Sentences with phrase «related disease processes»

One is about understanding how the function of the brain circuitry is altered by different movement - related disease processes, such as stroke and Parkinson's disease.

While translational research has traditionally moved basic immunology knowledge forward into clinical application, varying clinical presentations of human immune - related disease processes, as well as variability in therapeutic outcomes, have provided opportunities for discovery of novel mechanistic hypotheses directly from patients.

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For those with a less diverse microbiome, the diet had a positive impact on their metabolic health — meaning a lowered their risk for type 2 diabetes and other diseases related to how the body processes food.

Higher levels of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other health - related issues are found in food deserts because residents are buying a lot of processed foods from convenience or liquor stores.

An expert panel convened by the Institute of Medicine clarified the cognitive aging process by making a distinction from Alzheimer disease and related dementias, and provided recommendations to enhance cognitive health in older adults.

«Inactivity may diminish life expectancy not only by predisposing to aging - related diseases but also because it may influence the aging process itself.»

Researchers only discovered this process in the late 1990s, but they've already begun dozens of clinical trials to gauge whether infusing patients with these small RNAs works against a range of diseases, from lung infections to liver cancer to age - related macular degeneration, a sight - stealing condition that mainly affects people over the age of 50.

Developing a better understanding of the large - scale mechanical changes that occur over longer distances, specifically the process by which the extracellular matrix is pulled into compact, highly - aligned «bridges,» could eventually form the basis of treatments for related diseases.

Now, however, Thangamani Muthukumar, MD (Weill Medical College of Cornell University) and his colleagues have developed a urine test that measures the levels of several messenger RNAs (mRNAs) that are directly related to the disease processes that cause kidney dysfunction.

Common age - and diabetes - related retinal diseases, such as wet macular degeneration, also result in part from VEGF - driven processes, so ophthalmologists soon began to use Avastin «off - label» to treat these conditions.

As noted in the study by Crimmins and lead author Morgan E. Levine, assistant professor at the Yale Center for Research on Aging: «A deceleration of the human aging process, whether accomplished through environment or biomedical intervention, would push the timing of aging - related disease and disability incidence closer to the end of life.»

Together with research into other immune - related genes in diseases such as Alzheimer's, the idea that immune processes are involved in some psychiatric phenotypes is looking ever more solid.

«Influencing the aging process itself may be an alternative approach with the potential to yield broadly effective therapeutics against age - related diseases.»

According to the Center for Disease Control, the most common sources of contamination in the US water system are related to local land uses and manufacturing processes.

In addition to providing a platform for studying the processes that regulate platelet production and related diseases, the researchers hope the platelets produced can be used as a source of growth factors for wound healing in regenerative medicine, including healing of ulcers and burns, and stimulation of bone tissue regeneration in dentistry and maxillofacial plastic surgery.

And some research has hinted that biomarkers related to one disease can spur molecular processes leading to others.

The technique, carried out in living human cells and fruit flies, should help reveal how irregularities in protein synthesis contribute to developmental abnormalities and human disease processes including those involved in Alzheimer's disease and other memory - related disorders.

LA JOLLA — A study tying the aging process to the deterioration of tightly packaged bundles of cellular DNA could lead to methods of preventing and treating age - related diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, as detailed April 30, 2015, in Science.

This will allow disease related defects to be identified, and new targets researched to understand this vital biological process.

Collectively, these will advance the understanding of the role ChrX plays in the etiology of age - related diseases, which will also have an important positive impact on our understanding of sex differences in aging processes.

It is based on the scientific understanding and high - throughput analyses of human immune responses to disease - related proteins in selected populations including elderly with the capability to stay healthy during the aging process.

To speed the identification of genes related to human diseases and to aid in the understanding of basic biological processes, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the Washington University...

In particular his work is focused on how this receptor may affect cognitive processes, and how this relates to Alzheimer's disease.

Oisín Biotechnologies» ground - breaking research and technology is demonstrating that the solution to mitigating the effects of age - related diseases is to address the damage created by the aging process itself.

It may be that, most likely, 5 of the therapies will impact health to nullify many disease but will not change the «aging» process (the one that is disconnected from telomeres but related with epigenetics) and 2 last therapies will be of intrinsic aging, of which one could end up not doing anything but remain a mitochondrial improvement manifesting as removal of mitopathies (such as MELAS) but would not alter the course of aging (such as the seperate epigenetic aging going on).

