Sentences with phrase «of therapeutic research»

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Analysts point to three main therapeutic areas — cancer, central nervous system disorders (such as Alzheimer's, depression and pain), and cardiovascular disease — as core strengths of Canada's biopharmaceutical research industry.

Other charities that have benefited from the organization include healthcare outsourcing platform Watsi; The Water Project; the Electronic Frontier Foundation digital - rights activism group; MAPS, an organization that studies therapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs and marijuana; the medical nonprofit SENS Research Foundation; and charity: water.

There is significant preliminary research supporting the potential therapeutic value of CBD, and while it is not yet sufficient to support drug approval, it highlights the need for rigorous clinical research in this area.

There are a variety of reasons for this gap in understanding: The time gap between discovery research and the translation of that discovery into a therapeutic or a commercial product can take decades, and public and political attention spans are short; the natural human inclination is to pay more attention to things that don't work rather than things that do.

The internist is equipped to treat the physiological problems and administer Antabuse; the psychologist is trained to do testing through which the alcoholic's therapeutic needs can be evaluated, and he may be trained to do research and psychotherapy; the psychiatrist, being a medical doctor like the internist, can prescribe medication, but his unique skills are in the area of individual and group therapy and their relationship to drug therapies; the social worker may be trained to help the alcoholic work through his marital and vocational problems and do group as well as individual therapy; the social worker may also work with spouses; the pastoral counselor is specially equipped by training to help the alcoholic with his «spiritual» problems as these relate to his sobriety and his interpersonal relationships; he may also be trained to do group and marital counseling; 40.

Some feminists who have no problem with the creation or research use of «excess» IVF embryos adamantly oppose «therapeutic» cloning for ESCR.

Attempts have been made to bridge this divide by proposing alternative sources of embryonic stem cells for research and therapeutic purposes.

Some of the traditional psychoanalytic methods for opening up blocked communication between the unconscious and the conscious mind, e.g., free association and analyzing the transference neurosis, are unnecessarily time - consuming and expensive and their therapeutic effectiveness does not seem to be confirmed by empirical research evidence.

Research findings reported by Charles Truax and Robert Carkhuff show that the therapeutic triad — empathic understanding, positive regard, and congruence — are highly correlated with constructive change in therapy whatever the conceptual orientation of the therapist.

Four motifs in Rogers» approach to counseling and therapy represent continuing contributions to the psychotherapeutic enterprise — his growth orientation; his emphasis on listening responsively and acceptingly to clients; his awareness that the emotional quality of the therapeutic relationship is the key to whether or not it nurtures growth; and his commitment to subjecting the therapeutic process and outcome to careful research.

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Dr. Peter Molan of Waikato University in New Zealand started a research team over 20 years ago with the main purpose of finding the difference between regular honey and a special type of Manuka Honey considered by many to have therapeutic qualities.

She believes her research will give great value to a product that up to this time has been simply a waste product, the coconut residue, but which in fact has great therapeutic value at the fraction of the cost of expensive western medicines.

Dr. Janaki Gooneratne, the head of Food Technology at the Industrial Technology Institute in Sri Lanka, conducted the research while analyzing the therapeutic value of coconut residue products in relation to heart disease.

Inspiring, empowering, respectful, and kind, Julie's leadership of The Gottman Institute has made it possible to identify and integrate the expertise of her staff, therapists, and the wider research and therapeutic community.

While the therapeutic boarding schools in Georgia are a good place to begin researching, there are also a variety of options available further from home that might be a healthier fit.

Although you are likely to begin your research process with therapeutic boarding schools in Connecticut, we want to encourage you to explore all of your options.

There is a growing body of research that supports the therapeutic benefits.

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Additionally, she is the creator of several therapeutic board games, and her most recent interest is as a certified Lego ® Serious Play ® facilitator which she utilizes in play therapy supervision, consulting with corporate partners and in her research.

As parents begin to research their options, the two types of facilities that come up regularly are residential treatment centers and therapeutic boarding schools.

