Sentences with phrase «cures for diseases by»

I believe there's a huge opportunity to find a cure for these diseases by combining research efforts.

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In September, CZI committed $ 3 billion to help fund cures for all the diseases facing humanity by 2100 as part of Zuckerberg's promise to donate 99 percent of his Facebook shares (a $ 45 billion - value in September 2015 when he announced the pledge).

The memory - eating disease, expected to afflict 15 million Americans by 2060 (and tens of millions more around the world as life expectancy increases), has no cure; a new drug for the condition hasn't been approved in well over a decade; initially promising experimental treatments seem to be failing with clockwork regularity; and there's not even a definitive consensus on what, exactly, biopharma companies should focus on while developing Alzheimer's medicines.

«We did not reach the moon or split the atom or find treatments and cures for countless diseases by under - investing in basic research,» Pritzker said.

In fact most of us would be trying to scratch out a living on a farm with no modern equipment, hoping for enough rain to produce food for the next year, and dying at 35 yrs old from diseases now cured by drug companies.

A cure for cancer or heart disease or Alzheimer's is not a cure for death from social pathologies or a guarantee that life without illness and disease will necessarily be marked by greater happiness.

The Human Genome Project, not long ago completed at a cost of $ 3 billion, was often presented by its promoters as opening the way to discovering the ultimate genetic causes of all diseases, thus setting the stage for their cure.

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

When you hear that term over-sensitive, by the way, it really means, to me, «as sensitive as the entire world should be, i.e. «over sensitive» should be the norm, actually, and then we would not have war and could find more cures for diseases and art, music, great literature would pour out of everywhere.

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By accelerating promising drug candidates through the drug discovery and development pipeline and spearheading innovative public - private partnerships, we increase the chance of finding an effective treatment, and a cure, for Alzheimer's disease.

He also «promoted the product as, among other things, an effective treatment, cure and preventative for cancer, heart disease, arthritis and diabetes, and as a means of achieving substantial weight loss of up to 80 pounds in eight months,» according to a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission.

By participating in the two - day, 39 - mile Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, you can make a real impact in the quest for a cure, and provide care for women and men affected by the disease, regardless of their ability to paBy participating in the two - day, 39 - mile Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, you can make a real impact in the quest for a cure, and provide care for women and men affected by the disease, regardless of their ability to paby the disease, regardless of their ability to pay.

During remarks delivered at a forum hosted by the nonpartisan good government group Citizens Union, the Attorney General outlined what he believes is required to help «cure the disease» of public corruption, including a total ban on outside employment income for legislators, an end to per diems, rules reform to empower individual legislators, and a constitutional amendment to extend legislators» terms from two to four years.

Altering DNA in germline cells — embryos, eggs, and sperm, or cells that give rise to them — may be used to cure genetic diseases for future generations, provided it is done only to correct disease or disability, not to enhance people's health or abilities, a report issued February 14 by the National Academies of Sciences and Medicine recommends.

Although a team led by Mahajan identified the gene responsible for the disease in 2012, a cure has yet to be developed.

But that outlay for dementia research falls well short of those announced in recent years by the United States and the United Kingdom and even lags Canada's promise at the G8 dementia summit 2 years ago in London to significantly ramp up its investment in research on neurodegenerative diseases as part of a global bid to find a cure for dementia by 2025.

As you can imagine, there's a lot of demand for this kind of person, given that our whole society seems centered around financial worth — we're all reliant on the stock market for our retirement, cures to diseases only happen if they increase shareholder value, and the latest murder has been replaced by the latest merger on the front page of every major newspaper on the planet.

And on 7 December, a report from Policy Cures in Sydney, Australia, a group that monitors global research and development for neglected diseases, showed that public and private funders last year cut their commitments to HIV / AIDS research targeted at the developing world by US$ 67.5 million, or 5.9 %.

Currently, Liou is funded by the National Niemann - Pick Disease Foundation Inc., an international not - for - profit organization of parents, medical professionals, and others who are working to find a cure for Niemann - Pick.

The price of genetic knowledge can be high because of the anxiety caused by the knowledge of a propensity for a disease that has no known treatment or cure, or that may never appear.

As a new generation of gene therapy clinical trials shows promise to cure or halt the progression of several rare diseases, the time has come to explore ways to pay for the cutting edge treatments, a pediatric hematologist - oncologist from Dana - Farber / Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center argues in a commentary published by the journal Science.

