The researchers plan to use the mouse models of CAVD to test
several potential drug therapies they identified, in the hopes of discovering the first medical treatment for the disease.
They say their findings point to ways to identify pancreatitis patients at risk of pancreatic cancer and to
potential drug therapies that might reverse the process.
«Rogue breast tumor proteins point to
potential drug therapies: Such treatment options are missed by genomic sequencing.»
This discovery identifies a unique pathway and
a potential drug therapy to treat noise - induced hearing loss,» says Kevin Brown, MD, PhD, an associate professor of otolaryngology - head and neck surgery at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and first author on the paper.