Immune health: According to Expert Opinion on
Biological Therapy in January 2015, studies indicated several probiotic strains may be able to enhance immune function and lead to reduced risk of infections, including the common cold.9
Not exact matches
And a third, different kind of gene
therapy from Spark Therapeutics — to treat a rare inherited form of blindness — is likely to be approved by the end of 2017, too, making this year a landmark for treatments that manipulate the body's own
biological mechanisms
in novel new ways to fight deadly diseases.
Using advances
in genomic sequencing, the human microbiome, proteomics, informatics, computing, and cell
therapy technologies, HLI is building the world's most comprehensive database of human genotypes and phenotypes as a basis for a variety of commercialization opportunities to help solve aging related disease and human
biological decline.
Unlike many clinical trials that emphasize relief of symptoms as their primary objective, the ezogabine study's goal is to gauge how well the
therapy addresses some of the
biological underpinnings of depression —
in this case, whether the drug lessens the hyperactivity of the reward circuit that includes VTA neurons.
The outcomes of this work open new avenues of research with the goal of elucidating the
biological mechanisms underlying asthma
in relationship with environmental exposures and to promote the development of new
therapies.
Biological markers could enable tailored
therapies that target individual differences
in symptoms
Ultimately the aim is to better understand the psychological and
biological effects of treatment —
in order to develop more effective
therapies.
Mining that data is critical to developing
therapies that target key points
in relevant
biological pathways — and represents opportunities for bioinformatics experts, Chung says.
«Alcohol prevents ability to extinguish fearful memories
in mice: Insight into cellular mechanisms illuminates
biological target for PTSD
therapy.»
The drug was better tolerated than other
biological therapies used
in this setting.
«
In the future, our models should provide robust tools to screen for
therapies that impact tumor dormancy and metastasis, and should also provide a platform to solve other
biological mysteries that underlie dormancy.»
In future, Bandyopadhyay says, better understanding how chemotherapy agents impact specific
biological pathways should allow drug trials to focus on patients who are more likely to respond to the drugs being tested and enable clinicians to identify targeted or combination
therapies for patients with a genetic predisposition to resistance.
At a meeting last week of the International Society for
Biological Therapy of Cancer
in San Diego, California, Oncolytics Biotech of Calgary
in Alberta, Canada, reported positive results from two trials of its drug Reolysin, which contains reovirus.
Furthermore, understanding the
biological mechanisms involved
in this increased risk could lead to preventative
therapies.»
«Science is pleased to partner with Sartorius to recognize leading work
in the rapidly developing fields of regenerative medicine and cell
therapy», said Science Editor -
in - Chief Jeremy Berg, «These fields and the inaugural awardee review how decades of work on basic
biological mechanisms might be harnessed to yield new
therapies.»
«Learning more about the
biological impact of the HOXA5 protein, which is absent so frequently
in breast cancers, may eventually help scientists develop new
therapies to treat this disease,» says Sukumar.
Professor Sterk commented: «We are living
in an era where we have new
biological knowledge and new targets for
therapy but we largely continue to guide patient management with diagnostic labels.
Their findings could help to improve breast cancer prevention by targeting these specific
biological mechanisms with cancer
therapies in at risk patients and potentially lead the way for a new strategy for the use of preventative treatments.
CRISPR - Cas9 has supercharged
biological research
in a mere six years, speeding up exploration of the causes of disease and sparking many potential new
therapies.
Next Wave asked: If research on gene vectors can be used not only to further gene
therapy but also — potentially — to aid
in the development of
biological weapons, should scientists be concerned about the potential applications of their research
in genetics (as Joseph Rotblat suggested
in a 19 Nov 1999 editorial
in Science magazine?)
Now,
in a new study published
in the journal Cell, scientists at the Salk Institute for
Biological Studies have discovered that a synthetic form of vitamin D, calcipotriol (a drug already approved by the FDA for the treatment of psoriasis), deactivates the switch governing the fibrotic response
in mouse liver cells, suggesting a potential new
therapy for fibrotic diseases
in humans.
