Sentences with phrase «discoveries about these diseases»

The project's launch featured a prominent ALS patient and research advocate: Pat Quinn, co-founder of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, an initially - derided social media stunt that went on to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for ALS research and may have spurred important new discoveries about the disease's genetic roots.

«Everyone is eager to see the incredible deluge of molecular discoveries about disease translated into prevention, diagnostics, and therapeutics for patients,» said Kathy Hudson, Ph.D., NIH deputy director for science, outreach and policy.

This program has been built upon the notion that progress can be expected only if new discoveries about disease mechanisms are made, which pave the way to the development of better pharmacothearpies and / or prevention strategies.

Although no funds were allocated this year, the bill sets the stage for Minnesota to join several other states, including Wisconsin, that are racing for a claim on research that is expected to propel medicine toward major new treatments and discoveries about disease pathways.

Not exact matches

Some crop — and even human — diseases might be stopped dead in their tracks if researchers can harness a new discovery about how pathogens first infect their hosts

With this discovery, public officials also worked to improve water and sanitation efforts, create drainage systems in densely populated areas, and educate the general public about how the disease is transmitted.

Yet discoveries about bird hearing could hold clues to treating deafness and neurodegenerative diseases.

The journal provides cutting - edge research including results from animal models that are likely to apply to patients, studies in human tissue that provide new information about therapies or disease, and innovative reports of drug discovery and development.

Sukel, however, is quick to caution that although today's studies on the subject of love may indeed explain a thing or two about one's patterns in relationships, they can not serve as an instruction manual any more than DNA discoveries can predict the diseases you will contract.

But recent technological advances and a series of remarkable discoveries in the past two years have provided key clues about how Alzheimer's disease ravages the brain.

A new discovery about the immune system may allow doctors to treat harmful inflammation that damages the brain in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.

These discoveries build upon previous findings about genes linked to Alzheimer's, such as the APOE - 4 gene, which is a powerful marker for late - onset Alzheimer's disease; about 40 percent of those diagnosed have this DNA variant.

Lyme disease is a stealthy, often misdiagnosed disease that was only recognized about 40 years ago, but new discoveries of ticks fossilized in amber show that the bacteria which cause it may have been lurking around for 15 million years — long before any humans walked on Earth.

Companies in the partnership supply compound libraries and drug discovery expertise to the effort, while academic partners contribute knowledge about the disease and facilities for screens and assays.

While the new discovery confirms scientists» ideas about the evolution of disease, the worrying implication is that the same process could cause other virulent strains of cholera to emerge at any time.

What started as the discovery of an unknown disease in Guam has spread to a line of ominous findings about some of our most debilitating conditions and potential toxins lurking in bodies of water around the world.

Australian researchers have made a critical discovery about a gene involved in muscular dystrophy that could lead to future therapies for the currently untreatable disease.

Australian researchers have made a critical discovery about a gene involved in muscular dystrophy that could lead to future therapies for the untreatable disease.

Researchers and doctors are excited about the discovery, as there are no oral therapies approved in Canada for use at this very early stage of the disease.

Although these mutations are relatively rare, their discovery, reported in the January issue of Nature Genetics, could help point the way to other genes behind inherited epilepsies, which are thought to account for about 40 % of all forms of the disease.

Recent years have brought about the discovery of the fundamental contribution of epigenetics to the development of disease.

While microbial forensics holds promise for unraveling disease outbreaks, the FBI's discovery also has political implications: The attacks originated in a U.S. Army lab, a fact that raises questions about security in light of the massive biodefense expansion under the Bush administration.

Researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new computational method to study the function of disease - causing genes, starting with an important new discovery about a gene associated with malaria — one of the biggest global health burdens.

«We didn't realize that was possible, and we think this discovery could change our thinking about not just IBD but other autoimmune disorders and infectious diseases.»

A surprise discovery that overturns decades of thinking about how the body fixes proteins that come unraveled greatly expands opportunities for therapies to prevent diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, which have been linked to the accumulation of improperly folded proteins in the brain.

The discovery of penicillin about 90 years ago and the widespread introduction of antibiotics to combat infectious diseases have revolutionized human medicine.

Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, McGill University, have made important discoveries about a cellular process that occurs during normal brain development and may play an important role in neurodegenerative diseases.

Lee: The most exciting aspect of genetics will always be the discovery of how natural mutation causes disease and in so doing, informing about a basic rule of biology.

Investigating mouse models for biological for research The congress aims to promote the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) mouse lines, importance of mouse phenotyping & clinical and drug discovery collaboration, to present progresses performed by IMPC with regards CRISPR editing genome, rare diseases, microbiota and ageing pipeline, as well as illustration of examples of scientific projects about «Animal models for human diseases» and recent developments in mouse models phenotyping imaging.

About deCODE deCODE is a biopharmaceutical company applying its discoveries in human genetics to the development of diagnostics and drugs for common diseases.

Mammoth hemoglobin, for example, may reveal information about mammalian blood useful to treating human diseases, and potentially the future of human space exploration (such as surviving cold environments); but the mutations that create mammoth hemoglobin need to be brought back to life for such discoveries to happen.

«We are entering an exciting period of discoveries in genetics that may provide new insights about novel disease pathways that can be explored for development of therapies.»

RA is a very unpleasant disease to live with so any discoveries we can make about it are very valuable and could help future researchers develop new, more effective drug therapies.»

PD01A: Promising Animal Efficacy; Initial Human Safety and Hints of Disease Modification At the time of our last post on α - synuclein vaccines, AFFiRiS had published several papers about the AFFITOME immnotherapy discovery platform [8 - 11] and had even begun their first Phase I trial of PD01A, but had kept nearly silent on many of the most elementary aspects of the vaccine.

On the opening day of the biggest ever Huntington's disease therapeutics conference, we heard a lot about studying the complexities of the brain, and the role of the huntingtin protein, still mysterious twenty years after its discovery - but not very much about drugs.

The congress aims to promote the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) mouse lines, importance of mouse phenotyping & clinical and drug discovery collaboration, to present progresses performed by IMPC with regards CRISPR editing genome, rare diseases, microbiota and ageing pipeline, as well as illustration of examples of scientific projects about «Animal models for human diseases» and recent developments in mouse models phenotyping imaging.

At the two - day event, neuroscientists from across the nation gathered at Gladstone to present their discoveries about neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and autism.

About deCODE genetics deCODE is a biopharmaceutical company applying its discoveries in human genetics to the development of drugs for common diseases.

This discovery could affect how we think about drug therapies for Huntington's Disease.

Eric Verdin, MD, made a new discovery about an ancient drug that could lead to alternative treatments for cancer and inflammatory diseases.

In fact, the retired South African scientist who made the discovery, Arnold Christianson, will be one of more than a dozen scientific speakers during the the first - ever, international scientific conference about the disease.

Different strains attack the body in different ways, meaning that discoveries about the parasite often end up being strain - specific, rather than to the disease in general.

Awareness about 2 important publications from IMPC consortium 1 - The analysis of IMPC database that uncovers 360 new human disease models has just been published: Meehan et al., (2017) Disease model discovery from 3,328 gene knockouts by The International Mouse Phenotyping Consdisease models has just been published: Meehan et al., (2017) Disease model discovery from 3,328 gene knockouts by The International Mouse Phenotyping ConsDisease model discovery from 3,328 gene knockouts by The International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium.

About deCODE deCODE is a biopharmaceutical company applying its discoveries in human genetics to the development of drugs and diagnostics for common diseases.

By studying the regenerative capabilities of diverse animals, we are making important discoveries about age - related diseases, including heart disease, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's — even the process of aging itself.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin — Madison have made a surprising and potentially crucial discovery about Alexander disease, a rare and fatal neurological disorder with no known cure.

Their discoveries have provided new ways of thinking about more common neurological disorders, including autism, intellectual disability, and Parkinson's disease, and could lead to better treatments.

«I think uncovering this mechanism is an important basic discovery that could lead to tangible ways of thinking about design of therapeutic approaches for neurodegenerative diseases in the near future,» said Haghighi.

The major significance of the paper is that it resolves the long - standing controversy about the role of α - Syn Lewy bodies in the degeneration of substantia nigra dopamine neurons, thereby sharpening the focus on Lewy bodies as targets for discovery of disease modifying therapy for Parkinson patients.

What about all the new discoveries about the gluten / autoimmune disease connection as promoted by Dr. Tom O'Bryan and discussed at length by scientists around the world at the Gluten Summit?