Sentences with phrase «developing diagnostic tools»

«We're trying to figure ways to identify the fragment of alpha - myosin heavy chain that is different, because that could aid in developing diagnostic tools and therapies,» says Dr. Lipes.

For now, they don't have a clue about the virus's origins or why it's suddenly causing an outbreak; in order to speed up the process, they want to share the virus and protocols for detecting it with anyone interested in studying the disease or developing diagnostic tools and vaccines.

We are calling for more research into asthma, particularly into improving and developing diagnostic tools so that people can be diagnosed and treated quickly and effectively.»

The paper offers evidence - based suggestions, which grew out of the study, for developing diagnostic tools and interventions to enhance language and cognitive development.

Projects have included developing diagnostic tools for the Zika virus, programming autonomous robots, attempting to develop biofuels, and identifying wine varieties based on their chemical makeup.

And what that means, says Joe Panetta, CEO of the biotech association Biocom, is that those same startups will be able to develop diagnostic tools and therapeutic drugs that target those specific mutations.

Research educator Tim Riedel works with a student in the University of Texas at Austin's Freshman Research Initiative on developing a diagnostic tool for malaria, Zika virus and more.

She is currently investigating whether the findings could help develop diagnostic tools to determine — even before a baby has uttered his first «real» word — if he may encounter linguistic problems in the future.

«We still have a long way to go, but our goal is to have a thorough understanding of gene regulatory programs so we can use that knowledge to treat cancer and develop diagnostic tools.»

However, this situation could change as a result of research at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), where scientists have developed the diagnostic tools that are being used to advance an improved and integrated understanding of plasma - based synthesis — a widely used but poorly understood tool for creating nanostructures.

Our aim is to develop diagnostic tools that detect the effectiveness of treatment for an individual at any stage of their cancer journey.

If the researchers can pinpoint early signs of IBD and predict who might get sick, they could help develop diagnostic tools and find treatments to address the cause of the disease.

If the researchers can pinpoint early signs of IBD and predict who might get sick, they could help develop diagnostic tools and find treatments to address the cause of disease.

With this information, Roche plans to develop diagnostic tools and to initiate a drug discovery program with the goal of creating specific therapies to prevent or treat this chronic disease.

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Second, they are using machine learning analysis of the records to develop new diagnostic tools.

Andrew's primary responsibility at RA Capital is to evaluate public and private investments in companies developing drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, and research tools, with a focus on new company formation.

MaRS client Rna Diagnostics Inc., a molecular diagnostics company developing tools to assist in the management of cancer chemotherapy, today announces that it has appointed Dr. Harry D. Bear to its Clinical Advisory Board.

NantOmics, part of the NantHealth family, is developing a medical diagnostic tool for cancer patients.

NantOmics, which is developing a medical diagnostic tool for cancer patients and part of the aforementioned NantHealth, received the largest investment within the subsector in a $ 150 million round.

Engineers at Cablevey developed the mini-HD inspection camera as a diagnostic tool to be used during a preventative maintenance cycle so that operators can inspect empty tubular drag systems and verify that conveyors are installed correctly.

Washington is the Plantwise Programme Executive at CABI and he spoke about a plant pest and disease diagnostic tool which is in use in many developing countries in Africa.

In response to this need, companies such as the Head Case Company have developed a reliable helmet shock sensor designed to measure and record impact, send out alerts, and provides information and diagnostic tools to help with concussion detection.

Together we can raise awareness, fight stigma, develop new treatments and diagnostic tools, and achieve our mission of transforming children's lives.

In a recent publication, CDI's technology was also used to develop an autoantibody profile for neuropsychiatric lupus (2), a valuable diagnostic tool for a disease that typically lacks clear clinical signs.

Other approaches like this will certainly help to develop new diagnostic tools applicable to other diseases.

Public health scientists often aspire to socially relevant work, such as identifying the cause of an outbreak or developing a new diagnostic tool for monitoring the health of the population.

Faculty at the FMEL are collaborating with other universities and organizations to improve our understanding of host - vector - Zika virus interactions and develop new diagnostic tools for the detection of this virus.