There are hopes in the medical community that stem cell research and therapeutic cloning will facilitate organ cloning and enable the replacement of damaged cells with healthy ones for sufferers of degenerative diseases.

In November 2001, scientists from Advanced Cell Technologies, a biotechnology company in Massachusetts, announced that they had cloned the first human embryos for the purpose of advancing therapeutic research.

New York City Councilman Antonio Olivieri, who died of cancer in 1980 at age 39, had lobbied for state medical marijuana use for therapeutic research.

Against the backdrop of the nation's largest Veterans Day parade, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this month he'd sign legislation making New York the latest in a fast - rising tide of states to OK therapeutic pot as a PTSD treatment, though it's illegal under federal law and doesn't boast extensive, conclusive medical research.

The Forum on Human Germline Interventions, organized by AAAS, convened a multi-disciplinary group of scientists, ethicists, and theologians to participate in discussions regarding scientific freedom and responsibility issues; the history and status of religious involvement; ethical and theological issues; therapeutic vs. enhancement applications; and setting policy and developing guidelines on human germline research and applications.

As an MSL, one of your key responsibilities is to build rapport with KOLs in various therapeutic research areas.

A cross-functional team of senior scientific leaders then identifies research projects across a number of therapeutic areas that would be appropriate for the postdocs to perform.

A research group headed by Gustavo Turecki, professor of psychiatry at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, recently used the platform to show that miRNAs can be used as prognostic markers for therapeutic responses to an antidepressant medication in patients with major depressive disorder (3).

As his research progressed, Goodman continued to consider therapeutic applications, and in the late 1990s, he and his colleagues decided that neuroscience might finally be capable of supporting a biotech company.

Therapeutic applications are undoubtedly one of the most attractive and tangible fruits of the frequently drawn - out and frustrating research process.

Of approximately 300 staff at the Center for Therapeutic Research, only nine postdocs and students are conducting basic research; the rest work in drug discovery and deveResearch, only nine postdocs and students are conducting basic research; the rest work in drug discovery and deveresearch; the rest work in drug discovery and development.

Schering - Plough, for example, merged two of its California research facilities in 2005 to create a new unit in Palo Alto that focuses on monoclonal antibodies and other therapeutic proteins.

Richard Hargreaves, executive director of imaging at Merck Research Laboratories, says, «Nuclear imaging using radiotracers gives the opportunity to put your arms around proof - of - concept very early in a drug discovery and development program by focusing the selection of doses to study on those proven to deliver enough drug to the target therapeutic sites.»

At a handful of sites across the country, after a four - decade hiatus, psychedelic research is undergoing a quiet renaissance, thanks to scientists like Charles Grob who are revisiting the powerful mind - altering drugs of the 1960s in hopes of making them part of our therapeutic arsenal.

«The basic research nature of my work made it possible to publish without infringing on any other work, such as the development of [therapeutic] molecules.»

«Targeting the drivers of aging and senescent cells may be a novel therapeutic strategy to reduce hepatic steatosis and liver fibrosis in ALD patients,» commented co-author Gianfranco Alpini, PhD, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medical Physiology at Texas A&M College of Medicine, Senior Research Scientist at Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, and Director of the BSW DDRC.

With the realization of possible therapeutic benefits of psychedelics to reduce anxiety and chronic pain, however, the societal taboos against scientific research on their neurobiology have somewhat relaxed.

This study is among several funded under a public - private partnership established in 2008 between NICHD and the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, a division of Mars Inc., to establish a human - animal interaction research program to support studies relevant to child development, health, and the therapeutic use of animals.

Ongoing epidemiological and genomic surveillance is imperative to identify viral determinants of transmission dynamics, monitor viral changes and adaptation, ensure accurate diagnosis, guide research on therapeutic targets, and refine public health strategies.

