Sentences with phrase «by slowing the buildup»

The company's drug — called VCM2 Emixustat HCl — works by slowing the buildup of toxic waste products that lead to retinal degeneration.

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For example, Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) has a phase 3 study of solanezumab under way in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease patients that may slow disease progression by breaking up amyloid plaque buildups thought to be a major cause of the disease.

And their only means of monitoring the buildup of strain on the fault — GPS measurements of slow ground movement on land — was greatly handicapped by having the stuck patch 150 kilometers offshore.

Good cholesterol helps protect against heart attacks by carrying cholesterol away from the arteries, and some experts think it may also slow the buildup of arterial plaques, according to the American Heart Association.

As we get older our skin's natural cell turnover rate slows down, which can lead to a lackluster skin tone caused by dead skin cell buildup on skin's surface.

Based on a graphic - novel memoir by cartoonist Derf Backderf — who was actually a high school classmate of Dahmer's in Akron, Ohio, in the late»70s — the film follows «Jeff» through his last year of high school, chronicling his struggle with his sexuality, his ultimately futile attempts to make and keep friends, and the slow buildup of warning signs about the deeply disturbed man Dahmer would become.

For all its willingness to risk audience discomfort by immersing the viewer in the slow, agonizing buildup to the titular event, Cristi Puiu's justly lauded 2005 film The Death of Mr. Lazarescu was painstakingly precise in the specifics of its details and never less than fully legible.

Look for pet food that helps prevent tartar buildup by «brushing» the teeth as it's chewed and slowing down the process that turns plaque into tartar.

The veterinarians at Critter Doctor Animal Hospital and their staff believe that the centerpiece of good dental care is a complete oral exam followed by a thorough cleaning designed to remove plaque and slow its buildup.

T / D diet by Hills (manufacturers of Science Diet) is a larger, harder kibble that helps slow plaque and tartar buildup.

There's been much discussion recently of quick, cheap steps, with many benefits, that could slow warming driven by the atmospheric buildup of heat - trapping greenhouse gases.