Sentences with phrase «pioneers the treatment of»

The two scientists have pioneered the treatment of degenerative diseases and tumors with specifically designed antibodies, according to the jury, which was unanimous.

Watch his ONE WORLD conversation with Deepak Chopra and former Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars & Houston Texans linebacker turned yogi Keith Mitchell, who now pioneers the treatment of NFL & pro-athlete injuries with yoga and meditation.

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So many companies have developed such increasingly effective medicines, such as those that treat more hep C strains with far shorter treatment regimens, that Gilead — a pioneer in the field with Sovaldi and Harvoni — is projecting $ 3.5 billion to $ 4 billion in U.S. sales from these kinds of drugs in 2018, a dramatic drop from nearly $ 13 billion in 2015.

Sarepta Therapeutics, which won a pioneering Food and Drug Administration approval for its Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug last year, has settled a patent dispute with rival BioMarin over the «exon - skipping» technology at heart of the companies» muscular dystrophy treatments.

A panel of experts which advises the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unanimously voted to recommend approval of a pioneering cancer therapy from Novartis, setting up a likely approval for the first - of - its - kind treatment.

The companies jockeying for a first - to - market advantage in the space have encountered plenty of twists and turns along the way — and it appears that pharma giant Novartis may well achieve its original goal of a pioneering FDA approval for its own experimental treatment.

It's the second approval for this pioneering approach to cancer treatment, which involves re-engineering patients» own immune cells to become cancer killers, after the FDA's approval of Novartis» Kymriah in August.

Last year, the FDA approved a pioneering Duchenne treatment from Sarepta Therapeutics (srpt) over the protests of its own scientific advisers who said it lacked proven efficacy.

One of the most recent scientific developments that has greatly impacted the success of IVF treatment is Post-Thaw Extended Culture (PTEC) which was pioneered and refined at The Fertility Center of Las Vegas.

Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children have truly pioneered the treatment options for children of short stature.

With merely 5,000 square feet of space to provide treatment to the young clients, our dedicated group of therapists used equipment and materials that were donated or purchased at yard sales to conduct physical, occupational and speech therapy based on the sensory integration techniques taught by pioneer, Dr. Jean Ayres.

A. Jean Ayres, PhD, an occupational therapist (OT) and neuroscientist who pioneered the research and treatment of SPD, calls it a neurological traffic jam.

born from biomedic, the acclaimed medical company that pioneered some of today's most popular in - office treatments such as the micropeel.

A judge has ordered the state of New York to provide written details on its decision to cut funding to a sprawling addiction - treatment network founded by the Rev. Peter Young, an Albany Roman Catholic priest and pioneer in the treatment of addiction.

Cao hopes the study, which was funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), will pioneer future research on details within the hippocampus as a marker for precise diagnosis and positive treatment response of bipolar disorder.

By the early 1990s, Swedo and the NIMH team were treating the Sydenham group and pioneering some of the same types of treatments used for patients like Paul Michael today: steroids such as prednisone to stanch the tide of immune molecules; plasmapheresis, a technique to filter the blood, cleanse it of autoantibodies, and return it intact to the patient; and intravenous delivery of a new, healthy immune system with IVIG.

Until recently the only treatments available for conditions affecting the brain were drugs or surgery — a «hammer over the head approach», according to William Tyler, a biomedical engineer at Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute in Roanoke and a pioneer of the new brain stimulation techniques.

As scientists decode and find ways to replicate these environments, they are pioneering a number of new treatments that can transform medicine, showing how they can be used to regenerate damaged tissue, create new muscle where there was none before — even grow «organelles» that can be used to test new drugs.

We have found that exosomes and the cargo they contain are crucial mediators of stem cell - based heart regeneration, and we believe this might lead to an even more refined therapy using the «active ingredient» instead of the entire stem cell,» said Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, director of the Cedars - Sinai Heart Institute and a pioneer in developing investigational cardiac stem cell treatments.

Specially designed to improve on the surgical treatment of OME, CLiKX is pioneered by a team led by Associate Professor Tan Kok Kiong from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the NUS Faculty of Engineering, together with Dr Lynne Lim, an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Department of Otolaryngology at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Senior Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Consultant at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre.

Thanks to the work of the research team and the pioneering work of the Boston University Photonics Center on UV LEDs, we may soon see innovative treatment options like simple integration with a wearable device could aid millions of people.»

The first long - term study of a pioneering endoscopic laser treatment for early vocal - cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and previously shown to provide optimal voice outcomes, finds that it is as successful as traditional approaches in curing patients» tumors while avoiding the damage to vocal quality caused by radiotherapy or by conventional laser or cold - instrument surgery.

