Yet only a fraction of owners that have strong bonds with their pets provide them with regular preventive care diagnostic
screenings for common diseases.
Some are at a basic research level, where investigators study genetic variation to identify pathways that can be
targets for common diseases, such as diabetes and common birth defects.
A new study in this week's issue of Nature represents one of the first and highest - profile attempts to do
so for a common disease.
The basis of such a plan begins with regular wellness examinations that include thorough
screenings for common diseases and ailments that could affect your cat's overall health.
So, the press embargo lifted yesterday on our worst - kept secret: we have won a four - year, $ 60 million grant to serve as a Center
for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG).
Many of those variants are also genetic risk
factors for common diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and multiple sclerosis later in life, offering new insight into disease pathology.
The Broad's
Center for Common Disease Genomics will be led by four scientists: Broad director Eric Lander; Mark Daly, co-director of the Broad's Program in Medical and Population Genetics; Stacey Gabriel, director of the Broad's Genomics Platform; and Sekar Kathiresan, director of the Broad's Cardiovascular Disease Initiative.
This high level of care, along with diagnostic
testing for common diseases found in neonates, is offered at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital.
«We believe that understanding genetic risk factors
for the common diseases such as heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes and common cancers will soon become a standard part of modern healthcare.
In the NIH - funded Impact of Personal Genomics (PGen) Study, we surveyed consumers of two U.S. companies that provide personal genetic testing — 23andMe and Pathway Genomics — to determine consumers» reactions to genetic risk information
for common diseases of interest, including heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, and breast, colon, lung, and prostate cancers.
Genome - wide association studies (GWAS) have continuously come up short in identifying specific
genes for common diseases, John Stamatoyannopoulos, associate professor of genome sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine and ENCODE collaborator, said in the briefing.
For the first few months of 2015, my world was consumed by our center's application to the
Centers for Common Disease Genomics program from NHGRI.
But with the exception of AIDS, the pharmaceutical industry hasn't taken much interest in developing
vaccines for common diseases, because they don't expect to make a profit.
General veterinary
care for common diseases and conditions such as infectious diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory problems, etc..
Before vaccinations were
available for common diseases like canine distemper and feline panleukopenia, these diseases spread through neighborhoods like wildfire, often resulting in the deaths of many pets.
Vaccinations for Incoming Pets — All animals that enter the ACS shelter receive their initial vaccinations to help build
immunity for common diseases and to help prevent the spread of those diseases — in the kennels and in the community.
About deCODE genetics deCODE is a biopharmaceutical company applying its discoveries in human genetics to the development of
drugs for common diseases.
Reykjavik, ICELAND, and Basel, SWITZERLAND, October 17, 2003 — deCODE genetics (Nasdaq / Nasdaq Europe: DCGN) and Roche Diagnostics today announced a landmark discovery under their alliance to develop DNA - based diagnostic
tests for common diseases.
Fasting and calorically restricting your body every once in a while will improve certain health markers connected to longevity and a reduced risk
for common diseases of the Western world.
deCODE is unique in that we are the leaders both in the discovery of genetic risk
factors for common diseases and in bringing to market the reference laboratory tests and direct - to - consumer scans that enable individuals and their physicians to put these discoveries to work to better protect their health.
«It was assumed that common variants might be
responsible for common diseases, but many diseases turn out to have many different rare variants at their root,» says James Lupski, a medical geneticist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Components of the GSP are the Centers for Mendelian Genomics (CMG), the
Centers for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG), and the GSP Analysis Centers (GSPAC), with scientific and logistical support provided by the GSP Coordinating Center.
The funding will support two state - of - the - art centers — the Center for Mendelian Genomics (CMG) and the
Center for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG)-- involving scientists from the Broad Institute, in the greater Boston area, and across the world.
Wellness care here at the South Towne Veterinary Hospital include a physical exam, thorough
screenings for common diseases such as heartworm and lymes disease, and important vaccines that will protect your dog or cat from preventable and serious diseases.
Now, as technologies have further evolved, the Broad's Center
for Common Disease Genomics, together with other NHGRI centers, will seek to use whole genome sequencing to create a comprehensive catalog of the genetic variation associated with disease.
She spoke about the importance of obtaining a family health history, gave pointers for talking with family about health and disease, and what family health history can tell you about
risk for common disease (diabetes, hypertension, heart disease).
The new findings could be used to inform precision - medicine approaches that help minimize a person's risk
for common diseases — such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer — by tailoring diet - based prevention and therapy to the specific needs of an individual.
Jonathan Appleby, GSK project leader for the ADA - SCID trial and head of cell and gene therapy at the rare diseases unit, says there are many differences between working on this kind of trial and working with one
for a common disease.
About deCODE deCODE genetics (NASDAQ: DCGN) is a global leader in applying human genetics to develop drugs
for common diseases.
For common diseases, the presence of a high - risk allele may only mildly increase the chance of disease.
Such work has become increasingly important given the expansion of genome - wide association studies identifying genetic risk factors
for common diseases and corresponding efforts to commercialize genetic testing using these markers.
The project is an ongoing series of multi-site randomized controlled clinical trials that provide empirical data to address these ethical, social and translational issues in genetic susceptibility testing
for common diseases.