It brings a scientific approach to traditional medicinal practices, with research on both clinical outcomes and
biological mechanisms of action.
Not exact matches
The NAS finished reviewing the EPA assessment in April, sending back a long list
of questions and advising the EPA not to finalize the document until it could show exactly how formaldehyde causes cancer, a
biological mechanism known as the «mode
of action.»
The team is also testing the resolution
of the microfluidic system with other reagents and materials, bringing researchers one step closer to viewing live
biological mechanisms in
action at the highest levels
of resolution possible.
Jordi Mestres, coordinator
of the IMIM and UPF research group on Systems Pharmacology at the Biomedical Informatics Program (GRIB) states «With this study we have contributed to complementing the detection
of these quite unstable fragments, with information on the
mechanism of action of the drug, based on three aspects: similarity to other medicines, prediction
of their pharmacological profile, and interference with specific
biological pathways.
The
mechanism of the
biological action is discussed in connection with this finding.
It is precisely in St. Louis that in 1954 with her colleague Stanley Cohen she uncovered the nature and
mechanism of action of a protein molecule which became known, on account
of its
biological properties, as the «Nerve Growth Factor» (NGF).
Beginning with a brief lecture on the
biological mechanisms of hormone
action and synthesis within the brain, Dr. Silbert will explore the concept and role
of biology as craft.
The
Biological Actions and
Mechanisms of Brain - Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Healthy and Disordered Brains