Its proprietary human response platform provides the company unique insights into cancer and
related disease biology and is being leveraged in the discovery and clinical development of its therapeutic candidates.
Not exact matches
Combining
biology and medicine with engineering, the discipline solves health -
related problems by developing electrocardiograms and pacemakers for heart
disease, for instance, and radiation technology for treating cancer.
... When the FMC was established, it was not intended to create a resource for MS research, but its existence has created a powerful tool for understanding complex
biology and
disease,» writes Benjamin M. Greenberg, M.D., M.H.S., of the University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, in a
related editorial.
The new finding contributes to a fuller understanding of the fundamental
biology that underlies common metabolic
diseases related to obesity, such as type 2 diabetes, fatty liver
disease, and heart failure, and could lead to new insights on how to better treat such
diseases.
By understanding the underlying
biology of aging, she notes, it may be possible to develop drugs in the future that will promote healthy aging and delay age -
related diseases such as some cancers, arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart
disease.
-LSB-...] We expect that Sticky - trap and future
related molecules will have significant impact on the field of tumour
biology in local control of recurrent
disease.
Focused both on discovery and on mentoring future generations of researchers, Salk scientists make groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of cancer, aging, Alzheimer's, diabetes and infectious
diseases by studying neuroscience, genetics, cell and plant
biology and
related disciplines.
«Drawing on collaborative expertise in synthetic chemistry, molecular
biology and translational medicine, the team has produced findings with significant potential to reduce inflammation, a critical driver of the devastating consequences of obesity -
related diseases,» she said.
«Given the Buck's exclusive focus on aging, we believe that there's great potential to increase our understanding of the
biology of aging and to accelerate the translation of emerging insights into therapies to help patients with age -
related diseases.»
Working with the infectious
disease scientific community, his team developed functional genomics tools and datasets to advance ways in which systems
biology is leveraged to characterize emerging and biodefense threat -
related pathogens.
Discussion themes included: - stem cell heterogeneity - stem cell fate decisions - stem cells in regeneration & development - stem cells in
disease & treatment - stem cell
related bioengineering & biomaterial - theoretical stem cell
biology - mathematical modelling with a focus (but no restriction) on neural stem cells, hematopoietic stem cells and diabetes.
In the summer of 2010, we posted an entry about a significant advance in basic mitochondrial
biology that held within it a tantalizing promise: a potentially new approach to obviating the problem of age -
related accumulation of mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which are widely suspected to play an important role in the age -
related rise in oxidative stress, Parkinson's
disease, and age -
related muscle degeneration.
This lecture recognizes the senior author of the most impactful study on the
biology of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and
related conditions published during the two calendar years preceding the AAIC meeting.
As one of the three initial cores established when the Buck Institute was founded, the Genomics Core has played a vital role in helping shape investigations in the basic molecular
biology of aging, from assisting in the investigation of how specific drugs can extend lifespan in simple model organisms such as the nematode C. elegans, to facilitating studies in various animal models of age -
related disease.
In my own lab here at Indiana University School of Medicine, I am bringing some of those chemical
biology techniques to bear on problems in eye
disease and we continue to work on tumors of the eye, but we also developed a major focus on neovascular eye
diseases, including wet, age -
related macular degeneration (AMD).
Their main interests are genomic organization, structural variation of the human genome as
related to
disease, computational genomics, small RNA
biology, transcriptional modeling, and sequencing technology.
We apply cell / molecular
biology, biochemistry, and genetics / genomics to study three areas
related to cardiovascular
disease.
An RD / RDNâ $ ™ s education involves extensive coursework in the science of nutrition, including
biology, chemistry, biochemistry, anatomy and physiology, food science, metabolism, courses in vitamins and minerals, nutrition through the life cycle, and medical nutrition therapy, which involves the nutrition -
related prevention and treatment of everything from digestive disorders, to heart
disease, cancer, diabetes, and other health conditions.
About Blog The Journal of Investigative Dermatology (JID) publishes high impact reports describing original research
related to all aspects of cutaneous
biology and skin
disease.