New Protein Survey Upends Understanding of Cell Death Process - Results from the Cravatt lab reveal numerous potential new drug targets for related diseases.

Believed to be one of the primary actors in the aging process, free radicals are also implicated in numerous age - related diseases, including cancer, heart disease, stroke, and many neurological disorders.

In general, the growing participation of CNAG - CRG in rare disease research projects is clear in terms of samples sequenced; while during the period 2014/2015 the total number of processed samples related to rare diseases was of 523 in the period 2016/2017 the number of these samples increased to more than 1600.

In ALS and related degenerative diseases, the process of assembling and clearing RNA granules is impaired.

«The results go a long way to explaining the process that links a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS, frontotemporal dementia and related diseases of the brain, muscle and bone known as multisystem proteinopathies,» said the study's co-corresponding author, J. Paul Taylor, M.D., Ph.D., a member of the St. Jude Department of Developmental Neurobiology.

The cells that are most vulnerable to this process are muscle - related sensory neurons whose degeneration leads to the first symptoms of the disease.

These fibrotic processes, nowadays more frequently detected, may be related to defects in the repair process and / or to an increased incidence of autoimmune diseases due to ageing.

LA JOLLA — A study tying the aging process to the deterioration of tightly packaged bundles of cellular DNA could lead to methods of preventing and treating age - related diseases such as cancer,...

Whatever the goal of the researcher, the Director of the Core, Dr. Simon Melov, has a broad and deep experience in the investigation of basic processes of aging and age - related disease in multiple organisms and tissues.

National Institute on Aging (NIA)-- Est. 1974 NIA leads a national program of research on the biomedical, social, and behavioral aspects of the aging process; the prevention of age - related diseases and disabilities; and the promotion of a better quality of life for all older Americans.

By studying the regenerative capabilities of diverse animals, we are making important discoveries about age - related diseases, including heart disease, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's — even the process of aging itself.

In fact, because many mechanisms of aging are broadly conserved across animals, including Drosophila, research on the signaling networks that regulate this process could eventually have profound impacts on the treatment of age - related diseases like Alzheimer's.

With up to 20 research mentors participating, students have the opportunity to explore research involving the aging process and aging - related diseases.

So we should reconsider our thought process on what underlies this devastating disease, especially as it relates to the role of beta - amyloid.

To underscore the significance of chronic inflammation, scientists have identified it's an underlying process in all age - related diseases including type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, arthritis, and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.

The most significant outcome of the research was that cortical abnormalities which take place in individuals with migraine are a consequence of the balance between an intrinsic predisposition, as indicated by modification of cortical surface area, and processes related to disease, as indicated by abnormalities of cortical thickness.

Ageing is just a natural process that might show up at any age and which is reflected not only by the modifications in our body appearance, but more importantly by the internal signs proving a gradual deterioration in our inner body ability to ensure an optimal metabolism and physiology, to keep a strong immune system and consequently to prevent and fight the chain of degenerative chronic diseases, also called age - related diseases.

Dr Rashid Buttar, medical director of a clinic specializing in treating cancer, heart disease and other chronic conditions, states «I can now very comfortably state to you that in my opinion, based on the evidence, every single chronic insidious disease process is related to one word: toxicity.

This decline impairs mitochondrial function, playing a crucial role in the development of metabolic dysfunction, age - related diseases and that this decline is both a consequence of and contributor to the aging process.

Research studies are showing that IF can counteract disease processes as it relates to age related diseases.

Eliminating sugar and processed foods and adding nutrient dense foods and supplements to your arsenal of weapons against disease, and also a thorough treatment of detox activities (colon — which is directly related to your sinuses, intestinal, kidney, liver / gallbladder, lymphatic, blood, and skin) will get you back on track.

But, hormonal imbalances usually occur due to work - related issues; eating too many processed foods, EMF pollution plus poor sleeping habits — which lead to chronic inflammation, weight gain and disease.

Refined processed carbohydrates are the major cause of weight gain, obesity, specific skin conditions, and many diet related diseases including heart disease, hypertension, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, and obesity.

Over-consumption of refined, processed carbohydrates is a major cause of weight gain, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome X, obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, food cravings, and many diet related diseases.

Traditionally, cognitive behavioral therapists have helped people process unresolved trauma, but more recently psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers — many working with US military veterans — acknowledge that embodiment practices such as yoga enriched with mindfulness practices can have more impact in alleviating the symptoms that lead to both reactive behaviors and stress related disease.