Sentences with phrase «for debilitating diseases»
Currently, there is no cure for the debilitating diseases caused by defects in these genes.
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Dr. Garabet Yeretssian is the Program Director for the Helmsley Charitable Trust's Crohn's Disease Program, which aspires to improve the quality of life for patients and find better therapeutic and prevention strategies for these debilitating diseases.
In their pursuit of cures for debilitating diseases, Gladstone scientists are approaching precision medicine from new angles, researching the microbiome and protein networks that are critical for human biology.
As we fight to find a permanent treatment for this debilitating disease, we must support programs such as MedicAlert ® + Safe Return ® that help victims and their loved ones survive the day - to - day obstacles,» said Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester).
The technique could provide potential Alzheimer's sufferers and their families with several years of advance warning, allowing them to prepare for the debilitating disease while delaying its arrival with diet and exercise.
Results of the study, published today (19 March) in Nature Genetics, could open the door to new targeted therapies for this debilitating disease in the future.
Amy was only 12 when her dad was diagnosed with MS.. Now that she's a world - famous comic, actress, writer, and producer, she's doing everything she can to raise awareness and funds for the debilitating disease.
That's a lot of people who are at risk for a debilitating disease.
Chief among this group is a dying writer, played by Jeremy Irons, who becomes something of a mentor, silently lusting after her and seemingly in as much pain for having to enjoy her love vicariously as for his debilitating disease.
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«If we determine that our [treatment] can prevent or delay the onset of symptoms in healthy yet high - risk populations, this would represent a tremendous breakthrough for those that may face this debilitating disease.»
As Americans live longer, debilitating diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's are rising, making the need for long - term care vital.
While a race for the cure is on, what can millions of Americans do today to prevent the onset of this debilitating disease?
Lowering risk for these debilitating, possibly fatal, diseases is benefit enough.
About a dozen conditions are eligible for treatment, including, according to the State Health Department, «severe and debilitating» forms of cancer, HIV, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy.
Findings could trigger new therapies for cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and other debilitating diseases, including the subject of the feature film Lorenzo's Oil
Senator Bernie Sanders (I — VT) has said he believes stem - cell research «represents an exciting and promising line of research that could provide treatments and cures for many debilitating diseases.»
«This is a big step forward for early - stage detection of arthritis that will help start treatment early and prevent painful and debilitating disease.»
The country documented 476 cases of the debilitating birth defect from January 31 to November 12, researchers note December 9 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For example, this approach may hasten drug development for debilitating conditions such as the neurodegenerative disease ALS (Lou Gehrig's diseasFor example, this approach may hasten drug development for debilitating conditions such as the neurodegenerative disease ALS (Lou Gehrig's diseasfor debilitating conditions such as the neurodegenerative disease ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease).
A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida is using breakthrough gene - editing technology to develop a new screening tool for Parkinson's disease, a debilitating degenerative disorder of the nervous system.
«Previous bacterial infection increases risk of newly - diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome: Identifying trigger will hopefully help future development of targeted therapy for patients suffering from this debilitating disease.»
The disease can be debilitating and although a number of interventions exist, many only work for a certain time before they fail to prevent or relieve pain.
By pairing a receptor that targets neurons with a molecule that degrades the main component of Alzheimer's plaques, the biologists were able to substantially dissolve these plaques in mice brains and human brain tissue, offering a potential mechanism for treating the debilitating disease, as well as other conditions that involve either the brain or the eyes.
British newspapers reported this weekend that Ian Wilmut, the University of Edinburgh biologist who led the team that in 1997 cloned Dolly the sheep, is getting out of the cloning business in light of the new findings, which seem to offer researchers a likely new source of stem cell lines for basic research that could one day lead to new treatments and perhaps cures for spinal injuries, diabetes and debilitating disorders such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
This is a particularly debilitating disease, for which there is currently no treatment.
She said: «Identifying a fault in Complex I, one of the building blocks of mitochondria which is responsible for causing disease combined with our custom gene capture and the latest sequencing technology means we can screen many more genes to diagnose this debilitating disease.
Our hope, however, is that ketone ester supplementation will also hold benefits for people who are suffering from debilitating metabolic and neurological diseases by improving energy availability,» said Andrew J. Murray, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, England.