«We want to implement the tools for cotton diagnostics by working with engineers to develop a very sensitive probe, perhaps like a doctor would use for diagnosing diabetes in humans,» Shan said.

Antibodies to nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) were largely ZIKV - specific and were used to develop a serological diagnostic tool.

Indeed, Oliva says; «Human cognitive and computational neuroscience is a fast - growing area of research, and knowledge about how the human brain is able to see, hear, feel, think, remember, and predict is mandatory to develop better diagnostic tools, to repair the brain, and to make sure it develops well.»

«This opens the possibility of developing more advanced diagnostic tools for diseases in which amyloid beta and tau are involved,» says Peter Nilsson, professor at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Duke researchers in genomics and precision medicine have spent the past decade exploring strategies for differentiating bacterial and viral infections with the goal of developing cost - effective diagnostic tools doctors could use in their offices.

Important diagnostic tools, such as the x-ray, were developed, and hospitals were becoming the accepted place to go for medical treatment.

«This rapid, simple, cost - effective and minimally invasive technique could be further developed into a personalized diagnostic tool that would assess disease status based on an individual's molecular composition and allow for personalized diagnosis and drug management.

The researchers are also working to develop nanoscale energy harvesting, microfluidics - based portable kits for rapid medical diagnostics, and microfluidic tools to deepen our understanding of the physiological dynamics of living systems.

The consortium will oversee the development and delivery of the cameras, and take the lead in supporting the UK solar physics community in their use of DKIST by providing a set of processing tools for DKIST data, synthetic observations to validate diagnostic approaches, and support for developing observing proposals.

The Broad Institute seeks to describe all the molecular components of life and their connections; discover the molecular basis of major human diseases; develop effective new approaches to diagnostics and therapeutics; and disseminate discoveries, tools, methods, and data openly to the entire scientific community.

«The diagnostic platform developed by our team has provided a high - performing, low - cost tool that can work in remote locations,» notes Dr. Keith Pardee, the lead author of the study.

Where research uncovers possible mechanisms for disease, those working in drug discovery can use these data to develop novel diagnostic or monitoring tools, to develop therapies that address the biological pathways concerned, or to develop companion diagnostics to ensure that new — or existing — therapies are targeted at the correct subgroup of patients.

The Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research (THOR) conducts cancer research to develop and make available novel diagnostic tools, targeted therapies and clinical trials for direct use in patient care.

Roche intends to use this information to develop second generation diagnostic tools and new treatments that will help patients maintain normal insulin responsiveness.

I want to develop low - cost diagnostic tools to screen males for potential fertility.

«More studies are warranted to confirm the deleterious effect of antibiotic use in large prospective trials and to develop novel diagnostic tools based on gut microbiota in cancer patients, to predict response / resistance to ICIs and identify the key microbiota signatures for each tumor site,» the researchers wrote.

The cross-license enables Caribou to develop and utilize CRISPR - Cas technology for product development in multiple fields including human and animal therapeutics, diagnostics, industrial biotechnology, research tools, and certain agriculture segments.

The research group headed by Mats Nilsson, professor of Biochemistry / molecular diagnostics at Stockholm University, has since the beginning of year 2000 developed new diagnostic tools based on analysis of genetic information (DNA and RNA) in cells and in body fluids.

The overall goal of this research is to provide new insight into the function and dysfunction of human neural cell populations in aging and neurological disorders, such as LOAD, and to identify mechanisms and molecules that can be translated to developing and testing novel diagnostic tools and therapeutics.

On the other hand, it will be easier to develop new diagnostic tools based one existing knowledge.

«Our goal at QBI is to help make precision medicine a reality by using quantitative research tools to understand the underlying biology behind different disease states, and then to use that knowledge to develop novel diagnostics and therapies and put them into the hands of clinicians,» said Krogan.

In 1994 he founded Definiens, a company dedicated to developing advanced processing tools for maximizing the information that can be gathered from images, with particular use for applications in medical diagnostics.

«At Penn State Hershey, an important cancer research focus is to develop molecular diagnostic tools that are tailored to individuals using a personalized medicine approach,» said Dr. Daniel A. Notterman, vice dean for research and graduate studies, Penn State College of Medicine and associate vice president for health sciences research, Penn State.