Sentences with phrase «develop similar therapies»

«We have been working to develop similar therapies for neurodegenerative diseases for many years with some promising results,» said Porteus.

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Because cGVHD has a similar pathophysiology to some autoimmune diseases, it is likely that these findings will be useful for developing new treatments and preventive therapies in other conditions.

Neuroscientists are optimistic that the success of nusinersen may portend similar positive results for antisense therapies now being developed to fight other genetically linked nervous system diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Huntington disease.

But it's still unknown whether the DNA will integrate into chromosomes, says John Polo, a molecular biologist at Chiron Technologies Center for Gene Therapy in San Diego, California, which is developing similar vaccines for HIV and the herpes virus.

The hypersensitivity seen in patients with some anxiety disorders could arise from a faulty ability to distinguish between true signals of danger and similar but less vital stimuli, the Northwestern team speculates, adding that its research could help develop new therapies.

Studies are underway, and similar to the glioma therapy development, I am working to develop clinical trials for brain metastasis, together with medical oncologists Mansoor Saleh, M.D., Andres Forero, M.D., and others at UAB.»

It is commonly thought that bladder cancers that develop after pelvic radiation tend to be aggressive, with high grades and stages, but this study found that the types, grades, and stages of bladder cancer that developed were similar in patients treated with and without radiation therapy.

The treatment is promising enough that research teams around the world are developing similar stem cell therapies that can target and eradicate cancers of the prostate, lung, breast, skin and other tissues.

People with breast cancer or lymphoma were three times as likely to develop heart failure within five years of their cancer diagnosis, and 20 years following cancer treatment were still nearly twice as likely to have been diagnosed with heart failure compared to similar patients who didn't undergo cancer therapy.

Wu added that in this respect, the response generated by a neoantigen vaccine is similar to the new wave of combination therapies, which are showing more promise in treating cancers that typically develop resistance to single drugs.

PPMD recently hosted a webinar focused on understanding the different therapies that are being developed that are commonly referred to as gene therapy, including micro-dystrophin and CRISPR / Cas9, how are they similar and different, and what are the challenges and limitations for each of them.

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