«Such a resource would enable us to study how the developing embryo could be protected from an adverse womb environment and
potentially lead to new treatments to prevent recurrent miscarriage.»
Now, by dampening the activity of a small group of neurons deep within the mouse brain, researchers have produced cognitive deficits similar to those found in those with schizophrenia, a discovery that they say could
potentially lead to new treatments for the disorder, which affects roughly 24 million people worldwide.
The findings from the lab of Stowers Investigator Linheng Li, Ph.D., described in the Oct. 19 issue of the journal Nature Medicine, could cause researchers to rethink what they know about the workings of megakaryocytes and
potentially lead to new treatments for patients recovering from chemotherapy or organ transplantation.
In a revolutionary first, Cancer Research UK - funded scientists will test whether the Zika virus can destroy brain tumour cells,
potentially leading to new treatments for one of the hardest to treat cancers.
Drs. Doyle and Campbell have found that this «sterile» inflammation is central to the progression of AMD, and they will investigate the pathways involved with this process,
potentially leading to new treatments for AMD.
Not exact matches
«Our findings can
potentially move us toward a
new strategy
to regenerate adipocytes in wrinkled skin, which could
lead us
to brand
new anti-aging
treatments,» Cotsarelis said.
Given the emergence of artemisinin resistance, these findings could
potentially lead to the design of
new treatments against drug - resistant parasites.
The anxiety many men experience after being diagnosed with prostate cancer may
lead them
to choose
potentially unnecessary
treatment options, researchers from the University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Cancer Institute report in a
new study.
These findings suggest that antibody - positive patients being treated with Remicade should not be switched
to treatment with the biosimilar, since these antibodies will interact with the
new drug and
potentially lead to a loss of response.
But then those cells swarmed, clustered and jammed up the blood vessels causing a
potentially dangerous blockage, and that was a revelation, one that could
lead to new treatment options for the usually deadly incursions.
Their findings could help
to improve breast cancer prevention by targeting these specific biological mechanisms with cancer therapies in at risk patients and
potentially lead the way for a
new strategy for the use of preventative
treatments.
A better understanding of the process affected in the brain will
lead to identification of
new drug targets, and
potentially, life - changing preventive therapies or
treatments.
The study is «
potentially groundbreaking,» says Tim Coetzee, a researcher at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society who hopes the focus on antioxidants could one day
lead to new treatments.
Offering a standard biomarker test earlier in pregnancy could
potentially help doctors
to better identify women at risk of giving birth prematurely, thus enabling health services
to focus
treatments on women at highest risk, according
to a
new study
led by King's College London.
«Patients in Phase I clinical studies are the first
to potentially benefit from a
new treatment,» said Cohn, a
leading expert in the study and
treatment of neuroblastoma, a malignant solid tumor that forms in the nervous system outside the brain.
The Precision Medicine Initiative announced by the President would strive
to develop these personalized medical options,
potentially leading to a
new generation of
treatments.