Past studies looked at large populations of unrelated individuals and came up with long lists of genes that could be categorized as behaving in unusual
ways in a particular disease.
«Overall,» Dr. Schwartz added, «the study underscores the importance of rational drug design, in which drugs are designed to interact with specific molecular pathways
involved in a particular disease.
Whenever researchers ask themselves whether microRNA might play a
role in a particular disease or health problem, these days the answer is almost invariably yes, because microRNAs appear to be everywhere, part of the underlying health of organs and crucial to biochemical cascades we only thought we understood.
In addition, the use of glucosamine / chondroitin products has been suggested, yet there are no current studies that confirm their beneficial
use in this particular disease.
In 2016, Dr. Munro commenced his small animal internal medicine residency at UC Davis, having always had a strong interest in this field,
in particular diseases of the liver, pancreas and gastrointestinal system.
She explored how the innate immune system of animals recognizes invaders,
in particular disease - causing viruses that generate a double - stranded RNA during replication.