Sentences with phrase «progression of human diseases»

Researchers from CEA, Inserm, Paris - Sud and Paris - Descartes Universities, and CNRS have developed an animal model that reproduces the progression of the human disease.

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And researchers have developed a wide range of sophisticated computer models that simulate human biology and the progression of developing diseases.

«The study results elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying disease progression in multiple sclerosis models, providing a basis for future clinical trials to determine safety and efficacy of these chemical agents in humans with demyelinating disorders,» says Patrizia Casaccia, MD, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Genetics and Genomic Sciences at Mount Sinai and senior author of the study.

But recent studies in both humans and lab mice have suggested that motor neurons in the brain — the upper motor neurons — may be involved in disease progression, although the extent and significance of this involvement has remained unknown.

«Inappropriate immune response to commensal bacteria and subsequent pathologic inflammation is a contributing factor to the pathogenesis and progression of many chronic human diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, HIV / AIDS, viral hepatitis, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes,» says Sonnenberg.

«ELITE provides proof of concept and first direct evidence from human investigation that timing of hormone therapy is imperative for success in the prevention of atherosclerosis progression, the primary underlying pathway that leads to heart disease and stroke,» Hodis added.

In recent years, the study of human biology has been shaken up by discoveries of how the bacteria that live in the gut, the so - called microbiome, affect metabolism, the immune system, and disease progression.

This species has been shown to demonstrate a progression of Lyme disease most similar to humans, particularly related to erythema migrans, carditis, arthritis, and neuropathy of the peripheral and central nervous systems.

The new NIST human genome RMs increase the ability of DNA sequencing laboratories to be more confident in their reporting of true positives, false positives, true negatives and false negatives, and therefore, significantly improve genetic tests used for disease risk prediction, diagnosis, and progression tracking.

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered evidence in mice and humans that stomach (gastric) acid suppression alters specific gut bacteria in a way that promotes liver injury and progression of three types of chronic liver disease.

To determine the effect of gastric acid suppression on the progression of chronic liver disease, Schnabl's team looked at mouse models that mimic alcoholic liver disease, NAFLD and NASH in humans.

«The capability of this method to separate exosomes without altering their biological or physical characteristics potentially offers new pathways to assess human health as well as the onset and progression of diseases,» said Subra Suresh, co-corresponding author of the paper and president - designate of Nanyang Technological University Singapore, the 21st Century Professor of Biomechanics in Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School, and former president of Carnegie Mellon University.

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.

Fatal progression of the disease in humans can last up to two years.

These animals naturally develop type 2 diabetes in ways that mimic the human progression of the disease.

Our finding of similarity in clinical progression between human patients and Huntington's disease monkeys suggests monkeys could become a preclinical, large animal model for the development of new treatments.»

Other Gladstone investigators are working to move JM6 — a new compound we developed to reduce the progression of both Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases — into human trials.

The lack of disease progression in ad libitum models of acute alcohol exposure may actually be relevant to human exposure.

Inclusion Criteria: • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 • Have histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)(Stage IIIb or greater) • Measurable disease, as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 • Known PD - L1 tumor status as determined by an immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay performed by the central laboratory on tissue obtained at Screening • A woman of childbearing potential must have a negative highly sensitive serum (beta - human chorionic gonadotropin [beta - hCG]-RRB- at Screening within 14 days prior to study drug administration Inclusion Criteria for Crossover: • Participants must have been randomized to Arm A of the study and had radiographic disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 • Participants must have a mandatory biopsy at the time of disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 prior to crossing over.

There are unexplained links between human exposure to aluminium and the incidence, progression and aetiology of Alzheimer's disease.

«Over the past ten years, several research groups, including our own, have shown the importance of certain immune cell subsets in preventing or exacerbating heart disease in mice, but we are just beginning to understand how the metabolism and function of these immune cells change during cardiovascular disease progression in humans,» says Hedrick.

Abstract: There are unexplained links between human exposure to aluminium and the incidence, progression and aetiology of Alzheimer's disease.

Scientists studied the progression of the disease using mice and human stem cells and surmised that a cure for the fatal disease may be possible.

More recently, his lab started studying the genetic basis of human brain evolution as well as the signaling pathways underlying synaptic loss during early stages of Alzheimer's Disease progression.

Epidemiological surveys in humans indicate that muscle aging influences the progression of several age - related diseases in other tissues.

Researchers are also trying to learn about: - The level of MM - 121 that remains in the human body at different time points when MM - 121 is combined with docetaxel or pemetrexed - The relationship between the biomarker, heregulin, and cancer cell growth (disease progression) in people dosed only with docetaxel or pemetrexed.

Epidemiological surveys in humans indicate that muscle aging influences the progression of several age - related diseases in other tissues... >> MORE

Liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry - based parallel metabolic profiling of human and mouse serum reveals putative biomarkers with the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases.

4/26/2007 UCSD to Participate in Nationwide Trial to Assess Impact of Omega - 3 Fatty Acid on the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease Nutritionists have long endorsed fish as part of a heart - healthy diet, and now some studies suggest that omega - 3 fatty acids found in the oil of certain fish and algae as well as human breast milk may also benefit the brain by lowering the risk of Al...

Robert D. Schreiber, Ph.D., an associate director of CRI's Scientific Advisory Council based at Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri, developed a new model of breast cancer that more closely resembles the progression of hormone receptor - positive disease in humans, overcoming a major obstacle in the study of breast cancer and the development of new immune - based therapies for the disease.

There are currently no disease - modifying treatments that have been shown to slow the progression or delay the onset of HD in humans; however, several compounds have demonstrated promise in animal models of HD.1 Robust and sensitive markers of disease progression are required to assess their efficacy in humans.

Mitochondrial folate transport by SLC25A32 is yet unstudied for its contribution to oncogenesis, despite knowledge that the slc25a32 gene is amplified in human cancers (including > 40 % of breast cancers) and this amplification is associated with accelerated disease progression and death.

«The chronic exposure to high levels of ROS is associated with the development and / or progression of pathophysiological processes, and implicated in an increasing number of human diseases, such as cardiovascular, metabolic, inflammatory and neurogenerative diseases, cancer as well as muscle atrophy and the ageing process.»

If you have a pre-existing tumor or Human Growth Hormone deficiency due to a brain lesion, you should be examined routinely for progression or recurrence of the underlying disease process while receiving Human Growth Hormone.

In young affected dogs retinal structure, rhodopsin expression and photoreceptor activation is normal; disease progression is characterized by regions of initial focal photoreceptor degeneration surrounded by areas of structurally normal retina, which interestingly is very similar to the phenotypes of humans with RHO mutations [24].

The best available treatment consisted of continual doses of mercury, which slowed the disease's progression but was toxic to humans as well.