Sentences with phrase «example of a particular disease»

In practice, this means that each animal is seen as a unique individual in our Chattanooga animal hospital, rather than an example of a particular disease.

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Traditionally, scientists doing similar work would try to link particular foods to particular diseases; for example, it has been believed for a long time that high - fiber foods reduce the risk of colon cancer, whereas saturated fats increase the risk of heart disease.

Rennie: Right, there are a lot of very practical applications for being able to track, for example, which types of mosquitoes are carrying a particular disease; lots of different applications in medicine and agriculture that come out of this.

In this dream, we can use genetics to program living organisms: «if condition A is met, then do action B.» To give a near - term example, bacteria might produce a medicinal protein only in the presence of indicators of a particular disease.

To narrow down the number of chemical compounds that could be potential drug candidates, scientists utilize computer models that can predict how a particular chemical compound might interact with a biological target of interest — for example, a key protein that might be involved with a disease process.

For example, if it turned out that you were losing ganglion cells that responded to motion early in the disease, then you can imagine designing visual field tests that would detect motion in particular and tell us whether or not people were losing certain kinds of ganglion cells long before pressure increases or holes in their visual field would show up.

Below we explore some of the key ethical and social considerations, as well as legal and policy considerations, that are relevant to host genomic discoveries, followed by particular examples of ELSI issues that may arise if we apply genomic discoveries to four specific infectious diseases that differ in a number of ELSI - relevant characteristics (Table1).

For example, if you or any of your first - degree family members — parents, siblings, and children — have an autoimmune disease or autoimmune thyroid problems such as Hashimoto's disease or Graves» disease in particular — your children face an increased risk of developing an autoimmune thyroid condition, as well as other autoimmune diseases.

For example, poorly - bred Dalmatians can be unilaterally or bi-laterally deaf; Newfoundlands can have heart problems; Basenjis are susceptible to Fanconi syndrome, a kidney disease; Akitas and Poodles are among a handful of breeds susceptible to sebaceous adenitis, a skin disease; Collies may have Collie eye anomaly; toy breeds are susceptible to patellar luxation (slipping kneecaps); and some breeds have a higher frequency of particular types of cancer.

If you go with dry food, make sure your cat has plenty of fresh water to drink; if your cat has particular needs (if he's a breed that's particularly at - risk for kidney disease, for example), it's again best to talk to your vet for personalized recommendations.