In their «Editorial comment to the «NIA - AA Research Framework: Towards a Biological Definition of Alzheimer's Disease,»» Nina Silverberg, Ph.D., Cerise Elliott, Ph.D., Laurie Ryan, Ph.D., Eliezer Masliah, M.D., and Richard Hodes, M.D., of NIA point out that the Framework — in addition to improving early detection and the development of new therapies — could potentially «allow more precise estimates of how many people are at risk [for or living with] Alzheimer's disease, how best to monitor response to therapies, and how to distinguish the effects of Alzheimer's disease from other similar pathologies.&raqu
In their «Editorial comment to the «NIA - AA Research Framework: Towards a
Biological Definition of Alzheimer's Disease,»» Nina Silverberg, Ph.D., Cerise Elliott, Ph.D., Laurie Ryan, Ph.D., Eliezer Masliah, M.D., and Richard Hodes, M.D., of NIA point out that the Framework —
in addition to improving early detection and the development of new therapies — could potentially «allow more precise estimates of how many people are at risk [for or living with] Alzheimer's disease, how best to monitor response to therapies, and how to distinguish the effects of Alzheimer's disease from other similar pathologies.&raqu
in addition to improving early detection and the development of new
therapies — could potentially «allow more precise estimates of how many people are at risk [for or living with] Alzheimer's disease, how best to monitor response to
therapies, and how to distinguish the effects of Alzheimer's disease from other similar pathologies.»
«This research shows that it is possible to promote psychological well - being
in middle childhood through an integrated school - based intervention programme informed by concepts of positive psychology and cognitive behavioural
therapy,» said first author Dr Michael Pluess from QMUL's School of
Biological and Chemical Sciences, who led the research while previously based at University of East London.
We will next consider the methods available to analyze
biological networks, demonstrate the application of these principles to selected problems
in biology and medicine, and discuss the implications of
biological network theory as a construct for characterizing human disease and defining novel
therapies.
«The identification of NMD's role
in longevity opens the door to the development of new
therapies to prolong lifespan,» said Kevin Strange, MDI
Biological Laboratory president.
Where research uncovers possible mechanisms for disease, those working
in drug discovery can use these data to develop novel diagnostic or monitoring tools, to develop
therapies that address the
biological pathways concerned, or to develop companion diagnostics to ensure that new — or existing —
therapies are targeted at the correct subgroup of patients.
Dr. Theodore Friedman, then a visiting scientist at the Salk Institute for
Biological Sciences
in La Jolla, and colleagues posit that gene
therapy could be used to replace defective DNA
in individuals with genetic conditions.
These include sophisticated techniques
in diagnosis, surgical options, chemotherapy, hormonal
therapy,
biological therapy, and radiation
therapy.
The exploration of the therapeutic potential of stem cells requires the characterization of their
biological properties, the deciphering of the mechanisms that underlie their pluripotency and their capacity at differentiation, by the understanding of the signals that direct their fate towards discrete cell phenotypes... Their therapeutic use requests further,
in particular
in the case of substitutive
therapies, the analysis of their capacities of integration
in injured adult tissues and of their potential tumorigenicity, as well as the development of original ways of delivery.
BAR HARBOR, MAINE — Recent research by Sandra Rieger, Ph.D., of the MDI
Biological Laboratory identifying the underlying mechanisms of peripheral neuropathy, or nerve damage, has raised the prospect that drug
therapies can be developed for the treatment of this condition, which causes pain, numbness and / or tingling
in the hands and feet.
«
In particular, his approach can be thought of as a very advanced
biological therapy for the treatment of breast cancer; one that uses viruses, which are better recognized to cause disease, to treat human breast cancers.»
Using advances
in genomic sequencing, the human microbiome, proteomics, informatics, computing, and cell
therapy technologies, HLI is building the world's most comprehensive database of human genotypes and phenotypes as a basis for a variety of commercialization opportunities to help solve aging related disease and human
biological decline.
