Sentences with phrase «informing disease studies»
«We are informing disease studies in a way that would be very hard to do otherwise,» says Ewan Birney, a bioinformatician at the European Bioinformatics Institute in Hinxton, U.K., who led the ENCODE analysis.
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But it has been disappointing in that the kind of genetic variation it detects has turned out to explain surprisingly little of the genetic links to most diseases... One issue of debate among researchers is whether, despite the prospect of diminishing returns, to continue with the genomewide studies, which cost many millions of dollars apiece, or switch to a new approach like decoding the entire genomes of individual patients.The unexpected impasse also affects companies that offer personal genomic information and that had assumed they could inform customers of their genetic risk for common diseases, based on researchers» discoveries...
Scholnick, a professor at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, built the treadmill to study shrimp's ability to fight off disease, which could inform seafood safety standards.
«In addition, we believe our study design sets an important precedent for other genetic diseases and will help inform discussions of how clinical research can coexist with deep concerns about genetic privacy and patient autonomy.»
Tweets like this also have the potential to spot overall health trends that could inform campaigns and interventions to help treat people with a slew of diseases, Penn researchers discussed in an October 2015 study that included Schwartz and senior author, Raina M. Merchant, MD, MSHP, director of the Social Media and Health Innovation Lab.
It's also a far - reaching and revealing digital «petri dish» to study human behavior that may help predict disease outbreaks, like HIV, and inform public health efforts, as several studies and social media experts have shown over the last few years.
The ability to collect the cells in live form, so they may be studied and used to inform researchers and clinicians as to how to treat a disease — an important step toward personalized medicine
«Inherited, rare skin disease informs treatment of common hair disorders, study finds.»
Although this study represents only a single case, it provides unprecedented detail on the host response to Ebola virus disease and may inform the development of therapeutics designed to boost or accelerate host factors that most effectively counter the virus and promote healing.
Study to better inform research into pneumonia and other infectious diseases receives Gates Foundation funding
By studying how research funding is allocated relative to the global burden of disease, and assessing the outputs and impact of research, the resulting data will be used to better inform future investment decisions.
«Results from our observational study in young adults with normal kidney function may not translate into a clinically meaningful difference and may be insufficient to inform decision - making concerning marijuana use; however, it is possible that the association between marijuana use and kidney function could be different in other populations such as older adults or patients with kidney disease, so additional research is needed,» said Dr. Ishida.
Despite these errors, the study, known as the PACE trial, went on to inform recommendations from such influential bodies as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Mayo Clinic, and the British National Health Service.
For Swanton, «these studies led to the idea that integrating genomics and cell biology could start to inform mechanisms of disease and ways to target those mechanisms with therapies.»
In this program, an array of patient - derived isolates will be studied in mice, and parallel evaluation of immune cell dynamics and cytokine profiles will inform about potential correlates of disease or protection.
Accurate models of mutation rate are also expected to inform disease - gene discovery studies that rely on recurrent de novo mutations.
The study sheds light on the relationship of theta oscillations to human learning and exploration — and it could help inform future research on therapies for patients with memory disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
Founded during the Heartworm Symposium of 1974, the American Heartworm Society aims to further scientific progress in the study of heartworm disease, inform its members of new developments and encourage and help promote effective procedures for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heartworm disease.
The American Heartworm Society aims to further scientific progress in the study of heartworm disease, inform the membership of new developments and encourage and help promote effective procedures for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heartworm disease.
Patients had to fulfil the following criteria: a diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective psychosis, or delusional disorder according to criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd edition, revised11; no evidence of organic brain disease; substance abuse not identified as the primary problem; age between 18 and 65 years; presence of persistent hallucinations or delusions, or both, for a minimum of 6 months and at least 1 month of stabilisation if they had experienced an exacerbation during this period; stable medication; no psychological or family intervention; their responsible medical officer had given permission for them to enter the study; no serious threat of violence towards the assessors; and they had given informed consent to participate.