Sentences with phrase «modeling drug side»

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In order to test their hypothesis in a model that more closely mimicked human disease, the researchers also tested the two drugs side - by - side on slices of tumors removed from patients during radical prostatectomy.

Researchers then used these predictive models to understand — at the metabolic level — why some individuals experienced side effects to ribavirin, a drug used to treat hepatitis C, while other individuals did not.

The ultimate goal is a liver cell model, researchers said, because the liver is where the majority of drugs are metabolized and where many drug side effects are manifested.

A: The traditional model is about looking at the benefits and risks of the drug as it relates to the person who is taking it, and weighing the outcomes versus the side effects.

«If scientists want to test drugs for dementia, Alzheimer's or autism, ideal models would react similarly to humans in regards to the reduction of symptoms, outbreak of side effects, such as enduring the same lesions as humans do, or exhibiting similar behavioral characteristics,» said Latham, who's with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and an MSU AgBioResearch scientist.

Researchers developed a computer model of a human heart to study whether certain drugs will help treat an abnormal heartbeat, or cause serious side effects

Without a model, the ability to evaluate potential novel therapeutics as well as possible side effects of new drugs has been limited.

Principal Investigator Riccardo Barrile will speak about using Organ - Chips to model thrombosis, or the clotting of blood, which can be a side effect of some drugs.

The Client Information Sheet, modeled after similar drug information sheets included with many human drugs, was to provide pet owners with easily understandable information about the potential side - effects and what to do if side - effects occur.