Sentences with phrase «health discoveries for»

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Entrepreneurs with ideas for health - related businesses typically devise their business plans based on discoveries they made in medical laboratories, or problems they needed to solve in their own jobs (say in hospital administration).

The Mettrum discovery was made recently, when a random screening of the company's products by Health Canada turned up the unauthorized use of pyrethrin, a pesticide derived from the chrysanthemum plant that is also not approved for medical cannabis.

About MaRS Innovation MaRS Innovation is the commercialization agent for Ontario's exceptional discovery pipeline from 15 leading academic institutions, including Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), MaRS Discovery District, Mount Sinai Hospital, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, St. Michael's Hospital, Ryerson University, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital and York University.

MaRS Innovation (MI) and the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) are pleased to announce that they have entered into an agreement to collaborate on projects of mutual interest with a goal to advance and commercialize early - stage health - related discoveries.

For example, we've seen new discoveries in health care recently, especially in immuno - oncology therapies, which help the immune systems of cancer patients recognize and destroy cancerous cells.

Health care companies have also continued to expand their research and development efforts, resulting in innovative discoveries as well as cures and treatments for many diseases.

The discovery of one's personal prophetic ministry as a Christian is a very good thing for one's mental health, as well as for one's church and community.

(17) Jung believed that the discovery of adequate meaning is essential for human growth and health.

For the science geek in everyone, Live Science offers a fascinating window into the natural and technological world, delivering comprehensive and compelling news and analysis on everything from dinosaur discoveries, archaeological finds and amazing animals to health, innovation and wearable technology.

The discovery of novel health effects of bioactive compounds will provide the scientific basis for future efforts to use biotechnology to modify / fortify foods and food components as a means to improve public health.

The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology & Health APPPAH's mission is to educate professionals and the public about, and advocate for, the life - changing discoveries made in the area of prenatal and perinatal psychology and hHealth APPPAH's mission is to educate professionals and the public about, and advocate for, the life - changing discoveries made in the area of prenatal and perinatal psychology and healthhealth.

The discovery of vitamins» importance to human growth and health as well as the awareness of the foods that contained them created a paradigm shift of sorts for the medical community.

The State Commissioner for Health, Atolagbe Alege announced the discovery at press conference in his office on Friday.

The State Commissioner for Health, Atolagbe Alege announced the discovery...

That's the message from an analysis conducted for New Scientist showing how new discoveries in genetics change the assessments by personal genomics firms of an individual's health risks.

«Our ground - breaking discovery that bacteria and fungi both play a critical role in health and disease has tremendous implications not only for understanding the disease process, but also for development of potentially life changing treatments for those who suffer from chronic digestive diseases,» concluded Dr Ghannoum.

By chemically removing the gut microbiome in zebrafish in the lab and then repopulating the gut with two to three bacterial species, University of Oregon biologist Karen Guillemin has shown that certain microbes are especially skilled at suppressing the host immune system and preventing inflammation — a discovery she thinks may have implications for human health.

This discovery is important for maternal health and for our efforts to develop preventive measures to minimize miscarriages, which are a big health problem for women in the affected areas of Africa.»

Lilly is a global health care leader that unites caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world.

The incidents included inadvertent shipments of live anthrax samples at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta and the Department of Defense, and the discovery of old vials of live smallpox on the campus of the National Institutes of Health.

«With the availability of more and more data analytics in health care, it's the right time to use data to direct the investments of drug discovery and biomedical research for the common good,» said the study's first author, Lixia Yao, PhD, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Health care, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies use the high - quality and scientifically accurate 2D and 3D animations, illustrations, and Web - enabled content to explain their scientific discoveries to their clients at medical symposiums, for internal communications, and as marketing materials.

«This latest finding provides a concise and direct synthesis pathway that, due to the structure of the products delivered, will likely be quite valuable for the discovery and development of therapeutic agents,» says Micalizio, whose work focuses on the design of organic chemical reaction methods and strategies to improve medicine and human health.

Hooker and Van de Bittner note, however, that the tool also has tremendous potential for research applications, particularly for drug discovery in smell - loss therapy and in understanding the relationships between olfactory neuron health and brain health more generally.

Thomas Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania, wrote in an e-mail to ScienceInsider that he is not aware of any other such discoveries: «My colleagues and I... can't recall other times with finds like this.

«The discovery of small interfering RNAs just got the Nobel Prize in Medicine this year, and now building off that is the possibility of helping millions affected by this major health problem,» says Stephen Rose, chief research officer for the Foundation Fighting Blindness.

«This year's Nobel Laureates have been studying this fundamental problem and solved the mystery of how an inner clock in most of our cells in our bodies can anticipate daily fluctuations between night and day to optimize our behavior and physiology... since the paradigm shifting discoveries by Hall, Rosbash and Young, circadian biology has developed into a highly dynamic research field with vast implications for our health and well - being.»