In March 2006, the Burnham Biomedical Research Institute (subsequently renamed the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute), the Salk Institute for
Biological Studies, The Scripps Research Institute and the UC San Diego formed San Diego Consortium for Regenerative Medicine and adopted the mission of expanding collaborative stem cell research and translating discoveries into clinical
therapies and cures.
LA JOLLA, CA — Using a gene
therapy delivery system developed
in the laboratory of Inder Verma at the Salk Institute for
Biological Studies, an international team of researchers successfully treated two...
Biological and clinical follow - up studies on known and new genes will improve understanding of the causes of RA, and allow for better risk assessment
in Arabs and opportunities to develop new RA
therapies.»
«Preliminary optical coherence tomography [OCT] results from the REVERSE trial indicate that the
biological targets of the mitochondrial DNA gene
therapy have been successfully engaged
in the treated eye compared to the untreated eye.
From our roots under the scientific leadership of renowned neurologist Dr. Henry Barnett - whose work with Aspirin as a preventive
therapy for heart attack and stroke remains one of the most important developments
in 20th century medicine - the Institute has applied that formula to become a national leader
in biological, clinical and imaging research.
In seven years, the MDI
Biological Laboratory has already developed potential
therapies to activate the regeneration of damaged tissues and delay the onset of age - related degenerative diseases.
Novel drug
therapies and novel indications of drug
therapy, e.g. tyrosine kinase inhibitors
in lung disease other than lung cancer,
biological treatments for asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis and interstitial lung disease.
Maini's work as a rheumatologist has made dramatic improvement
in the quality of life of sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis through the development of the
biological therapy, anti-TNF.
BAR HARBOR, MAINE — Novo Biosciences Inc., a spinoff of the MDI
Biological Laboratory
in Bar Harbor, Maine, has announced that it has received a two - year, $ 1.5 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of MSI - 1436 as a potential regenerative medicine
therapy for the treatment of patients who have suffered an acute heart attack.
Cancer is an extremely complex
biological phenomenon showing enormous variability (e.g., age of patient, cell of origin, general health status, genetic background, location
in an organ, nutritional status, presence or absence of continued development of neoplasia (i.e., carcinogenesis), presence or absence of enhancers, rate of growth and division, type and dosage of
therapy administered, etc.).
Our professional health team is comprised of holistic, integrative and functional medical physicians,
biological dentists, a pediatrician, naturopaths, chiropractor, and health professionals highly skilled
in acupuncture, nutrition, and other healing
therapies, all
in one location.
Dr. Cardellino has attended more than 3,000 hours of advanced education classes (
in her 19 years practicing dentistry) since graduating from dental school including courses
in biological - holistic dentistry, ozone
therapy,... Read more
The findings, which were published online Sept. 3
in the Journal of
Biological Chemistry, could lead to new
therapies for age - related muscle weakness and atrophy.
Hi I live
in the UK and cant find a
biological dentist that does laser treatments, Ozone
therapy, nutrition, isopathic remedies etc. does anyone know of a
biological dentist
in the UK that does these treatments.
Spermidine is known as a molecule that activates a
biological process called autophagy that is believed to be involved
in most if not all lifespan - prolonging
therapies.
In his Lifeworks Wellness Center medical clinic in Florida, he prescribes a supplement called Celergen, which is based on what they call a «biological DNA extraction technology», which works very similarly to stem cell therapy, without the injection
In his Lifeworks Wellness Center medical clinic
in Florida, he prescribes a supplement called Celergen, which is based on what they call a «biological DNA extraction technology», which works very similarly to stem cell therapy, without the injection
in Florida, he prescribes a supplement called Celergen, which is based on what they call a «
biological DNA extraction technology», which works very similarly to stem cell
therapy, without the injections.
Amgen takes a «biology first» approach, using cutting - edge science and technology to study human
biological mechanisms
in search of
therapies for diseases.
Amgen studies
biological mechanisms
in search of
therapies for serious diseases, then manufactures and distributes the drugs that it discovers and develops.