Sentences with phrase «currently incurable»

Home to a quarter of the world's animal and plant species — with so many more species yet to be identified — I'd also discover the pricelessness of its rich ecosystems rife with flora and fauna that could potentially solve our world's food and energy shortages and currently incurable diseases.

Regardless of the age of onset, both conditions are currently incurable.

It focuses mainly on diseases that are currently incurable.

«CIRM was created to help develop stem cell treatments for diseases that are currently incurable with traditional approaches,» C. Randal Mills president and CEO of the stem cell agency, said in an agency statement.

As a result, they are a key therapeutic resource for currently incurable conditions, such as heart failure, Parkinson's disease, and blindness.

Unfortunately, the amyloidoses are currently incurable, and there is an urgent need for less invasive diagnostics.

If genetic modification of skin cells can generate millions of stem cells then we have a real chance of understanding currently incurable disease such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and motor neuron disease.

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.

Luca Santarelli, Global Head of Roche Neuroscience, said: «We found the science behind this programme very compelling, with the potential to help treat a currently incurable condition.

Luca Santarelli, head of neuroscience at the Basel - headquartered giant, said «we found the science behind this programme very compelling, with the potential to help treat a currently incurable condition».

This new tool is now used in molecular biology laboratories around the world, and has the potential to revolutionize medicine by paving the way to finding new forms of treatment for currently incurable diseases.

If the inaugural meeting of the Clinical Research Working Group is any indication, some of the brightest minds on campus are ready to begin leveraging their intellectual capital and energy to find solutions to complex health - related problems and currently incurable diseases.

STEVE: The big problem that a lot of third - world nations have [with habitat destruction] is currently incurable.

These neurons are also affected by spinal cord injury and involved in Friedreich's ataxia, a devastating and currently incurable neurodegenerative disease that largely strikes children.

The disease, which is one of our most common neurological conditions, is currently incurable, although its symptoms can be alleviated.

Both are currently incurable.

«It is our hope that the results of this study provide a footing for further advancement of personalized, cell - based treatments for currently incurable and devastating neurological disorders.»

Federoff believes that this vaccine approach might work to treat people who contract variant Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (vCJD), a currently incurable human form of prion disease, related to mad cow disease (BSE).

Why is it that I still seem deaf to the pleadings of amputees who would like their fingers, arms or legs back, to those who have physically lost eyes or ears, to the horribly burned and to all others who ail from patently visible and currently incurable maladies?

Not exact matches

A new therapeutic approach tested by a team from Maisonneuve - Rosemont Hospital (CIUSSS - EST, Montreal) and the University of Montreal gives promising results for the treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow currently considered incurable with conventional chemotherapy and for which the average life expectancy is about 6 or 7 years.

This confirms our assumption that the suppression of the aggregation of proteins represents a promising therapeutic approach for a large number of neurodegenerative disorders that are currently still incurable,» says Hartl, summarizing the results of the study.

Obiang speaks of his hopes that scientists will find therapies for diseases, such as AIDS, that are currently seen as incurable.

It is often diagnosed in a late stage, after the cancer has spread to other organs, making it incurable to currently available treatment options.

Inspired by that gift, a team of Fred Hutch scientists is developing breakthrough treatments with one goal: to create a new class of drugs that effectively cures diseases that are currently considered incurable.

Allen can currently be seen in Fading Gigolo, playing a genteel pimp to John Turturro's middle - aged sex worker and incurable romantic.