Sentences with phrase «by a progressive decline»

It is marked by a progressive decline in physical function, the most iconic being uncontrollable tremors, and involves the malfunction and eventual death of nerve cells located in the brain.

In a second study, published in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine, the team showed that in rodents they could use the same type of lung cell to successfully treat a model of IPF — a chronic, irreversible, and ultimately fatal disease characterized by a progressive decline in lung function.

The benefits of HGH injections are that they have been medically prescribed to replace the hormone loss caused by the progressive decline in the body's ability to produce growth hormone.

«Indeed, even physiological aging is characterized by a progressive decline of motor abilities and patho - anatomic features of neuronal degeneration in the brain, which in many ways are similar to key characteristics of PD (but which do not evoke clinically - relevant signs of PD).»

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Among the major revenue components, personal income taxes increased by $ 5.8 billion (primarily reflecting a 4.8 % increase in wages and salaries coupled with a progressive tax system), corporate income taxes were up $ 1.7 billion (corporate profits were up 15 % but the general tax rate declined from 18 % in 2010 to 16.5 % in 2011) and employment insurance (EI) premiums rose by $ 1.1 billion (both the EI rate and insurable earnings subject to the rate were higher).

The Wildrose is attempting to tie the new government to economic conditions caused by the decline of the international price of oil, but the Alberta NDP was elected on a moderate progressive platform and have moved swiftly to implement it.

Faso has also taken heat for declining to appear at town - hall meetings organized by progressive activist groups.

We believe by offering a progressive economic alternative to austerity, Labour can best reach out to a broad coalition of voters whose living standards have declined under this Coalition government.

Faso has taken fire for declining invitations to attend town hall forums organized by progressive activists and has even been confronted by protesters outside his Kinderhook home.

The team of researchers, which also included David Evans of the Royal Ontario Museum and the University of Toronto and Caleb Brown of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, began by investigating whether the extinction at the end of the Cretaceous was an abrupt event or a progressive decline simply capped off by the meteor impact.

Drugs can not slow or stop the progressive decline caused by the disorder, which leaves patients unable to walk, talk or eat.

Yesterday the BBC News and Guardian Newspaper reported that a team led by surgeon Professor Robert Maclaren at the Oxford Eye Hospital had succeeded in using gene therapy to halt the decline in vision in six patients with the progressive eye disorder choroideremia.

The disease is characterized by an insidious onset, followed by progressive cognitive decline, psychiatric disturbances, and motor impairment.

Aging is characterized by progressive loss of physiological and cellular functions, but the molecular basis of this decline remains unclear.

While there is considerable variation in growth hormone production among individuals of the same age, there is a progressive decline in average growth - hormone production and IFG - 1 levels after age 20, with average levels declining by 30 % to 60 % by age 40 to 60, and by 50 % to 80 % after age 60.

The consumption of breakfast, regardless of type, led to an initial decline in savory cravings followed by a progressive increase throughout the morning, whereas breakfast skipping led to a progressive increase over the 4 h period.

A genetic test has recently been developed for cerebellar ataxia, which causes a progressive decline in muscle coordination, first appearing between ages 3 and 5 years; now, by identifying dogs with the mutation, breeders can avoid producing it in their bloodlines.

Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CDS) is an age - related neurodegenerative disorder in dogs characterized by gradual and progressive cognitive decline, resembling the early stages of Alzheimer's disease in people.