Sentences with phrase «potential treatment of human diseases»

Most iPS cells have been derived through the use of viral vectors and are not ideal for the study and potential treatment of human diseases.

Not exact matches

However, Dr. Kissler's group discovered that reducing levels of the RGS1 protein did not slow the progression of the disease in mouse models, suggesting that it may not offer much potential for human treatment.

Now, in a new study published in the journal Cell, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered that a synthetic form of vitamin D, calcipotriol (a drug already approved by the FDA for the treatment of psoriasis), deactivates the switch governing the fibrotic response in mouse liver cells, suggesting a potential new therapy for fibrotic diseases in humans.

Salk researchers found that a drug already approved by the FDA for the treatment of psoriasis deactivates the switch governing the fibrotic response in mouse liver cells, suggesting a potential new therapy for fibrotic diseases in humans.

This blueprint should come in handy in sussing out the molecular basis of human variation and disease and in discovering potential new treatments.

The Clinical Research Forum Board of Directors selected winners based on the degree of innovation and novelty involved in the advancement of science; contribution to the understanding of human disease and / or physiology; and potential impact upon the diagnosis, prevention and / or treatment of disease.

Scientists believe that stem cell therapy has the potential to dramatically change the treatment of human disease.

«These findings have potential implications for the prevention and treatment of human heart disease, once we better understand Irx3's role in the human heart,» said Dr. Bruneau.

Today, nuclear cloning is one of the essential tools in Dr. Jaenischs laboratory studies of human diseases, including his groundbreaking work on the nature and potential treatment of cancer.

After huge leaps forward in recent years, we're edging ever closer to human trials of huntingtin lowering or «gene silencing» as a potential treatment for Huntington's Disease.

Thus, the lab's approach may hold great promise for potential treatment of (neuro) inflammation - related human diseases both in and outside the central nervous system.

The work by the Houdusse team and Cytokinetics highlights how specific modulators of myosin activity have great potential to provide new treatments against human diseases.

The successful differentiation of iPS cells into RPE represents a significant advance in the search for a potential cell source for the treatment of human neural retinal diseases.

Stem cell research has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of many human diseases.

Umrao Monani, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology, searches for potential treatment strategies using genetically modified mice that mimic the human disease.

An important step in developing effective treatments for human disease is finding an effective animal model of the disease to test potential therapies.