Sentences with phrase «on several human diseases»

The granted projects focus on several human diseases including leukemia and Alzheimer's disease as well as the study of biodiversity of organisms as diverse as barnacles, mycorrhiza and rabbits.

Not exact matches

«Over the last decade, geneticists have identified hundreds of genetic risk factors for several human diseases, but the functional consequences of those factors on relevant cells are largely unknown,» said Towfique Raj, PhD, BWH Department of Neurology and a postdoctoral scholar at the Broad Institute, lead study author.

Professor Capechi has shed light on the causes of several human birth abnormalities, while Professor Smithies has worked on the blood disease thalassemia and hypertension.

PD01A: Promising Animal Efficacy; Initial Human Safety and Hints of Disease Modification At the time of our last post on α - synuclein vaccines, AFFiRiS had published several papers about the AFFITOME immnotherapy discovery platform [8 - 11] and had even begun their first Phase I trial of PD01A, but had kept nearly silent on many of the most elementary aspects of the vaccine.

His motivation to gain broad experience in several immunological methods and to understand the vast immunological scenarios, in combination with the deep expertise in T cell characterization is paving the road for him to chase a career in scientific research focused on understanding and developing better strategies to efficiently tackle human diseases.

Current research on aging has largely focused the molecular mechanisms of age - related diseases, and mitochondrial dysfunction has been associated with several human diseases of aging.

In Louisiana, the 4 - year - old TCA Cellular Therapy company has several ongoing FDA - approved clinical trials on humans, using patients» own stem cells to treat heart and vascular diseases.

Antibodies to a high - risk type of human papillomavirus (HPV16) could help detect oropharyngeal (1) cancer several years before the clinical onset of the disease, reveals a new study from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in cooperation with the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the United States National Cancer Institute (NCI) in an article published online today by the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

The effects of whey protein on human health are of great interest and are currently being investigated as a way of reducing disease risk, as well as a possible supplementary treatment for several diseases.

I have been devouring this paradigm - changing book, sitting on my bedside table for several months - a riveting combination of scientific thriller / biochemistry metabolic revision / human and global scientific / drama of gargantuan pharmaceutical and scientific jealousy which posits and convincingly documents how cancer is not a genetic but a metabolic disease.

There has not been a lot of research on the effect that asparagus has on canine health, but studies performed on humans and other animals reveal that this food may help prevent or alleviate the symptoms of several diseases.

Though there is very little research on the role that dietary fiber plays in the feline diet, studies performed on humans and other animals have shown that fiber may lead to a reduced risk of diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and several forms of cancer.