Sentences with phrase «progress in curing»

Over the past century we have become adept at suppressing the symptoms of respiratory diseases but we have made little progress in curing them.

Ultimately, having easy access to a wide array of specimens would accelerate our progress in curing human disease.

Not exact matches

Another company has made real progress in the fight to cure Alzheimer's disease — while other cures fall by the wayside this company seems to be on the leading edge of technology.

I posted this scenario in a different thread... never got a repsonse from the «believers» Say a beliver is diagnosed with a disease and he has 2 options 1) Do nothing; let the disease progress and he will live for 6 months 2) Start treatment today, it will last 2 months and there is a 98 % chance that he will be totally cured.

It is stored in a cool place for approximately one month and as the curing progresses, the planks of wood are tightened to compact the layers.

«We felt that an animal model would advance progress towards a cure for FSHD for two reasons,» said Michael Kyba, Ph.D., lead researcher and associate professor in the Medical School at the University of Minnesota.

Thankfully, science writer Emily Willingham has parsed through the study in Forbes to show us what it really finds, which is not much that's new and certainly nothing that will change our thinking about the progress of autism or make us believe in the McCarthy miracle cure.

We must begin to look at chronic diseases, such as hepatitis C, from every angle, which should inspire progress in developing more tolerable and effective cures,» added Dr. Younossi.

He also spoke to how the diversity of the Catalyst for a Cure team members, who bring expertise in the biological and physical sciences, will catalyze progress.

The Catalyst for a Cure team, my three colleagues and I, have been working together; it's been a very exciting period and I think we all feel like we've made a lot of progress in new directions that none of us would have thought to go in without having been brought together by the Glaucoma Research Foundation.

You also would have a target for eventually developing a cure and halt the progress of neurodegeneration by going after those cells, in particular, and try to save them.

Scientists receive $ 8.5 M in funding to accelerate progress towards a cure for HIV.

Despite great progress made since the 1980s in the ability to treat and control HIV with antiretroviral drugs, there is still no cure for the virus, and millions of people are newly infected every year.

Founded in 2003, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a treatment and cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy through targeted funding of clinical research and novel drug development efforts.

We're making a lot of progress in how we measure glaucoma, including looking for newer, much better, biomarkers for glaucoma, for example through this Catalyst for a Cure collaboration.

LA JOLLA, CA — The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the world's oldest and largest professional organization dedicated to accelerating scientific progress to prevent and cure cancer, has selected four Salk scientists and two of the Institute's non-resident fellows to be inducted in its first class of the fellows of the AACR Academy.

«In theory, it could lower the dose for cure for many cancers, which is great progress because any amount we can reduce the radiation means fewer complications,» said study co-author Ralph Weichselbaum, the Daniel K. Ludwig Distinguished Service Professor and chair of the Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, «and we also hope that the potential activation of the immune system may help us treat tumors that we just can't reach today.»

«The only way that we're going to make the most progress in future treatments, preventions, and cures is to combine efforts across the world.»

Although progress has been made during the past decade in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, there is still no cure.

Approximately 5,000 new cases of ALS are diagnosed in the United States each year, and despite recent progress in understanding the disease's underlying mechanisms, there is no known cure or treatment to halt or reverse the disease.

The Program fosters outstanding and innovative research that responds to the needs of all Californians, especially those who are underserved, by accelerating progress in prevention, education, care, treatment, and a cure for HIV / AIDS.

In 2010, we invited an anonymous, independent expert reviewer from a leading university to evaluate the Catalyst For a Cure based on publications and annual progress reports.

Founded in 2003, the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a treatment and cure for spinal muscular atrophy through targeted funding of clinical research and novel drug development efforts.

The aim of the division is to develop translational research programmes and clinical research, but any significant progress toward the cure of cancer can only be based on an improved understanding of its pathogenesis, which, in turn, will lead to the development of improved diagnostics and more rationale therapeutic interventions.

Founded in 2003, the SMA Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a treatment and cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) through targeted funding of clinical research and novel drug development efforts.

If it weren't for «Catalyst for a Cure», I don't think we'd have made the progress we're now making in moving candidate therapies out of the laboratory and into human testing.

This means it is lifelong (there is currently no cure), it will progress over time and its cause, while not fully understood yet, originates in the brain».

Everything's still a work in progress and I'm dealing with lower back pain, which I'm working to slowly cure with yoga and Pilates, which I practise four times a week.

While cancer has a wide variety of unique manifestations that may never have a single cure, the possibility of profound progress owes a large debt to the explosion of breakthroughs in the field of immunotherapy.

I feel like I cured myself from a bad and kind of harmful addiction, which is probably true... I can't wait to see even more progress in the future!

Noa falls madly in love with a painter who offers to cure her of magic, but as their relationship progresses, she finds herself giving up her dreams to advance his own.

And know that the cure for «too much indexing» is already in progress in the form of a flat, choppy market that rises and falls but ultimately goes nowhere, which is the story of the MSCI All Country World Index heading into its third year of nothing.

Most cat illnesses are much easier and less expensive to treat and cure when caught in the early stages before they progress or develop complications.

In the dog, most tumors of this type are cured by complete surgical removal, but over time a few progress to malignancy and start to spread to other parts of the body (metastasis).

While there is little evidence that cranberries can cure a UTI in progress (these must be treated with antibiotics), some holistic vets do recommend cranberry as a preventive measure for dogs prone to UTIs.

What happens when something seems amiss with your cat and your vet doesn't seem to be making any progress in diagnosing or curing the ailment?

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Despite the huge progress made in the last hundred years, science has so far failed to cure all our ailments.

It is not an overnight cure, but progress can be made in small, measurable steps towards your ultimate goal.

In your opinion, given the progress to date, do think that a total expenditure of 30 billion dollars on so called climate science, for no results to date — no breakthroughs, no predictive ability, no benefit to mankind — was a better use of funds than, say, trying to find a prophylactic for Ebola, or even a cure?

Every patient is an opportunity for medical practitioners and researchers to make progress in treating and ultimately curing what ails that patient.

It can't cure dishonesty or directly jumpstart progress where there is none, but it does capture and transmit useful information in a limited time.

The sequel, The Cure: Immortal, is a work - in - progress.

A terminal illness is an illness that will cause the death of a patient in a short period because the illness has no known cure, or has progressed to the point where it can't be cured.