of course, for financial planning purposes the probability is that life expectancy on average will increase in the future as medicine advances to cure or limit the big killers (cancer, cardiovascular disease etc).

In this new democracy of sexual desire the invention of efficient and inexpensive contraceptive devices and of improved drugs for the cure of venereal diseases is regarded as a signal advance toward the goal of the good life, for now it is possible to engage freely and widely in sexual intercourse with little fear of unwanted consequences, in the form of either offspring or infection.

Some believe their work's most important goal is advancing knowledge for its own sake, while others prioritize societal concerns such as contributing to social justice, helping fight climate change, seeking to cure disease, or educating the next generation.

With this additional funding for its independent research program, OpenBiome will work to advance public knowledge on how gut bacteria can be engineered to help cure or even prevent disease.

Therapeutic applications of CRISPR - Cas gene editing are being advanced with the goals of finding cures and treatments for a range of serious diseases, developing needed medicines for both household pets and production animals, and improving cell culture systems for bioproduction.

This year's Action Award honorees include global leaders in the fight to end cancer as we know it; a world leader in advancing the emerging field of regenerative medicine and game - changing cell therapy medical treatments; the president of a non-profit group focused on developing cures for chronic, debilitating and fatal diseases; a sickle cell and stem cell advocate and founder / science administrator of the Axis Advocacy; and the founding director of the Institute for Integrated Cell - Material Sciences (iCeMS) at Japan's Kyoto University.

They are the engine that drives new discoveries and advances research towards cures for diseases.

This effort drives ground - breaking science through collaboration and innovation by bringing together scientific fields, ideas, and technologies to fuel creativity, create new approaches, and advance progress toward cures for devastating diseases.

Brain donation makes it possible to advance science and work toward cures for neurological diseases.

«Helmsley is committed to improving the quality of life, advancing better treatments, and ultimately finding cures for Crohn's disease patients,» said Garabet Yeretssian, PhD, Director of the Helmsley Charitable Trust's Crohn's Disease Pdisease patients,» said Garabet Yeretssian, PhD, Director of the Helmsley Charitable Trust's Crohn's Disease PDisease Program.

The mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.

In a possibly significant advance, UC San Diego researchers have found a way to turn off the mutated gene that causes Huntington's disease, an inherited and degenerative brain disorder for which there is no cure.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, an organization that is leading the way in advancing cures for childhood cancer and other life - threatening diseases.

DENVER / Oct 14, 2015 — Morris Animal Foundation, a global leader in supporting scientific research that advances the health and well - being of animals worldwide, has announced a major initiative to find a cure, treatments and / or vaccine for a disease that kills thousands of cats every year — feline infectious peritonitis.

«Through this supercomputer, scientists will be able to advance their work in finding cures and developing improved treatments for cancer, epilepsy and other devastating diseases affecting the lives of Australians and people worldwide,» Professor Jim McCluskey, deputy vice-chancellor for research at the University of Melbourne, said in a statement.

Ontario, Canada About Youtuber The Alzheimer Society of Ontario has been dedicated to improving the quality of life for Ontarians living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias and advancing the search for the cause and cure.

United States About Youtuber The Parkinson's Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson's disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure.