Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate
how effective a new treatment is by comparing it to standard practice in animals with disease.
Our goal is to develop a comprehensive and quantitative analysis of cell and tissue circuits that will enable researchers to better understand disease and
develop effective new treatments.
Now, an international group of experts, including researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School, is calling for new approaches to clinical trials to
yield effective new treatments for the neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's.
Scientists at MCG say a logical and
effective new treatment target for certain cancers is to block production of the chemical that initiates the call that allows tumor growth.
This means the systems could be used to help predict
how effective new treatments will be in eradicating the virus from liver cells, Bhatia says.
The three two - year projects selected in this initial round will use innovative molecular technologies recently developed at UC San Diego to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of neuropsychiatric disease and leukemia, with the ultimate goal of
developing effective new treatments.
With 3.5 percent of U.S. adults estimated to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) over the course of a given year,
an effective new treatment would mark a mental - health milestone.
«There's an urgent need to save more lives from lung cancer and we hope these findings will one day lead to
effective new treatments to help lung cancer patients and potentially those with other cancer types too.»
The team hope the discovery will lead to
an effective new treatment for the disease, for which there is currently no cure.