Sentences with phrase «currently incurable disease»
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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).
The disease, which is one of our most common neurological conditions, is currently incurable, although its symptoms can be alleviated.
Obiang speaks of his hopes that scientists will find therapies for diseases, such as AIDS, that are currently seen as 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.
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.
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.
As a result, they are a key therapeutic resource for currently incurable conditions, such as heart failure, Parkinson's disease, and blindness.
«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.
It focuses mainly on diseases that are currently incurable.