Other UT Southwestern faculty members who contributed to this research are: Dr. Boning Gao, Assistant Professor with the Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research and Pharmacology; Dr. Kimmo Hatanpaa, Associate Professor of Pathology; Dr. Kemp Kernstine, Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and holder of the Robert Tucker Hayes Foundation Distinguished Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Dr. Yang Xie, Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences and Bioinformatics; Dr. Hong Zhu, Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences and with the Simmons Cancer Center; Dr. Farjana Fattah, Assistant Professor with the Simmons Cancer Center and Pathology; Dr. Masaya Takahashi, Associate Professor with the Advanced Imaging Research and Radiology; Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology; Dr. Sandeep Burma, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology; and Dr. Jonathan Dowell, Professor of Internal Mresearch are: Dr. Boning Gao, Assistant Professor with the Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research and Pharmacology; Dr. Kimmo Hatanpaa, Associate Professor of Pathology; Dr. Kemp Kernstine, Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and holder of the Robert Tucker Hayes Foundation Distinguished Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Dr. Yang Xie, Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences and Bioinformatics; Dr. Hong Zhu, Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences and with the Simmons Cancer Center; Dr. Farjana Fattah, Assistant Professor with the Simmons Cancer Center and Pathology; Dr. Masaya Takahashi, Associate Professor with the Advanced Imaging Research and Radiology; Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology; Dr. Sandeep Burma, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology; and Dr. Jonathan Dowell, Professor of Internal MResearch and Pharmacology; Dr. Kimmo Hatanpaa, Associate Professor of Pathology; Dr. Kemp Kernstine, Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and holder of the Robert Tucker Hayes Foundation Distinguished Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Dr. Yang Xie, Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences and Bioinformatics; Dr. Hong Zhu, Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences and with the Simmons Cancer Center; Dr. Farjana Fattah, Assistant Professor with the Simmons Cancer Center and Pathology; Dr. Masaya Takahashi, Associate Professor with the Advanced Imaging Research and Radiology; Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology; Dr. Sandeep Burma, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology; and Dr. Jonathan Dowell, Professor of Internal MResearch and Radiology; Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology; Dr. Sandeep Burma, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology; and Dr. Jonathan Dowell, Professor of Internal Medicine;

These newest discoveries are so early that they won't enter the therapeutic arsenal without a wealth of additional research.

He himself will be involved in the hiring decisions for a yet - to - be-determined number of computational biologists for the in - progress move of Pfizer's therapeutic research divisions to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Until now, EGFR inhibitors have only been effective at treating the 10 to 15 percent of non-small cell lung cancers that have a variant of EGFR, but the two - drug combo could potentially work for all non-small cell lung cancers, explained Dr. John Minna, Director of the Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research and Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology.

But in the future, this new line of research may offer a therapeutic approach for kids with Prader - Willi, Langouet says.

The research, led by researchers from the Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), contributes to increase the knowledge about this complex and multi-factor inflammatory disease and opens doors to the development of new therapeutic strresearch, led by researchers from the Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), contributes to increase the knowledge about this complex and multi-factor inflammatory disease and opens doors to the development of new therapeutic strResearch Institute (IDIBELL), contributes to increase the knowledge about this complex and multi-factor inflammatory disease and opens doors to the development of new therapeutic strategies.

«This research is a proof - of - concept study showing that blocking this single critical enzyme delivers a desirable therapeutic benefit.

«Using approved therapies for one condition to treat another, or drug repurposing, offers new avenues to speed Parkinson's therapeutic development,» said Dr Brian Fiske, senior vice president of research programs at MJFF.

Researchers from the «Angiogenesis signaling pathways» research group of the Institute of Biomedical Investigation of Bellvitge (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Mariona Graupera, have unveiled the potential therapeutic benefit of a selective inhibitior of the PI3 - kinase (PI3K) protein in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs).

Research teams focused on both cutaneous and uveal melanoma are fast - tracking discoveries into the clinical setting, and bringing novel therapeutic options to patients in the Philadelphia region,» said Karen Knudsen, Director of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center.