Sentences with phrase «of untreatable»

The bacteria that cause gonorrhea are evolving faster than we can develop effective antibiotics against them, and a return to the era of untreatable gonorrhea could see a rise in the particularly nasty complications that arise from a long - term gonorrheal infection, such as pelvic inflammatory disease and epididymitis.

Nevertheless, the possibility that we can reduce symptoms of untreatable neurological disorders through modifying dietary composition is quite incredible; that a ketogenic diet may benefit physical and cognitive performance in healthy individuals is an even more tantalizing idea.

Mitochondrial defects are often observed in a variety of diseases, including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease, and are the hallmarks of a number of untreatable genetic mitochondrial disorders whose manifestations range from muscle weakness to organ failure.

It's another sign that an era of untreatable bacterial infections is inching closer.

Most causes of untreatable blindness occur due to loss of the millions of light sensitive photoreceptor cells that line the retina, similar to the pixels in a digital camera.

Because infected patients need to be isolated quickly to avoid spreading infections, the failure to identify antibiotic - resistant pathogens is increasing the risk of untreatable outbreaks, microbiologists argue.

First they sealed one eye, essentially instigating a case of untreatable lazy eye in an adult animal.

A disaster is looming in Cambodia and the rest of the Greater Mekong subregion: A deadly malaria parasite has become resistant to both drugs used in the so - called artemisinin combination therapy, raising the specter of untreatable malaria.

The emergence of this MDR parasite is raising the specter of untreatable malaria in the Mekong region and perhaps beyond.

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Francis is not the first to suggest this; Megan McArdle, for one, floated the idea last year when writing about the advent of seemingly untreatable STDs.

Untreatable STDs sound like the stuff of a nightmarish sexual education class (like the scene in Mean Girls: «if you touch each other, you will get chlamydia, and die»), but the CDC seems to consider their development fairly likely.

There is knowledge to be gained by such studies, of course, but it hardly makes for the sort of case embryo - research advocates were advancing just a few years ago — with its miracle cures and treatments for the untreatable.

Following their detailed assessment, they agreed with the conclusions of the Alder Hey team that Alfie's condition was effectively untreatable.

Fortunately, with newer methods of treatment (remotivation, for example), some persons who had been regarded as «hopeless» or «untreatable» for years are now responding.

So he made a resolution never to embrace them as essential to his identity or accept them as permanent or untreatable — a resolution he has kept practically alone, without the support of community, family, or friends.

Over the past few decades, the overuse and misuse of antibiotics has been slowly and steadily creating pockets of «superbugs»: antibiotic - resistant bacteria that can cause untreatable infections.

Suffering from bouts of depression - which he was convinced were the result of CTE - and terrified at the thought of a future living with an untreatable neurodegenerative disease, Ewen committed suicide at age 49.

How, asked the authors - three researchers at Vanderbilt and an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - did an athlete with treatable depression come to believe that he had an untreatable condition and commit suicide?

Suffering from bouts of depression, which he was convinced were the result of CTE, and terrified at the thought of a future living with an untreatable neurodegenerative disease, Ewen committed suicide at age 49.

He asked Shah whether the Cuomo Administration plan would allow for distribution of an oil based derivative, known as Charlotte's Web, which is used in many other states for a previously untreatable form of severe epilepsy.

In her letter, the chief medical officer said: «Gonorrhoea is at risk of becoming an untreatable disease due to the continuing emergence of antimicrobial resistance.»

He asked Shah whether the Cuomo administration plan would allow for distribution of an oil based derivative, known as Charlotte's Web, which is used in many other states for a previously untreatable form of severe epilepsy.

Public health officials worry in particular about untreatable strains of antibiotic - resistant gonorrhea on the rise worldwide.

The advent of therapies for genetic conditions considered untreatable could change the way we approach them.

This inherited condition remains untreatable despite decades of attempts to develop therapies.

A powerful variety of E. coli reached American shores, and a Nevada woman died of an infection untreatable by available antibiotics.

Untreatable depression is on the rise, hinting at fundamental flaws in our understanding of the illness.

The tissue engineering technique could someday help restore the voices of patients with otherwise untreatable vocal disorders, although more testing must be done

Some of these people have vision problems caused by currently untreatable diseases, he notes, but others simply because they can not afford or do not have access to relatively simple fixes such as surgery to remove cataracts (clouding of eye lenses).

An Indian clinic's claim of totally untreatable TB ignited public fears, but experts say poor disease management is the real threat

Gonorrhea, once a minor illness, is developing resistance to the last category of drugs that still works against it and could become untreatable

We recognize the importance of research in developing effective remedies for incurable and untreatable diseases and the great value of contributing to the bank of scientific knowledge.

The 206 patients in the study shared a number of characteristics, including stable, untreatable, age - related macular degeneration in both eyes with visual acuity no better than 20/80 but no worse than 20/800, along with good peripheral vision.

«This may be a first step to finally improving the prognosis of this seemingly untreatable disease,» said Dr. Monje.

The one for Huntington's disease — a purely genetic disorder that is both deadly and untreatable — is an example of what we can safely call a mistaken gene to which we should owe no allegiance.

For example, creative problem - solving AI could someday make snap decisions that save the lives of the passengers in a self - driving car if its sensors fail, or propose unconventional combinations of chemical compounds that lead to new drugs for previously untreatable diseases.

«Statin may slow untreatable, progressive stage of multiple sclerosis.»

Results of a phase 2 study published in The Lancet suggest that simvastatin, a cheap cholesterol lowering drug, might be a potential treatment option for the secondary progressive, or chronic, stage of multiple sclerosis (MS), which is currently untreatable.

«It gives us scientific evidence that the concept of uterus transplantation can be used to treat uterine factor infertility, which up to now has remained the last untreatable form of female infertility.

In a long - awaited success for gene therapy, a research team from the University of Pennsylvania restored sight to two patients suffering from Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), a previously untreatable form of blindness.

In recent clinical trials, CAR T cell therapy has dramatically improved the outcomes of blood cancer patients with advanced, otherwise untreatable forms of leukemia and lymphoma.

Researchers have identified the cause of chronic, and currently untreatable, pain in those with amputations and severe nerve damage, as well as a potential treatment which relies on engineering instead of drugs.

While many of these fade over time, more severe types such as keloids and scars from burns are largely untreatable.

Around the world bacteria are developing new strategies that render them resistant to antibiotics, resulting in an increasing number of patients dying from untreatable infections.

Sarah Heilshorn uses new methods to try to heal brain and spine injuries once thought of as untreatable.

The newfound protein might eventually help patients who suffer from the untreatable prion diseases: When the group mixed their artificial protein fragment with a fragment of the PrP protein that usually kills neurons in petri dishes, the mixture killed only half as many cells as the prion fragment alone.

Researchers report that a slow - release version of the compound reverses diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), an untreatable condition that can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer.

New immune system - boosting cancer drugs have in clinical trials saved the lives of many people with seemingly untreatable melanoma or lung cancer, but the drugs seem useless against colon cancer.

Ahead of us now is the major task of exploring the potential of new drug targets, so that hopefully we can prevent the number of people with untreatable infections from escalating further,» says Professor Anders Miki Bojesen, who coordinates the UC - Care research activities at the Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences.

World health officials have raised alarms that the growing resistance of gonorrhea to antibiotics could cause it to become untreatable.