Sentences with phrase «majority of human diseases»

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On the other hand, the techniques of postcivilization also offer us the possibility of a society in which the major sources of human misery have been eliminated, a society in which there will be no war, poverty, or disease, and in which a large majority of human beings will be able to live out their lives in relative freedom from most of the ills which now oppress a major part of mankind.

He added that the existence of episodic memory in lower animals has implications for research on human diseases that affect memory, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, since the majority of research on the brain — and the drugs used to treat memory diseases and dementia — start out based on insights into how the brain works in rats.

It's now possible to not only model disease using the cells, but also to compare iPSCs from humans to those of our closest living relatives --- great apes, with which we share a majority of genes --- for insight into what molecular and cellular features make us human.

«It is now clear that common risk variants fail to explain the vast majority of genetic heritability for any human disease,» they wrote in an essay, arguing that many of the hundreds of GWAS findings to date «stem from factors other than a true association with disease risk.»

A mixture of the four protected mice against the 12 strains responsible for the majority of GBS disease in humans.

Since they confer regulation on the majority of human genes, it is not surprising that microRNAs are involved in numerous biological processes, including cardiovascular, immunological, neurodegenerative, and psychiatric diseases and cancer.

She beat the disease and is now working with the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation to educate women about human papillomavirus (HPV)-- a group of viruses that cause the vast majority of cervical cancer cases — and the importance of regular Pap tests to screen for cervical cancer.

«In terms of human research, studies suggesting a strong link between cruciferous vegetables and thyroid disease are limited... The vast majority of the research supports the consumption of cruciferous vegetables to prevent thyroid cancer.»

However, to the VAST majority of humans who are not fiendishly burning them up every day, excess carbohydrates cause obesity, increased bad cholesterols and triglycerides, cardiac disease, strokes and cancers.

OK, so maybe not the cause of ALL illness, but I would argue that this problem is the root of the majority of the chronic diseases that afflict humans and domesticated animals alike in our modern society.

The majority of cases of HCM in humans are recognised to have a genetic basis, with over 130 genetic mutations already identified that may cause or predispose an individual to development of the disease.

However, as in the case with every disease of humans and animals, the majority of these new medications will be found to not be helpful.

The vast majority of transmissible diseases are preventable by practicing good hygiene, such as washing your hands after handling an animal and avoiding cleaning animal cages, bowls and litter trays in the same areas where human food is prepared.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease seen in humans too, and in the majority of human cases there is an inherited genetic disorder.

The current thinking is that the majority of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD) cases has no clear cause and is lumped into idiopathic cystitis or interstitial cystitis (borrowed from human medicine).

The majority of known human infectious diseases are «zoonotic,» meaning they are shared with animals.