Sentences with phrase «novel treatments for the illness»
In Huntington's disease, mice carrying the pathologic genetic variant of the huntingtin gene are being used to understand how this genetic lesion causes degeneration of striatal neurons and to develop novel treatments for the illness.
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One European student, for instance, contended that Houellebecq's novel demonstrates why medical professionals must reintegrate religion into the treatment of depression and mental illness.
Our research adds important evidence to the increasing literature on oxytocin treatments for mental illnesses, and hints at the advent of a novel, ground - breaking treatment option for patients with anorexia.»
Working under the deadline of a fatal illness, the Odones created a novel treatment for adrenoleukodystrophy, which disrupts fat metabolism, primarily in boys.
Such insights could also have implications for novel treatment opportunities for related psychiatric illnesses.
PTSD is a severe psychiatric illness characterised by four core symptom clusters: re-experiencing, avoidance, negative cognition and mood and hyperarousal.1 With an estimated lifetime prevalence in community samples of up to 8 %, PTSD results in a great deal of personal suffering and escalating social and economic costs.2 Unfortunately, current evidence - based treatments for PTSD leave a high percentage with a significant symptom burden, highlighting the urgent need for novel treatments.