Cancer is
a complex disease involving numerous changes in cell physiology including the metabolic process on how it may be fed.
As you might expect for a major genome center, there are many projects from small family - based studies to large trio studies to massive studies of
complex disease involving thousands of unrelated samples.
«Alzheimer's is
a complex disease involving multiple factors,» said Stephen Freedman, PhD, vice president of corporate liaison and ventures at Gladstone.
The naïve moralism in this area can be maintained only by ignoring the facts that inebriety is as much a symptom as a cause of the disturbed interpersonal life of the alcoholic, that alcoholism is
a complex disease involving physical, cultural, and socio - psychological as well as moral factors, and that homelessness is in itself a complex phenomenon, not the simple product of excessive drinking.
Not exact matches
«Many
diseases, especially
complex diseases,
involve multiple genes, and this system could be used therapeutically to target and activate multiple genes together and rescue these
disease phenotypes,» says Albert Cheng, a graduate student in the Jaenisch lab and co-author of the Cell Research paper.
Scientists have shifted from studying single molecules to investigating large
complexes of interacting biological macromolecules
involved in processes such as metabolic pathways, gene expression, and development of
disease.
A team from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has determined for the first time the high - resolution structure of a
complex (R2TP)
involved in key processes for cell survival and in
diseases such as cancer.
The
disease is so complicated, he says, because it
involves two of the body's more
complex systems — the nervous and immune systems.
«One of our killifish mutants recapitulates, but in a rapid manner, a human
disease called Dyskeratosis congenita, which is due to deficits in a
complex involved in maintaining the end of chromosomes, or telomeres,» says lead author Dr. Itamar Harel, a postdoctoral research fellow in genetics.
Called the HapMap, this catalog has made the use of SNPs to track down genes
involved in
complex diseases — so - called genome - wide association studies — a reality.
Anorexia nervosa is a
complex disease,
involving psychological, sociological and physiological components.
While the
disease is caused by a single gene mutation, the manifestation of the
disease at a molecular level is nevertheless highly
complex and
involves multiple cellular processes.
«Yes, there is a set of
diseases that occur more frequently in blacks, but they're
complex diseases,
involving multiple environmental factors and multiple genes too.
«Crohn's
disease is a
complex disorder with multiple genes and environmental factors
involved, which disproportionally affects individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry,» explained lead researcher Inga Peter, Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
«We can't start talking about improved treatments for Maya because diabetes is a very
complex disease,
involving lots of yet unknown risk factors, says Teresa Tusié Luna, a human geneticist who studies diabetes at the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition in Mexico City.
According to Halassa, the new research sets the stage for ever more detailed studies on the
complex behavior
involved in how the mammalian brain pays attention to what's important, and especially how those neural circuits are broken in cases of attention - deficit
diseases, such as ADHD, autism, and schizophrenia.
Articles focus on topics including how healthy relationships early in life affect physical and mental health in childhood and beyond; the role of intimate relationships in coronary heart
disease; the need to focus on partners when treating someone with chronic
disease; and the increasingly
complex biological pathways
involved linking relationships to health.
Such disorders are caused by
complex interactions among genes and environmental factors; the challenge facing researchers now is to find out which genes are
involved and how they influence
disease.
Until now, however, nobody has found any evidence that apoptosis is
involved in
diseases caused by more
complex parasitic organisms.
One is to identify
disease genes — particularly those
involved in conditions with
complex origins, such as asthma and heart
disease — by comparing genetic sequences within a group of patients with a given
disease.
While effective, the downside to these approaches to vision rescue is that each
disease requires its own form of gene therapy to correct the particular genetic mutation
involved, a time consuming and
complex process.
The «active cell map» is the set of all interactions,
complexes and pathways
involving molecules in the cell and their activity under normal and
diseased regulatory circumstances.
More broadly, said Campbell, «we believe our findings open up a completely new avenue of research
involving the functional role of this
complex in vascular smooth muscle and its possible involvement in coronary artery
disease in general.»
However, prevailing GWA data analysis methods are focusing on the association of individual SNP alleles with a
complex disease, although multiple alleles are
involved by definition.
Their discovery — which
involved the work of both neuroscientists and geneticists — underscores the importance of collaborative and cross-disciplinary research when dealing with
complex neurodegenerative
diseases such as ALS.
Genome - wide association studies are a critical tool in the detection of genes
involved in
complex diseases such as diabetes and cancer or traits such as height and obesity.
This study of human genetic variation and its relationship to health and
disease involves a large number of study participants and will capture not only common single nucleotide variations but also rare copy number and structural variants that are increasingly thought to play an important role in
complex disease.
Alzheimer's is a
complex disease, and there are multiple elements
involved.»
While environmental factors play a role in developing T2D, it is also highly heritable — and the genetics
involved are
complex, with many genes contributing to
disease risk.
Ultimately, we aim to reveal the key species (cultured and uncultivated)
involved in dental caries and provide new insights into specific genes / domains, gene products, and metabolic pathways that define the synergistic and competitive contributions to health and
disease in this
complex microbial community.
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Disease - driving pathways that
involve the human immune system are often targeted by antibodies, and Organ - Chips recreate
complex interactions of different human cell types and aspects of the human immune system, overcoming limitations of animal models which do not reflect all human immune cells.
Genes and mechanisms
involved in common
complex diseases, such as the autoimmune disorders that affect approximately 5 % of the population, remain obscure.
This represents an important step forward for mapping genes
involved in
complex diseases.
To find variants
involved in
complex diseases, thousands of participants may be necessary — a logistical and financial demand often beyond the capacity of an individual research team.
My long - term research interests
involve understanding the
complex mechanisms underlying transcriptional regulation of human
disease.
The relationship between viral infection and autoimmune
disease is multifaceted,
involving numerous
complex processes in the body.
The relationship between viral infection and autoimmune
diseases such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism is multifaceted,
involving numerous
complex processes in the body.
Health and
disease are conditions of the entire organism,
involving a
complex interaction of physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, and social factors.
Also, the process of trying to modify our genomes so that we become resistant to certain
complex diseases is obviously not simple and straight - forward, seeing as most
diseases involve the expression of thousands of genes.
A 2016 study by researchers from the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing and the UCLA Easton Laboratories for Neurodegenerative
Disease Research, showed that memory loss in Alzheimer's patients can be reversed, and improvement sustained, using a
complex, 36 - point therapeutic personalized program that
involves comprehensive changes in diet, brain stimulation, exercise, optimization of sleep, specific pharmaceuticals and vitamins, and multiple additional steps that affect brain chemistry.
The kidneys are so integral to all other health issues and seem to be
involved in just about every
disease process in some way or other, very
complex.
Functional medicine
involves understanding the origins, prevention, and treatment of
complex, chronic
disease.
Over the last 23 years, Dr. Turpel has successfully performed more than 2000 orthopedic procedures
involving Cranial Cruciate Ligament (CCL) injuries, patellar luxation, hip
disease, amputations, OCD lesions, and simple to
complex fractures.
Modes of inheritance for these
diseases are not fully known and are likely to be
complex, with multiple genes
involved.
In addition to being an educational resource for you, our board certified veterinary dentists offer specialty services in
complex cases
involving dental
disease or injury.
Board Certified Veterinary Dentists offer specialty services in
complex cases
involving dental
disease or injury.
As National Pet Dental Month rapidly draws to a close, let's take a moment to discuss a case
involving extensive oral
disease (also known as gingivitis / stomatitis
complex) in a cat caused by Bartonella.
Undoubtedly, CDRM has a
complex aetiology which probably
involves several different factors but most authors agree there is almost certainly a genetic factor due to the very high incidence of the
disease in one breed.
Branch first became
involved with
complex litigation in 1989 with EMS (Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome, a neurological
disease, linked to the ingestion of the bio-engineered amino acid, L - Tryptophan) and has since been
involved in Norplant ®, Fen Phen, Rezulin ®, Baycol ®, Vioxx ®, and Avandia ®.
This anonymously operated beneficiary donated a total of $ 1 million to the Open Medicine Foundation, an organization
involved in research for ME / CFS (myalgia encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome) and other related chronic
complex diseases.