Sentences with phrase «major public health challenges from»

deCODE is a global leader in gene discovery — our population approach and resources have enabled us to isolate key genes contributing to major public health challenges from cardiovascular disease to cancer, genes that are providing us with drug targets rooted in the basic biology of disease.

deCODE has identified key variations in the sequence of the genome conferring increased risk of major public health challenges from cardiovascular disease to cancer, and employs its gene discovery engine to develop DNA - based tests to assess individual risk of common diseases; to license its tests and intellectual property to partners; and to provide comprehensive, leading - edge contract services to companies and research institutions around the globe.

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Problems resulting from these deficiencies — such as blindness, anemia and death, particularly among children and women — are a major public health challenge,» said Dr. Saurabh Mehta, associate professor of global health, epidemiology and nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, and a senior author on this new research.

«Today is World Sight Day and Brien Holden Vision Institute is calling on the world — from governments and health agencies, to civil society, parents and schools — to protect the eye health of every child and adult and meet this major public health challenge of our time,» said Professor Kovin Naidoo, Acting CEO, Brien Holden Vision Institute.

The same staff and facility also process deCODE's DNA - based reference laboratory tests for gauging individual risk of major public health challenges ranging from heart attack to breast cancer, as well as the company's pioneering deCODEme ™ scans, the world's first personal genome analysis and focused disease area scans.

The increasing market power of tobacco companies is identified as an important public health challenge in a major new report on the economics of tobacco control, from the US National Cancer... Read more

Adolescence is characterized by major biological, psychological and social challenges and opportunities, where interaction between the individual and environment is intense, and developmental pathways are set in motion or become established.2 — 4 Furthermore, adolescent psychopathology can have important consequences for education, relationships and socioeconomic achievement in later life.5 — 7 These characteristics of adolescence do not only set high demands for cohort studies aiming to capture the most salient aspects of developmental pathways, they also ensure a great gain in empirical knowledge and an invaluable source of information for public health policy from such studies.