Sentences with phrase «identify more effective treatment»

Nevertheless, it does provide excellent sensitivity for identifying multi-drug resistance genes in canines which can help identify more effective treatments should the pet have an infection or any other health condition that requires medication.

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Identifying groups of genes that work together, and then targeting these networks of genes, may lead to more effective treatments.
Therefore finding quicker, more effective ways to identify and diagnose these patients is crucial to help GPs and other clinicians identify or rule out bowel cancer quickly to give people the very best opportunity for successful treatment.
Looking to target a key pathway in order to interfere with the processes that lead to tumor spread, a research team led by Irwin H. Gelman, Ph.D., of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has identified a new suppressor of cancer metastasis that may point the way toward development of more effective treatments for prostate cancers and other malignant solid tumors.
Identifying changes in the mitochondrial DNA in PPN cholinergic neurons has the potential to allow the development of more effective treatments targeted to specific cell - types.
«We have effective screening tests for several cancers, which allow physicians and other health - care providers to identify the disease at an earlier stage — often before symptoms surface — when treatment is more likely to result in a cure,» said senior author of the report and IPHI Director Kenneth W. Kizer.
«In addition to developing a consistent and integrated system for identifying, triaging, and treating people, more evidence - based research is needed to determine which treatments are most effective,» said Dr. North, who is a member of the emergency medicine's section on homeland security at UT Southwestern and director of the Program in Trauma and Disaster at the VA North Texas Health Care System.
But in the meantime, it would help if we could identify who won't benefit from standard treatment, so we can spare them the debilitating effects of chemotherapy and get them into clinical trials for experimental therapies that might be more effective
The hope is we can identify a faster, more effective, more long - lasting treatment.
Most importantly for individuals with FOP, the study identifies HIF - 1α as a therapeutic target — knowledge that will likely contribute to the development of more effective treatments for FOP and related common disorders of heterotopic ossification.
«At Exeter we are already developing specific psychological therapies, running clinical trials of novel drug approaches and using - cutting edge genetic techniques to identify new targets for safe and effective therapies and to allow us to use current treatments in a more focussed way.»
«This could help revolutionize cardiology research by improving the ability to efficiently discover, design, develop and deliver new therapies for the treatment of heart disease, and by providing more efficient screening tools to identify and prevent cardiac side effects, ultimately leading to safer and more effective treatments for patients suffering from heart disease.»
In future, it may be possible to measure BCR - ABL levels in individual cells in the clinic — this will help us identify the resistant high BCR - ABL cells and better understand how patients develop resistance to imatinib treatment with the aim of combatting this resistance to make response more durable and the treatment more effective
The findings could lead to more effective treatments and ways to identify those most at risk of developing the cancer.
«The sooner we are able to identify early markers for autism, the more effective our treatment interventions can be.»
This personalized medicine approach may be further enhanced by molecular or genetic testing of your cancer, which can help identify treatments that are more effective and / or less toxic.
deCODE's genetic research is aimed at identifying the genetic factors involved, as a means of identifying new drug and diagnostic targets that can target the underlying cause of disease and point the way towards more effective treatment and prevention strategies.
«With the two countries working together,» said Öngür, «we will be more effective in identifying causes and developing treatments for psychiatric illness in an effort to have a positive global impact.»
Once you identify the problem and effective treatments you will feel a lot more capable about dealing with it.
These funds will be used in research to try to identify the genetic factors that would enable the development of a genetic marker based risk test for our Yorkshire Terriers along with developing a more effective treatment.
Developmental disorders, including intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders, affect individuals worldwide, and account for more than 0.4 % of all disability - adjusted life years.5 Although effective comprehensive treatment programmes have been identified, 6 — 8 provision of these interventions requires significant resource output.9, 10 Given that a majority of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders reside in low - resource settings, the scale up of such resource - intensive programmes is challenging.
However, for both child abuse and parent stress, the average effect sizes were not different from zero, suggesting a lack of evidence for effects in these areas.108 Earlier meta - analytic reviews have also noted the lack of sizable effects in preventing child maltreatment — again citing the different intensity of surveillance of families in the treatment versus control groups as an explanation (though the authors did report that home visiting was associated with an approximately 25 percent reduction in the rate of childhood injuries).109 Another review focusing on the quality of the home environment also found evidence for a significant overall effect of home - visiting programs.110 More recently, Harriet MacMillan and colleagues published a review of interventions to prevent child maltreatment, and identified the Nurse - Family Partnership and Early Start programs as the most effective with regard to preventing maltreatment and childhood injuries.
As play therapists learn more about brain development, brain organization, and the impact of trauma we are better able to identify play therapy interventions likely to be effective treatment options.
As treatment progresses, a trained couples therapist navigates the process of understanding the cycles couples get stuck in and identifies what needs to change to have a more effective and positive connection.
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