Sentences with phrase «into particular diseases»

«When we look at grant programs... the key is not the amount of the grant to begin with, but what we are getting for the taxpayer dollars,» he said, adding that he has supported research into particular diseases.

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In particular, much of our Division's past research has focused on vaccine studies and investigations into the cause of Kawasaki disease.

The new results call for a re-examination of neuronal functionalities beyond the traditional framework and, in particular, for an examination into the origin of degenerative diseases.

And it launched its first two phase I trials without announcing what diseases they targeted — a decision Bancel attributes to fears that financial markets would prematurely pigeonhole the company into a particular field.

«Use of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology» — which involves taking skin cells from patients and reprogramming them into embryonic - like stem cells capable of turning into other specific cell types relevant for studying a particular disease — «makes it possible to model dementias that affect people later in life,» says senior study author Catherine Verfaillie of KU Leuven.

From a human perspective, depending on the particular process, they are either beneficial — e.g. if they break down pollutants or convert nutrients into energy — or harmful, especially if they cause diseases.

«Someday, thanks to studies like this one, we'll get to the top of the mountain and convert this particular cancer into a chronic disease — something that patients can live with, controlled by medication.»

Researchers now have to figure out how those particular genetic abnormalities play into the disease, he says, and potentially use them to design therapies.

«The immune system gets fooled into activating this particular immune defense, and it causes harm,» says Niranjan Bhat, an infectious disease physician at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Maryland, who was not part of the research.

IRDiRC looks forward to welcoming more members, in particular from regions that are currently under - represented, ensuring their vital voice, experience and input are integrated into global rare diseases research agenda, bringing diagnostics and therapies to patients globally.

In particular, Dr. Akassoglou has investigated how a blood protein called fibrinogen can seep into the brain and spinal cord to cause neurodegenerative diseases.

Over her career, Professor Goldstein, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, has undertaken internationally recognised research into the neuropsychological and broader psychological consequences of neurological disorders and their comorbidities, with particular reference to motor neurone disease.

Our science is organised into five scientific Programmes, each defining a major area of research with a particular biological, disease or analytic focus.

Any or all of these, we think, will give us great new insight into the disease, into whether patients are progressing and in particular into whether they're responding to new candidate therapies that we're beginning to test in our patients.

To overcome these hurdles, Bhatia and her team reprogrammed human skin cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)-- embryonic - like stem cells capable of turning into other specific cell types relevant for studying a particular disease.

Dr. Tom Cowan brings some surprising data to light that puts into question the cause and treatments of cardiovascular disease, and heart attacks, in particular.

Recent research into a field of science called nutrigenomics makes it safe and easy to use a simple home kit to examine your genes for the presence of particular variants that predispose you to weakness in detoxification, Vitamin D metabolism, antioxidant processing, other nutrient imbalances and certain conditions, such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

The vaccination plan for your pet should take into consideration not only the compulsory vaccines, but also vaccines against particular viruses or parasites that are known to infest your area or diseases that the breed of your dog is more vulnerable to.

They tend take into account the unique circumstances of that particular dog, as well as what's leading to the illness or disease.

Dr. Alan Nixon is the director of the Comparative Orthopaedics Laboratory at the Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine, a laboratory dedicated to research into orthopedic diseases of animals and humans, with a particular interest in equine and human athletes.

Factors such as geographic location, lifestyle, travel and how often your pet comes into contact with other animals determines your pet's risk of exposure to particular diseases.

In summary, this work has 1) demonstrated that canine derived antibody fragments that bind to VEGF can be isolated from libraries using simple panning techniques; and 2) optimized sophisticated techniques (surface plasmon resonance) that we can now use to determine whether antibody fragments interact with molecules of interest and can inhibit particular molecular interactions in vitro prior to their translation into patients with diseases such as hemangiosarcoma.

If your pup doesn't come into contact with wildlife on a regular basis or you live in an area where the disease isn't considered common, your vet may not recommend the leptospirosis vaccines for your particular pooch.

While sometimes dog diseases and particular canine cancer have other causes, it is worth looking into the ingredients in your dog food, and understanding the brand and how the company's factory manufactures that food.

Students gain insight into why certain drugs are prescribed for particular disease states.