Sentences with phrase «novel therapies which»

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Lindquist was starting a biotech company called FoldRx Pharmaceuticals Inc., which partly relied on Outeiro's findings to develop novel therapies for protein - misfolding diseases.

They can also be used to create novel disease models from which new drugs and therapies can be developed.

Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) have linked a specific protein to the development of post-viral infection asthma, which is the first step in generating a novel type of asthma therapy designed to prevent development of post-viral asthma in young children.

Meanwhile, his research teams are moving several other novel therapies toward clinical trials, each of which has potential for use in the synergistic model of cancer treatment that Black believes will offer the best hope for his patients.

«While expanding beta cell mass may still be desirable for future diabetes therapy, improving the local environment of the otherwise healthy aged beta cell could prevent age - associated deterioration in glucose homeostasis and thereby promote healthy ageing, which is conceptually novel and highly exciting,» says Per - Olof Berggren.

Dr. Levine directs the Clinical Cell and Vaccine Production Facility (CVPF), which develops, manufactures, and tests novel cell and gene therapies in clinical trials at Penn and collaborating institutions.

«We are currently identifying the genes responsible for generating the DNA tether, which could be promising novel targets for the next generation of cancer therapies.»

Finally, Pollard wants to close the loop by incorporating code - writing approaches, such as genome editing using CRISPR - based approaches and synthetic biology, which are needed to test and validate hypotheses and could also provide novel therapies.

Researchers have identified a novel mechanism by which cells die in Alzheimer's disease, which my aid future therapies targeting cell loss in the brain.

Cell therapy is a novel technology which bears the potential to treat a wide range of human degenerative diseases.

This novel approach, which reveals complex interactions between cells and proteins, can also be used for other diseases to generate new knowledge about the regulation and dysregulation of the immune system, which can eventually give rise to new, improved immunological therapies.

Additionally, this technology could provide a novel research model by which we transplant cells in vivo to study a disease and its progression from the onset, as well as directly test how effective new therapies are.»

However, for the majority targeted therapies in development — and their combinations with current standard therapies — there are still no approved diagnostic tools to determine which patients are most likely to benefit from or be resistant to these novel agents or drug combinations.

He has developed laboratory and animal models of the tumor in its microenvironment, which have allowed for both identification of novel targets and validation of novel targeted therapies.

It includes the Rheumatology Clinical Research Unit, which currently is conducting clinical trials of novel therapies for lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, IgG4 - related systemic disease and osteoarthritis.

In the downstairs gallery, a spectacular array of novel ways of living encompasses nature, culture and the human self in the form of a futuristic garden by the London collective Wayward Plants, a practising potter's studio conceived by the American artist Theaster Gates, and Pedro Reyes» Sanatorium, a functioning wellbeing centre where visitors can experience therapies that include hitting a dummy whose face is a balloon on which you have drawn the face of the person you feel most oppressed by.

Tania Libre approaches this subject in a fascinating and novel way, following a therapy session in which Bruguera and Dr. Frank Ochberg, a pioneer in the study of post-traumatic stress, explore the psychological and physical effects of her interrogations and her family past.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Saved a patient's life (who was showing signs of stroke) by providing immediate medical assistance in the absence of the head nurse • Devised a novel way of keeping patient specimens from becoming contaminated through implementing safe carriage channels • Introduced the concept of preventative maintenance on medical equipment which decreased breakdowns by 75 % • Rehabilitated a stroke victim who had 85 % paralysis on both sides, by providing dedicated physical therapy support over a period of 4 years

New treatments are being tested to tackle the crippling difficulties of vertigo, including a clinical trial of prosthetic ear implants and ear gene therapy, with initial work revealing novel aspects of brain anatomy linked to balance which could be used as targets for future treatments.

According to a 2009 survey, 76 percent of social workers had used at least one «novel unsupported therapy» — the polite term by which psychotherapy researchers mean «pure bunk.»