Because of the ease with which the CRISPR / Cas9 system can be applied, it has quickly become a robust tool for generating accurate genetic disease models in the laboratory and for
identifying novel therapeutic targets in the clinic.
Not exact matches
Further exploration of the TCA cycle, using metabolomics, may
identify novel therapeutic targets for CKD and
in turn may help us evaluate the effects of promising interventions.»
The resulting data are being combined
in a systems biology approach with high - resolution clinical phenotyping and findings obtained with a large array of established and
novel in vitro, ex vivo and
in vivo disease models to
identify disease - associated genetic variants, disease - defining molecular signatures, and potential
targets for
therapeutic intervention.
We are looking at the role of complement proteins
in inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis, to
identify novel therapeutic targets.
Our group has 3 major goals: Develop
novel therapeutic approaches based on centrosomal clustering To further develop our first prototype inhibitors of centrosomal clustering preclinically and to establish a robust and specific high throughput small molecule screen Discover key events
in myeloma pathogenesis To investigate the pivotal transition from the pre-malignant, asymptomatic to malignant, symptomatic stages of plasma cell dyscrasias
in order to understand the pathophysiology and thereby
identify novel targets Translate small molecule therapeutics from bench to clinical trials To evaluate
novel agents
in the preclinical setting and to initiate early phase clinical trials
in hematologic malignancies with focus on multiple myeloma
Mapping the epigenome will allow Vijay and his team to zoom
in on those genes with the greatest likelihood to contribute to disease, and the cell types
in which they act, and therefore will help
identify novel therapeutic targets.
His research focuses on studying the role that SUMOylation (a protein modification pathway) plays
in Huntington's disease, with hopes of
targeting the SUMO pathway to
identify novel therapeutic targets.
The results of our studies should
identify potential mechanisms underlying the white matter abnormalities seen
in many degenerative diseases, and may reveal
novel therapeutic targets for regenerative medicine.
«We believe the use of this index
in future studies may help
identify novel therapeutic targets against cancer,» Dr. Noushmehr said.
Our goal is to
identify novel therapeutic targets and participate
in both preclinical and clinical studies of new drugs and other interventions.
This study
identified 1,317 distinct genes found to be knocked out
in humans; many of these genes (e.g., APOC3, PLA2G7, LPA) are being pursued as
therapeutic targets, whereas many others are
novel genes of unknown function.
To translate advances
in our understanding of molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis and tumor progression into
novel therapeutic strategies.With primary focus on lung cancer, melanoma, and lymphoma / leukemia, we will use the strength of
in - depth molecular and phenotypic characterization of tumor heterogeneity to
identify new
targets and translate those into new
therapeutic opportunities.