Sentences with phrase «cure diseases such»

This knowledge can be applied to prevent or cure diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders.
Scientists hope that one day they can use the cells to cure diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and diabetes.
Researchers are using RNAi and micro-RNA in drug development, hoping that by shutting down genes that cause disease they will be able to cure diseases such as cancer and HIV.
Stem cells have the capacity to differentiate into any of the different tissues making up the human body, thus holding the promise of treating or curing diseases such as multiple sclerosis or spinal - cord injury by replacing diseased cells with healthy cells.

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For example, curing a disease, or creating items that ease challenges and better people's lives, such as the ReWalk.
If this or that disease is to be cured, such and such a medical method must be employed.
Scientists use theories as a foundation to gain further scientific knowledge, as well as to accomplish goals such as inventing technology or curing disease.
Obviously, a «pro-life» person would support and encourage research designed to find the causes and cures of diseases that strike down young children disproportionately, such as leukemia.
«Slaves believe that persons attacked with any disease if prayed over in their Church will get cured,» observed Oommen Mammen.50 Epidemics particularly put such belief to the test.
«In health care, patients sometimes want to donate tissue to scientific research that can help lead to medical breakthroughs, such as treatments and cures for serious diseases,» he writes on Planned Parenthood's website.
His main point is to focus upon paragraph 15 of Humanae Vitae (HV) which states «the Church does not consider at all illicit the use of those therapeutic means necessary to cure bodily diseases, even if a foreseeable impediment to procreation should result there from — provided such impediment is not directly intended.»
Well authenticated cures of even such a dread disease as cancer in our own day remind us that «more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.»
Such an attention getting event might be the simultaneous and overnight, 1) world wide total and permanent remission of all cancers, 2) world wide regeneration of limbs of all amputees, 3) world wide total cessation of sëx trafficking human abuse, 4) world wide total cessation of child abuse, 5) world wide cessation of all hostilities, 6) world wide sudden curing of diseases cause by genetic defects.
Such an attitude is ultimately in conflict with itself; for the urge to cure disease presupposes openness to the human dignity of sufferers and concern for them.
Definition of CULT 1: formal religious veneration: worship 2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also: its body of adherents 3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also: its body of adherents 4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator 5a: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially: such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b: the object of such devotion c: a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion
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Each player is given a different role, such as the Scientist (who can cure diseases more easily) and the Operations Specialist (who can build research stations).
Unfortunately, PCOS can not be cured, but it is definitely worth seeking treatment to prevent more serious health problems such as diabetes and heart disease.
The campus has treated celebs such as singers Lou Reed — whose parents sent him there to cure his homosexuality — and Woody Guthrie, who suffered from Huntington's disease and died there.
Some believe their work's most important goal is advancing knowledge for its own sake, while others prioritize societal concerns such as contributing to social justice, helping fight climate change, seeking to cure disease, or educating the next generation.
And from such discoveries come all sorts of encouraging possibilities for treating or even curing these diseases.
Diseases that need better treatment technologies, such as heart diseases, cancer, diabetes, or neurological diseases like Parkinson's syndrome, could be treated much more effectively, and may even be cured.
Once stem cells can be grown and differentiated in a controlled way to replace degenerated cells and repair tissues, medical science may then be able to diagnose and cure many intractable diseases at their earliest stages, such as type 1 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, various cardiovascular diseases, liver disease, and cancer.
We have discovered potential new drug targets that could help to cure the devastating consequences of dementias, such as Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers have developed a new approach for growing and studying cells they hope one day will lead to curing lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis through «personalized medicine.»
British newspapers reported this weekend that Ian Wilmut, the University of Edinburgh biologist who led the team that in 1997 cloned Dolly the sheep, is getting out of the cloning business in light of the new findings, which seem to offer researchers a likely new source of stem cell lines for basic research that could one day lead to new treatments and perhaps cures for spinal injuries, diabetes and debilitating disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
However, H pylori antibiotic resistance is increasing steadily, and eventually curing even benign conditions such as peptic ulcer disease arising from H pylori will be difficult.
For genetic diseases such as Huntington's disease — an incurable neurodegenerative disease caused by a well - recognized defective gene — simply cutting out the disease - causing DNA sequence seems like it could be the ultimate cure.
He and other supporters argued unsuccessfully that the move would pave the way to cures for conditions such as spinal cord injuries and sickle - cell anemia as well as degenerative disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
They are the only ones capable of generating any cell type from the hundreds of cell types that make up an adult organism, so they are the first step towards curing illnesses such as Alzheimer, Parkinson's disease or diabetes.
As brain - focused cures for such diseases remain elusive, scientists are looking to the microbiome for new insight and novel strategies.
Hopefully, this new knowledge will help to find a future cure for patients who suffer such a devastating disease as LCA.»
We can test what effects environmental impacts such as pollutants have on the onset of the disease, whether there are new active agents that could possibly relieve the symptoms of Parkinson's — or whether the disease could even be cured from its very cause.
With intelligent therapeutics there is going to be a lot of sensor and actuator work required to interface with biological systems in meaningful ways [such as detecting and manipulating molecules in order to cure disease]-- that's really difficult.
We must begin to look at chronic diseases, such as hepatitis C, from every angle, which should inspire progress in developing more tolerable and effective cures,» added Dr. Younossi.
«Lasers might lead to cure for brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.»
If X-SCID can be cured with no serious side effects, that will ease concerns about the risks of using similar vectors to treat other blood diseases such as sickle cell disease, notes Dunbar.
«If we can reliably «cure» food allergies, or related conditions such as asthma or autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis with this new therapy, it would be life - changing for affected individuals.»
«I am thrilled to join the Jackson Laboratory team and work with such a talented and dedicated group of people who are passionate about preventing, treating and curing some of humanity's most devastating diseases,» Wasco says.
On the practical side, the «conversation» between neurons, as Siegelbaum calls it, may hold the key to curing diseases of memory such as Alzheimer's.
The name of Alexander Fleming became famous all over the world and will remain in history as the man who discovered the cure for diseases such as syphilis, pneumonia and meningitis.
«We have built a team that is passionately focused on the potential of cell - based therapies to prevent, treat and cure life - threatening and debilitating diseases such as cardiac disease, cancer and macular degeneration,» said Richard Jove, Ph.D., director, NSU Cell Therapy Institute; chair and professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, NSU M.D. College; and WSCS co-chair.
The findings may also aid in finding a cure for other neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and some forms of dementia.
Its scientists carry out research seeking new knowledge leading to the prevention of disease through vaccines and the treatment and cure of infectious diseases, cancer, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 (juvenile) diabetes, Crohn's disease and asthma.
Such biomedical research has the power to change the course of people's lives — to cure disease, ease pain, save a child, prolong life.
She argues that early research into embryonic stem cells have shown them to be largely unhelpful, while research using adult stem cells has cured or improved the outcome for such diseases as lupus and multiple sclerosis.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University]-- A new $ 100 million gift to Brown University's brain science institute from alumnus Robert J. Carney and Nancy D. Carney will drive an ambitious agenda to quicken the pace of scientific discovery and help find cures to some of the world's most persistent and devastating diseases, such as ALS and Alzheimer's.
The images produced by their work will provide a clearer understanding of how even the smallest changes to the brain play a role in the onset and evolution of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's and autism, and perhaps lead to improved treatments or even a cure.
By identifying how sensory motor neurons are connected, Jessell has opened the door to potential strategies to treat and cure neurodegenerative diseases that impair movement, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease).
SENS Research Foundation supports research projects at universities and institutes around the world with the goal of curing such age - related diseases as macular degeneration, heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease.
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