His research aims to understand mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies in cancer and
identify potential therapies to overcome that resistance.
Dr. Chen's previous work focused on retinal vascular biology to understand the causes and
identify potential therapies to treat pathologic blood vessel growth in eye diseases, including the wet form of AMD.
With Helmsley funding, CCFA's research consortium is now looking to
identify potential therapies for development by pharmaceutical companies while also conducting a rigorous investigation of the effect of diet on the microbiome and how that might allow patients to alter the course of their illness without taking medications.
«Likely biological link found between Zika virus, microcephaly: Discovery with lab - grown stem cells could be used to
identify potential therapies.»
WGS currently requires significantly more manual analysis, so combining this method with artificial intelligence could help doctors
identify potential therapies from WGS for more patients in less time.
The whole genome and RNA sequencing data were analyzed by a team of bioinformaticians and oncologists at the NYGC as well as a beta version of IBM Watson for Genomics, an automated system for prioritizing somatic variants and
identifying potential therapies.
Not exact matches
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and
potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell
therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other
therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks
identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
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«By
identifying key molecular drivers within these networks, we have been able to determine
potential therapeutic targets that could help us to develop the first pharmacological
therapy for CAVD.»
The study also reinforces the
potential value of brain scans for
identifying and understanding schizophrenia in individual patients, for finding promising new therapeutic approaches, and for helping clinicians track a patient's progress during
therapy.
«This first step in the characterization of the phages already present within the bladder has the
potential to
identify candidates for subsequent phage
therapy clinical studies for urinary symptom treatment.»
The current study was designed to clarify the cellular hierarchy underlying glioblastoma, to
identify epigenetic factors that distinguish glioblastoma stem cells from more differentiated tumor cells and to suggest
potential therapies targeting those factors.
«
Potential targeted
therapy for lung cancer
identified using fly model.»
Despite this new direction for
identifying targets for pharmaceutical interventions against RP, the researchers underscore that gene
therapy still has great
potential and possible benefits, and they are actively pursuing efforts with this approach for several forms of RP.
«By
identifying this unexpected connection between DIXDC1 and LKB1 in certain tumors, we have expanded the
potential patient population that may be good candidates for these
therapies,» adds Goodwin.
By tracking and understanding which host cell pathways are manipulated by these T. gondii proteins, scientists can
identify potential new targets to develop more effective
therapies against highly aggressive solid tumors.
Analyzing more than 120 million patient records and
identifying trends of co-occurrence among hundreds of diseases, they created a unique genetic map that has the
potential to guide researchers and clinicians in diagnosing,
identifying risk factors for and someday developing
therapies against complex diseases.
Professor Moffatt said: «The genes we
identified represent new
potential drug targets for allergic diseases as well as biomarkers that may predict which patients will respond to existing expensive
therapies.»
«This one - two punch of discoveries underscores the critical value of basic science — by uncovering the major cause of CD4 T cell depletion in AIDS, Dr. Greene's lab has been able to
identify a
potential new
therapy for blocking the disease's progression and improving on current antiretroviral medications.»
While the researchers can not yet point to a
potential therapeutic application of their findings,
identifying genetic changes that underlie MND is the first step in finding ways to manipulate these changes using gene
therapy.
The results also indicate the KRAS - variant's
potential to
identify people who will respond differently to
therapies that depend on the immune response.
By
identifying new compounds that selectively block mitochondrial respiration in pathogenic fungi, Whitehead Institute scientists have
identified a
potential antifungal mechanism that could enable combination
therapy with fluconazole, one of today's most commonly prescribed fungal infection treatments.
«We've
identified what leads to this difference in vision loss, and that suggests novel
potential therapies to treat this serious medical problem in children.
And in the clinic, pupils may help diagnose or
identify people at risk for mental illnesses, such as anxiety, or the effectiveness of
potential therapies.
Selectively expressed on GBM and absent on surrounding brain tissue, the interleukin - 13 receptor α chain variant 2 (IL13Rα2) was
identified as a
potential target for
therapy for GBM two decades ago.
They also
identified targets for
potential therapies: bolstering levels of either a particular chaperone or a growth factor in brain cells can protect against the toxic effects of misfolded proteins.
The strategy developed by research teams and development of I - Stem aims to
identify innovative
therapies applicable to rare genetic diseases based on exploring the
potential offered by human pluripotent stem cells.
Michigan Medicine and MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN), have entered into a three - year research alliance to
identify potential new
therapies for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, obesity and related metabolic disorders.
Additional insight into the biology of ER - positive breast cancers, particularly the higher risk luminal B cancers, could aid in
identifying potential targets and new, effective
therapies.
Routine molecular profiling for BRAF and KIT is recommended and may
identify potential targeted
therapy options.
«Contrary to the impression created by the concluding sentences in the summary and discussion sections, this study does not
identify a
potential probiotic
therapy for people with autism and gastrointestinal problems.
The researchers plan to use the mouse models of CAVD to test several
potential drug
therapies they
identified, in the hopes of discovering the first medical treatment for the disease.
RD - Connect bioinformatic tools In addition, RD - Connect has developed several bioinformatic tools to help researchers analyse omics data and
identify targets for
potential therapies.
While stem cell research has enormous
potential to yield new
therapies for other diseases, in most cases, years of research will be required to
identify the diseases that can benefit from stem cell treatments and to figure out how stem cells can be used safely and effectively in those contexts.
After developing and optimizing assays in - house, Gladstone scientists can transfer these assays to the SMDC or other external facilities to perform high - throughput screening with large compound libraries to
identify potential drugs that may lead to
therapies.
She's hoping to better understand the molecules in order to
identify potential biomarkers of the disease, its status, and what
therapies are effective.
Numerous international publications testify to the research group's commitment to
identifying metabolic and molecular pathways as
potential targets for innovative
therapies that combine nutraceutical intervention and physical exercise, for the prevention and treatment of insulin resistance, of diabetes and associated complications.
data and
identify targets for
potential therapies.
By
identifying novel molecular targets and
potential new drugs, this powerful technological structure will contribute significantly to groundbreaking research towards the development of new anti-cancer
therapies.
For
potential hESC - based neural replacement
therapy, it would be useful to
identify compounds that are selectively toxic to proliferating NSCs and not terminally differentiated postmitotic neurons.
This approach has the
potential to
identify individualized optimal
therapy whilst providing cost and time effective options to relevant stakeholders for better health - care delivery.
Their Therapeutic Order ™,
identifies the order in which
therapies should be applied to provide the greatest benefit with the least
potential for damage.
Taken together, these findings support a gut - microbiome - brain connection in ASD and
identify a
potential probiotic
therapy for GI and behavioral symptoms of autism.»
Nutritional
therapy practitioners use a wide range of tools to assess and
identify potential nutritional imbalances and understand how these may contribute to an individual's symptoms and health concerns.
The next step in this project will be two-fold: 1) To define a genetic test to
identify potential affected dogs and, 2) To
identify new
therapies for dogs affected with osteo
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The study questions concluded with respondents» feedback
identifying potential barriers to treatment of using concurrent group
therapy as a treatment modality.
In
therapy,
potential triggers or danger zones that may facilitate addictive behavior can also be
identified and a plan to avoid these triggers developed.
Attending couples
therapy before marriage will help you and your partner
identify potential problems that will come up in the future.
Going to pre-marital
therapy can help
identify potential problem areas in your marriage before they even become an issue.