Dr. Yasuyoshi Watanabe, who led the study at RIKEN, stated, «We plan to continue research following this exciting discovery in order to develop objective tests for CFS / ME and ultimately ways to cure and prevent this debilitating disease.»
It does makes me feel good to know that some pharmaceutical companies and doctors are working hard for the first time ever to collaborate with patient advocates to improve quality of care for those suffering from this debilitating disease.
Although there remains no cure for Alzheimer's, researchers hope that testing potential drugs or therapies prior to mental decline will prove to be more successful than previous attempts at finding the most effective treatment in the battle against the debilitating disease.
«Our work will help us understand the underlying mechanisms and etiology for these debilitating human diseases.»
«Hopefully this means that we are one step closer to therapies and treatments for a number of debilitating human diseases.»
Popcorn's dark side A 53 - year - old Colorado man who ate two bags of microwaved popcorn daily for 10 years apparently developed bronchiolitis obliterans, aka popcorn worker's lung, a debilitating disease previously seen only in popcorn factory workers.
«Our findings regarding TTR's involvement in JIA point to a potential treatment — encouraging news for children with this debilitating disease,» said study leader Laura Santambrogio, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology, of microbiology & immunology, and of orthopaedic surgery at Einstein.
These diseases are debilitating and involve extremely high costs to the patients, who may need to undergo dialysis, and to the health care system, for recurring hospital admissions due to additional complications.
But we're focusing on brittle bone disease first because it's particularly debilitating and because there are so few other options for those kids.»
«The research is really to prevent the chronic debilitating diseases of aging,» says Nir Barzilai, a molecular geneticist and director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
A drug called PBT2, developed by Australian company Prana Biotechnology, appears to improve cognitive abilities in patients with early - stage Alzheimer's disease and reduce protein buildup blamed for the debilitating neurological disorder, researchers report in The Lancet Neurology.
«New treatment offers hope for children with debilitating skin and muscle disease: Patients who have failed multiple drug treatments show significant improvements.»
For instance, autonomous vehicles could eventually prevent tens of thousands of road deaths; optogenetics — using genetic engineering and light to manipulate brain cell activity — could help cure or manage debilitating neurological diseases; and materials like graphene could ensure more people than ever have access to cheap clean water.
«Developing new therapies to treat this debilitating and fatal disease is a major priority for our research team, together with Professor Steve Vucic at the Motor Neuron Disease Clinic at Westmead Hodisease is a major priority for our research team, together with Professor Steve Vucic at the Motor Neuron Disease Clinic at Westmead HoDisease Clinic at Westmead Hospital.
Advocacy Award: Shelley Ross and the Cure Alliance — Shelley Ross is President of The Cure Alliance, a non-profit group of top scientists, researchers, medical doctors and innovators, plus those who support their efforts to end suffering by developing cures for chronic, debilitating and fatal diseases.
The FDA approves the first oral drug for treating interstitial cystitis (a debilitating urinary bladder disease), called Elmiron (pentosan polysulfate sodium).
This year's Action Award honorees include global leaders in the fight to end cancer as we know it; a world leader in advancing the emerging field of regenerative medicine and game - changing cell therapy medical treatments; the president of a non-profit group focused on developing cures for chronic, debilitating and fatal diseases; a sickle cell and stem cell advocate and founder / science administrator of the Axis Advocacy; and the founding director of the Institute for Integrated Cell - Material Sciences (iCeMS) at Japan's Kyoto University.
The findings have the potential to change how patients are treated for debilitating, inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases with a genetic component, such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome.
We understand that, for so many patients suffering with a debilitating rare disease, there are no approved treatments.
This «humanized» mouse is susceptible to human liver infections and responds to human drug treatments, providing a new way to test novel therapies for debilitating human liver diseases and other diseases with liver involvement such as malaria.
The scientists were originally studying fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a rare disease in which muscles, tendons, and ligaments turn into bone — a debilitating process for which the disease is called «stone man syndrome.»
For more than a decade, Steve Stice has dedicated his research using embryonic stem cells to improving the lives of people with degenerative diseases and debilitating injuries.
«It is our hope that emerging technologies and future studies will expand on our work, and ultimately lead to safe, targeted, and cost - effective therapies that markedly improve visual outcomes and quality of life for patients suffering from these debilitating eye diseases.»