By 2010, the nation will be able to host 15 world - class biomedical sciences companies and will become the region's hub for biomedical sciences activities, including drug discovery and development, clinical research, and health care delivery.

It also connects Kaiser Permanente's research scientists to one of the most extensive collections of longitudinal medical data available, facilitating studies and important medical discoveries that shape the future of health and care delivery for patients and the medical community.

The discovery of hormones that apparently control life span, or some aspect of agerelated diseases in worms and mice, hints at a general biological mechanism for health and longevity that extends beyond any single organism.

That report was prepared by an international group of experts including Stanley Prusiner, who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of prions, and another prion expert, Paul Brown, formerly of the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Now, translational research has emerged as a field in its own right, aided in large part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap for Medical Research, a collection of initiatives that prioritize efforts to shepherd biomedical discoveries into clinical application.

The discovery was a surprise finding for investigators Lori Altmann, an associate professor of speech, language and hearing sciences at the College of Public Health and Health Professions, and Chris Hass, an associate professor of applied physiology and kinesiology in the College of Health and Human Performance.

Jumping into the fray of a controversial topic, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues released a report this afternoon on how to handle incidental findings, discoveries about an individual's DNA and other health - related information that show up while hunting for something else.

The discovery of cells» ultra-sensitivity for mechanical property of their environment is crucial to understanding basic physiological processes that underlie embryo development, tumor metastasis, wound healing and many other aspects of human health and disease.

Because microRNAs help control processes throughout the body, this discovery has wide - ranging implications for development, health and disease, including cancer, the entry point for this research.

For several years, Collins and former National Institutes of Health director Harold Varmus have tried to persuade PTO leaders they should not grant patents on simple gene discoveries.

Dr Louise Wain, Associate Professor in Genetic Epidemiology who led the team of analysts at the University of Leicester added: «The research shows the value of the UK Biobank study and of «big data» for making discoveries that will improve health.

Medical writers also write about research discoveries for medical journals, Web sites, newsletters, magazines, newspapers, and any other medium that includes coverage of health and medical issues.

«Expanded access to these drafts can dramatically accelerate the pace of discovery, and, in turn, our understanding of health and disease,» wrote neuroscientist Cori Bargmann, president of Science for CZI in Palo Alto, California, in a Facebook post.

This discovery opens a fresh path for the rational development of new therapeutics and identifies metabolomics as a powerful tool to identify the chemical differences that contribute to health and disease.

The discovery of the gene for DMD in 1987 fuelled interest in screening newborns for the disease, and state health authorities decided to test every newborn boy for the Duchenne gene as a matter of routine and without the explicit consent of the parents.

As for the Wellcome Trust, it's an unabashed supporter of basic science, usually through research grants or infrastructure support to academic scientists, but the charity wanted to better translate discoveries into health benefits to the developing world.

In order to most rapidly realize the value of genetics for human health, deCODE is currently partnering with life sciences companies to accelerate their target discovery, validation, and prioritization efforts, yielding improved patient stratification for clinical trials and essential companion diagnostics.

«This new ranking underscores the worldwide impact of TSRI scientists, who share a common goal of improving public health through scientific discovery, and, importantly, improving the way we make those discoveries,» said Jamie Williamson, TSRI's Executive Vice President for Research and Academic Affairs.

Either way, the lack of momentum around this issue is a problem, since it's clear that the faster tissue engineering and other biotech discoveries move, the faster we will be able to extend health for everyone.

Gene encoding FLAP also confers risk for stroke; discovery pinpoints common biological mechanism underlying two of the world's biggest public health challenges

GigaGen partners with leading academic and biopharmaceutical researchers to advance antibody - driven drug discovery and development programs for cancer, immune deficiency and other serious health conditions.

The Alpert Prize recognizes researchers for basic discoveries that promise to improve human health.

Included among the numerous recipients of Mr. Sanford's gifts, that total more than one billion dollars, are: the Edith Sanford Foundation for Breast Cancer that was created in 2012 by a gift of $ 100 million in honor of Mr. Sanford's mother who died of breast cancer when he was four years old; the Sioux Valley Hospitals and Health System, which renamed itself Sanford Health in 2007, in recognition of a $ 400 million gift; a $ 125 million gift in 2014 to establish Sanford Imagenetics, a program that will integrate genomic medicine into primary care for adults; the University of California San Diego which received a $ 100 million gift for the creation of the Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center in 2013 to accelerate the translation of stem cell research discoveries by advancing clinical trials and patient therapies; the Burnham Institute for Medical Research that received a $ 50 million gift in 2010, and recognized its appreciation for both this and a 2008 gift of $ 20 million to the Sanford Center for Childhood Disease research at Burnham by then changing its name to Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute; a $ 70 million gift to establish a particle physics laboratory named the Sanford Underground Research Facility; and the San Diego Consortium for Regenerative Medicine which received a gift of $ 30 million in 2008 and expressed its gratitude by renaming itself the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine.