Sentences with phrase «range of human diseases»

These mouse models could shed light on a wide range of human diseases such as diabetes, many types of cancers, and even neurological diseases such as depression.
About the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology The La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology is dedicated to understanding the intricacies and power of the immune system to that we may apply that knowledge to promote human health and prevent a wide range of human diseases.
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)-- Est. in 2011 The mission of NCATS is to catalyze the generation of innovative methods and technologies that will enhance the development, testing, and implementation of diagnostics and therapeutics across a wide range of human diseases and conditions.
The zebrafish is also being used to identify the genes and pathways underlying a broad range of human diseases from cardiovascular and musculoskeletal disease to deafness and cancer.
These cells can potentially turn into many different types of cells, and offer staggering potential for treating a huge range of human diseases.

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says human exposure to BPA has dropped significantly in recent years, but some health and environmental groups believe more needs to be done to get BPA out of consumer products because a wide range of products — such as food storage containers, plastic tableware, and food packaging — are still manufactured with BPA.
And researchers have developed a wide range of sophisticated computer models that simulate human biology and the progression of developing diseases.
There are eight human herpes viruses, and they cause a wide spectrum of diseases, ranging from common cold sores to cancer.
Transgenic Huntington's disease monkeys display a full spectrum of symptoms resembling the human disease, ranging from motor problems and neurodegeneration to emotional dysregulation and immune system changes, scientists at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University report.
And in the United States, the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, recently funded three Mendelian Disorders Sequencing Centers that will apply genome sequencing to diagnosing thousands of patients with a wider range of rare diseases, including intellectual disability and developmental delay.
This proof - of - principle study shows «for the first time... that human iPS cells can be used to model a diverse range of inherited diseases in adult cells,» the authors wrote in their paper, published online in The Journal of Clinical Investigation August 25.
Poinar suggested in the journal American Entomologist that the origins of this deadly disease, which today can infect animals ranging from humans and other mammals to birds and reptiles, may have begun in an insect such as the biting midge more than 100 million years ago.
The study has produced more than 20 publications examining a range of complex human conditions, including cardiovascular disease, breast and lung cancer, and type I and II diabetes.
«The imaging technique could shed light on the immune dysfunction that underpins a broad range of neuroinflammatory diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction,» said Christine Sandiego, PhD, lead author of the study and a researcher from the department of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. «This is the first human study that accurately measures this immune response in the brain.
Extending that approach to the social sciences more generally could help us develop forecasting tools to assess a whole range of problems threatening human society — not just the ravages of the markets, but wars, disease and demographic change.
The human body is a habitat for a huge range of harmless and beneficial microbes, which may be the key to fighting disease without antibiotics.
«While further research is needed to conclusively demonstrate a link, the dog may indeed be a sentinel for humans — it shares the same environment, exhibits the same range of diseases, many with the same frequency and responds in a similar way to therapies.»
«The project has made important new contributions towards describing the role of rare genetic variants in a broad range of disease scenarios and human traits.»
Human mobility is expected to continue to rise, creating a range of impacts, such as invasive species, drug resistance spread and disease pandemics.
«There are a range of metabolic diseases and other liver disorders where if you fix a mutated gene you might be really able to have an impact on human health,» Anderson says.
«Neanderthal DNA influences a broad range of traits relevant to disease risk in modern humans,» Capra told Live Science.
To study the still unknown pathogenesis of the disease, the researchers developed a mouse model susceptible to the full range of infection by the human parasite.
If it does a similar job in humans, it could have huge potential for treating a wide - range of age - related diseases, say the researchers behind the latest work.
With their new method, Zhang and her colleagues hope to soon begin looking at the unique properties of human astrocyte cells in a range of disease types, including Alzheimer's, ALS, stroke, injury, autism, and schizophrenia.
Knowing how cells exert force and sense mechanical feedback in their microenvironment is crucial to understanding how they activate a wide range of cellular functions, such as cell reproduction, differentiation and adhesion — basic physiological processes that underlie embryo development, tumor metastasis, wound healing and many other aspects of human health and disease.
Still, many medical researchers insist that the cloning of human embryos continue because the tissue derived from stem cells might treat diseases ranging from diabetes to Parkinson's.
In animal tests and in accidental high - level exposures of humans, the chemicals have caused a range of damage and disease, including cancers, sterility, and birth defects.
Ablynx is engaged in the discovery and development of Nanobodies ® to treat a range of serious human diseases.
«We discovered associations between Neandertal DNA and a wide range of traits in modern humans, including immunological, dermatological, neurological, psychiatric, and reproductive diseases,» said senior author John Capra, assistant professor of biological sciences at Vanderbilt University.
My research combines the use of mathematical models and statistical methods to understand the transmission dynamics and control of a range of infectious diseases of humans and animals.
The Cancer, Ageing and Somatic Mutation Programme encompasses three Projects that respectively cover the genomics of human cancers; functional analysis of the cancer genome using a range of in vitro and in vivo model systems; and the characterisation of somatic mutations in development and adult homeostasis in health and disease.
In infected humans, the disease provokes a range of effects.
In humans, defects in cilia assembly or function are responsible for a wide range of diseases called ciliopathies.
Dr. Torkamani's research covers a broad range of areas centered on the use of genomic technologies to identify the genetic etiology and underlying mechanisms of human disease in order to define precision therapies for diseased individuals.
Researchers have produced knockout mice with characteristics similar to humans suffering from a wide range of disorders, including cancer, heart disease, neurological disorders and even obesity.
NYSCF partners with a broad range of institutions, foundations, centers and companies in a variety of ways ranging from the creation of fundamental research resources such as iPSC lines for a disease area to developing human disease models in vitro to enable drug discovery and toxicity testing.
About the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology The La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology is dedicated to understanding the intricacies and power of the immune system so that we may apply that knowledge to promote human health and prevent a wide range of diseases.
The meeting is open to a wide range of INFRAFRONTIER stakeholders including Personalised Medicine initiatives, Rare Disease networks, funders, regulators and the INFRAFRONTIER user community to discuss advances in CRISPR / Cas9 technology to model human conditions.
It spreads within the host population efficiently, causing a range of diseases in humans, including congenital disorders and cancers.
Cell therapy is a novel technology which bears the potential to treat a wide range of human degenerative diseases.
Background: Human myeloproliferative disorders form a range of clonal haematological malignant diseases, the main members of which are polycythaemia vera, essential thrombocythaemia, and idiopathic myelofibrosis.
I study many traits and diseases of complex genetic background, ranging from autism and obsessive compulsive disorders in humans to cancer and behavioral disorders in dogs.
Using a discovery platform whose components range from yeast cells to human stem cells, Whitehead Institute scientists have identified a novel Parkinson's disease drug target and a compound capable of repairing neurons derived from Parkinson's patients.
Her work has unraveled the intricacies of how viruses evade the human immune system and uncovered molecular targets for the development of drugs and vaccines for a range of infectious diseases.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Using a discovery platform whose components range from yeast cells to human stem cells, Whitehead Institute scientists have identified a novel Parkinson's disease drug target and a compound capable of repairing neurons derived from Parkinson's patients.
However, current results point to a possible role for hNPCctx in the treatment of at least some forms of human retinal degenerative diseases and highlight the versatility and efficacy of these cells as therapeutic tools in a broad range of neurodegenerative disorders [10]--[12], [66].
We will seek investigators that span a range of metabolism expertise, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary and collaborative - minded researchers passionate about exploring the basic molecular and mechanistic underpinnings of cellular metabolism and its dysfunction in human disease.
Importantly, more that 400 different mutations in the lamin A gene have been reported, which are associated with a wide range of human degenerative diseases including muscular dystrophy, lipodystrophies and neuropathies.
By supporting Directive 2010 / 63 / EU, LERU wishes to call attention to the fundamental importance of the use of animals in research and the vital role it plays in understanding and providing treatment for a range of debilitating and life threatening human diseases such as cancer, primary immunodeficiencies, neuro - degenerative diseases and heart failure.
ABOUT LA JOLLA INSTITUTE La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology is dedicated to understanding the intricacies and power of the immune system so that we may apply that knowledge to promote human health and prevent a wide range of diseases.
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