Sentences with phrase «much of this translational research»

Kay and Schultz say they plan to form alliances with Calibr and other institutes to ease the path for Scripps faculty to do much of this translational research in house.

Not exact matches

«It's a dramatic increase in lifespan of animal models, as much as 25 percent,» said Leyuan Liu, PhD, assistant professor at the Texas A&M Institute of Biosciences and Technology's Center for Translational Cancer Research.

If the two methods independently come up with genes that are interconnected, «it would be a much more powerful way of prioritizing» what to study next, says computational biologist Michael Bittner of the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.

«Because of this, the Core promotes interdisciplinary and translational research in behavioral neuroscience on a much broader scale, bringing researchers closer to better treatments for neurological and psychiatric diseases.»

Patients with Alzheimer's disease, Fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, and autism are particularly susceptible to seizures, 12 and the focus of much research at the Waisman Center of Developmental Disabilities has been on the myriad ways drugs, diet and genetic manipulation can affect amyloid beta levels, seizure threshold and behavioral phenotypes.13 In an editorial entitled «Concocting the Right Diet for Brain Health» published December 2011 in Translational Medicine, Dr. Westmark expressed concern about the risks of soy: «The prevailing view is soy is healthy, but much remains to be learned regarding its effects on brain development and function.»