He is pioneering a new treatment for autoimmune disorders, one in which patients» immune systems are suppressed and then replaced with an infusion of their own immune stem cells, filtered out from their blood.

Pioneered by Associate Professor Leo Hwa Liang from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at NUS» Faculty of Engineering, and Dr Jimmy Hon from the Department of Surgery at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, this novel invention addresses a clinical gap in the current treatment of mitral valve regurgitation.

«People laughed at us when we started treating depression with SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) 30 years ago,» explains Siegfried Kasper, who is also one of the pioneers of this method of treatment.

As part of that effort, rheumatologists and cardiologists established Mayo's Cardio - Rheumatology Clinic two years ago to pioneer new heart disease diagnostic, prevention and treatment tools for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic diseases.

As part of their pioneering research to improve diagnosis and treatment for IED and impulsive aggression, Coccaro and his colleagues examined possible connections to toxoplasmosis, an extremely common parasitic infection.

Another pioneer in the field of EAPs is Micromuscle AB, a company based in Linköping, Sweden, that focuses on medical device applications in the areas of cardiovascular treatment and drug delivery.

Blue LED pioneer criticizes country's treatment of inventors, its educational aims, and its legal system

Men with prostate cancer benefit from treatment with the pioneering drug olaparib — the first cancer drug to target inherited mutations — according to the results of a major trial.

LONDON — Wellcome Trust, the United Kingdom's largest biomedical research charity, today announced more than # 4 million in support for a pioneering, and potentially controversial, IVF treatment that could prevent some forms of muscular dystrophy and other diseases caused by defective mitochondria, the energy - generating organelle in cells.

But they need to be studied more scientifically, says one of the treatment's pioneers.

Stanley C. Jordan, MD, director of Kidney Transplantation and Transplant Immunology, is a prominent pioneer in designing treatment approaches that have significantly reduce the amount of antibodies, thereby reducing the risk of organ rejection.

Co-Directors of the Stony Brook University Cerebrovascular and Stroke Center, Henry Woo, MD, and David Fiorella, MD, PhD, have also been instrumental in pioneering treatments and devices for stroke such as the newest generation of stentriever devices and aspiration catheters to remove blood clots from the brain.

St. Jude is pioneering the field of cancer survivorship with major research programs that follow thousands of survivors for decades after their treatment.

Goldman Sachs analysts have attempted to tackle the question of whether pioneering «gene therapy» treatment will be bad for business in the long run.

Sangamo Biosciences (Nasdaq: SGMO, US) The company is pioneering a new sophisticated approach for treatment of HIV patients by cell gene therapy.

For more than 25 years, the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has been a pioneer in the treatment and research of malignant mesothelioma — a rare disease that affects approximately 3,000 Americans each year.

Pascal Soriot, Chief Executive Officer, AstraZeneca, said: «We're pleased to be expanding our relationship with Moderna with this new collaboration, to advance the potential of pioneering messenger RNA technology in developing game - changing new treatments for cancer patients.»

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 31, 2013 — Moderna Therapeutics, the pioneering company developing messenger RNA therapeutics ™, a revolutionary new treatment modality to enable the in vivo production of therapeutic proteins, announced today that Joseph Bolen, Ph.D., joined Moderna as its president of research and development (R&D).

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With more than three decades of focused research and application, the Maharaj Institute is pioneering Immune Regenerative Medicine and breaking new ground in the pursuit of more effective treatment and prevention of illness.

Shu Chien is a professor of bioengineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) An eminent Chinese — American physiologist and engineer, Chien's pioneering work on the fluid dynamics of blood flow has had a major impact on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis.

April 15, 2013 Cancer treatment pioneers share prestigious medical prize Janet Davison Rowley, MD, the Blum - Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago, is one of three physician - scientists who will receive the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research for 2013.

The Safadi Program will connect clinicians specializing in neurological diseases with researchers studying the biology of the nervous system to pioneer treatments in patient care.

Lindsley, who also is professor of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Chemistry in the medical school and College of Arts and Science, has helped pioneer development of drug - like compounds that, by adjusting the activity of receptors in the brain, may lead to new treatments for a wide range of brain disorders.

A multi-disciplinary team led by Professor Eleanor Stride won Pioneer Award funding in 2016 to develop a drink containing tiny bubbles of oxygen, which could help to get oxygen back into tumours and boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments.

Claude Wischik explores TauRx's broad - based research activities including its pioneering work on both the treatment and early diagnosis of AD.

They previously pioneered new insights into the causes and treatment of bulimia nervosa.

Akili is pioneering the development of digital treatments with direct therapeutic activity, delivered not through a pill but through a high - quality action video game experience.