«For 15 years, an impressive amount of time and money poured into discovering the genomes of mammals, motivated by our drive to understand human evolution and to look for cures for diseaFor 15 years, an impressive amount of time and money poured into discovering the genomes of mammals, motivated by our drive to understand human evolution and to look for cures for diseafor cures for diseafor disease.

A single cure is still elusive, but for people touched by his disease, modern understanding is paying off in better treatments, better prevention and brighter prospects

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.

It will launch a new effort to conquer a disease that has touched the life of nearly every American by seeking a cure for cancer in our time.

The finding, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, validates a similar discovery made by the scientists in mice two years ago and suggests a target for future therapies to treat the devastating eye disease that currently has no cure.

A new study by French and UK researchers published in a leading journal this week suggests that should no cure be found for dementia, then the biggest impact on reducing rates of this progressive brain destroying disease is likely to come from eliminating diabetes and depression and boosting education, as well as encouraging people to eat more fruit and vegetables.

Eye and Ear clinicians and scientists are driven by a mission to find cures for blindness, deafness and diseases of the head and neck.

Even when described in terms of the potential to cure some particular diseases — an approach used in most polling conducted by advocates of embryo - destroying research — cloning for research remained unacceptable to most respondents.

Advocacy Award: Shelley Ross and the Cure Alliance — Shelley Ross is President of The Cure Alliance, a non-profit group of top scientists, researchers, medical doctors and innovators, plus those who support their efforts to end suffering by developing cures for chronic, debilitating and fatal diseases.

Sign the petition for Funding of Spinraza for all Canadian patients affected by Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Cure SMA Canada, CORD, the Canadian SMA families and our supporters appeal to our provincial health ministers to provide all patients access to the only treatment available for this life threatening disease.

«His exceptional record of excellence in diabetes - related research, including the discovery that the disease can sometimes be cured by surgical alteration of the stomach, make him the perfect fit for Pennington Biomedical.

But now, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have found a way to efficiently edit the human genome one letter at a time — not only boosting researchers» ability to model human disease, but also paving the way for therapies that cure disease — by fixing these so - called «bugs» in a patient's genetic code.

«I was so fascinated by the fact that we could know each detail of the genome and use this information to understand our evolutionary journey of millions of years, and cure diseases for future generations,» says Liang.

Its mission is to find a cure for these seriously disabling — and currently incurable - diseases, most of which have a genetic origin, and also help people affected by them.

In August, a group of investors led by Fidelity Investments and a fund backed by Bill Gates poured $ 120 million into Editas Medicine, the Cambridge - based biotech start - up that is using CRISPR techniques to develop cures for more than 5,000 different genetic diseases.

Through powerful and lasting partnerships, the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute seeks to find cures for chronic hepatitis B, develop early detection biomarkers for liver disease and liver cancer, train future researchers, nurture biotechnology entrepreneurship, and provide information and support to those affected by chronic hepatitis worldwide.

If approved by Montana voters, the initiative authorizes the state to buy $ 20 million in bonds for 10 years to provide grants to develop therapies and cures for brain diseases and injuries and mental illness.

Our long - term goal is to understand the normal function of the brain and to discover cures for the nervous system ravaged by disease.

This effort drives ground - breaking science through collaboration and innovation by bringing together scientific fields, ideas, and technologies to fuel creativity, create new approaches, and advance progress toward cures for devastating diseases.

If the same technique works in humans, it could have big implications for curing a number of diseases caused by genetic variants.

From Cnet: Backed by tech luminaries, the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, a $ 3 million reward, is being presented to 11 different scientists for their efforts to cure diseases.

The goal of BioFulcrum is to accelerate the discovery of cures for major unsolved diseases by converging scientists, multiple non-profit institutions, and industry partners.

Currently, there is no cure for the debilitating diseases caused by defects in these genes.

LA JOLLA, CA — Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed a way to use patients» own cells to potentially cure sickle cell disease and many other disorders caused by mutations in a gene that helps produce blood hemoglobin.

This new entity speeds the discovery of cures for major diseases by bringing scientists, new research technologies, and industry leaders together to do research that exceeds the capacity of any single laboratory.

«I am humbled to be included among the illustrious scientists who have been honored by the Warren Alpert Foundation for their contributions to the treatment and cure of human disease in its 30 + year history.

Finding a cure for Hodgkins Disease by Funding Clinical Trial Research at Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center through Fundraising efforts.

It was funded by the Consortium for Frontotemporal Dementia Research, Bluefield Project to Cure FTD, National Institutes of Health, UCSF Resource Allocation Program, UCSF Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Chartrand Foundation and Clinical & Science Translational Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Alzheimer's Association, Welch Foundation, and Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation.