Sentences with phrase «slow progression for»

Rumors are we are looking at a sporting director, again I feel it is slow progression for Arsenal FC but it is a step in the right direction, is it not?

[JC] We've been a band forever, so it's nice when things naturally progress.It's been sort of a slow progression for us, I guess, but it's always been steady.

«This study also highlights the potential use of this anti-estrogen or miRNA in patients with recurrent prostate cancer, for whom there is no treatment, and raises the possibility of using anti-estrogen or miRNA treatments in preventing or slowing progression for primary prostate cancer.»

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Of the leading causes of death, Alzheimer's Disease is the only one for which there is no way to prevent it, cure it, or slow its progression.

Lilly had spent 15 years developing the drug and many experts believed it would be first to the gate in securing an FDA approval for slowing Alzheimer's progression.

Likewise, despite decades of tries, there's still no cure for Parkinson's disease or even a drug that's been shown to slow its neurodegenerative progression.

For example, Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) has a phase 3 study of solanezumab under way in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease patients that may slow disease progression by breaking up amyloid plaque buildups thought to be a major cause of the disease.

There is no cure for macular degeneration (or for glaucoma), yet there are some basic things you can do to help prevent developing macular degeneration, and to possibly slow the progression of it if you already have it.

How the pie - in - the - sky expectations for the Timberwolves» young core has warped our ability to appreciate their recent success and slower progression.

These factors for me have resulted in a slow progression to this period where we have dropped away further in the league and have key players with 1 year left seemingly holding us over a barrel and also it seems far from convinced of where the club is going.

The range provides progression so that as your baby grows you can increase bottle size and move from a slow or medium to fast flow teat, ensuring that you baby gets the best nutrition possible for longer during those early stages of feeding.

There's currently no treatment for Alzheimer's that can slow or stop the disease's progression, so catching it early can't currently improve a patient's outcome.

The new study, called FOR - DMD (Finding the Optimum Regimen of Corticosteroids for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy), will determine whether daily steroid treatment or an alternative regime is more effective in slowing the disease progression and managing side effecFOR - DMD (Finding the Optimum Regimen of Corticosteroids for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy), will determine whether daily steroid treatment or an alternative regime is more effective in slowing the disease progression and managing side effecfor Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy), will determine whether daily steroid treatment or an alternative regime is more effective in slowing the disease progression and managing side effects.

«The search for treatments that slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases has gradually shifted from ameliorating symptoms to finding agents that reduce the progression of the disease,» said Gary Lynch, PhD, who studies neurodegeneration at the University of California, Irvine, and was not involved with this study.

Michigan State University scientists now have early proof that an antidepressant drug that's been around for more than 50 years could slow the progression of Parkinson's.

A drug which has already been in use for decades to treat liver disease could be an effective treatment to slow down progression of Parkinson's disease, scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered.

Although treatments for AIDS and HIV exist to slow the virus's progression, there is no known cure.

Two main risk factors for the progression and worsening of pain and decreased in function capacity are increased body mass, in particular fat mass and slower walking speeds.

«While significant effort is being put into developing treatments to slow or block the progression of Alzheimer's dementia, little work has been done to get the medical system ready for such an advancement,» said Jodi Liu, lead author of the study and a policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

The studies not only point to the future possibility of specific microRNAs as a treatment for colorectal cancer, but also to the importance of external metabolic events conducted outside the cancer cell in the progression of the disease — factors that could someday be targeted to help slow metastasis, or even block it entirely.

«We have identified a pathway in microglia that may be targeted to ultimately slow disease progression in ALS and are exploring potential therapeutic strategies and may have broader implications for diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease amongst others.»

Inhibiting NF - ƘB in microglia in mice slowed disease progression by 47 percent, says Brian Kaspar, MD, a principal investigator in the Center for Gene Therapy at Nationwide Children's and senior author of the new study.

A test for the early stages of the condition would be helpful in efforts to develop drugs that can slow its progression.

We don't have any interventions for aortic valve stenosis that slow its progression.»

A landmark clinical study in The Lancet provides convincing evidence that a frequently overlooked therapy for genetically - caused emphysema is effective and slows the progression of lung disease.

«The identification of these genes paves the way for the development of a test to identify individuals who are at risk of getting Fuchs dystrophy, and also for the development of drugs to slow disease progression or to potentially delay or prevent it from occurring,» said George A. McKie, D.V.M., PhD., director of the NEI's cornea research program.

In addition, she adds, the discovery of pα - syn * as an important component of the disease process points to a new target for creating drugs slowing disease progression.

The researchers hope their designed compounds could be used as diagnostics for amyloid diseases and as drugs to treat the diseases or at least slow progression.

The finding, recently published in Immunity, points to the immune system as a promising target for slowing the progression of Rett syndrome.

Current treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy are limited to steroids and physical therapy that slow disease progression and lessen symptoms.

«The most important thing we can do is get the correct patients into clinical trials so we can tell, for example, whether it is a drug that is slowing the progression of the disease or the fact that we just happen to have a group of patients who have a slow progressing form of the disease.»

«Drug trial shows promise for deadly neurological disorder: Cyclodextrin slows progression of Niemann - Pick type C.» ScienceDaily.

«This report provides evidence for the relevance of ALDH inhibition in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis, identifies pesticides that should be avoided to reduce the risk of developing Parkinson's disease and suggests that therapies modulating ALDH enzyme activity or otherwise eliminating toxic aldehydes should be developed and tested to potentially reduce Parkinson's disease occurrence or slow its progression particularly for patients exposed to pesticides,» the study states.

«These data suggest a lack of evidence to support vitamin D supplementation for slowing disease progression or structural change in knee osteoarthritis,» the authors write.

The research reveals events that may be harnessed for prevention, as well as to slow down progression of retinal degenerative diseases.

To the degree that poor sleep promotes the development of Alzheimer's disease, treatments for poor sleep or efforts to maintain healthy sleep patterns may help prevent or slow the progression of Alzheimer disease,» said Spira.

They found that very high daily doses of vitamin C for 24 weeks slowed the progression of leukaemia.

This makes our discovery promising, because even a small increase in the ATM activity induced by the SMRT drug can potentially translate to positive effects for patients, slowing disease progression and hopefully improving their quality of life.»

Reducing volume expansion and blood pressure are important for slowing the rate of CKD progression.

The research also indicates that a low protein, low salt diet may not only slows the progression of CKD as an effective adjunct therapy, but it can also be used for the management of uremia, or high levels of urea and other uremic toxins in the blood, in late - stage or advanced CKD and help patients defer the need to initiate dialysis.

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.

As for therapeutics, Xavier, who is also the Kurt Isselbacher Chair in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Co-Director of the Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics at MIT, says that knowing which species are absent and which are flourishing in the gastrointestinal tract of children with T1D may help make it possible to slow progression of the disease after onset by revealing ways to manipulate the microbiome and, in turn, microbiome - induced immunoregulation.

«As a community, we can all take pride in these improvements while continuing to learn as much as we can to slow down the progression of this disease and improve the quality of life for all those living with it.»

Treatment with miglustat, an inhibitor of lipid synthesis that is approved outside the U.S. for treatment of NPC, has shown evidence of slowing disease progression.

«For example, restoring the lost enzymes in the two metabolic pathways might slow tumor progression and reduce aggressiveness by inactivating oncogenic kinases and activating immune responses,» says Chakravarti, who holds the Max Morehouse Chair in Cancer Research.

This breakthrough, published today in the journal Cell Stem Cell, opens up a new avenue in the search for a medication to cure or slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Currently, all therapies used for PD improve symptoms without slowing or halting the disease progression.

They found that early phenformin treatment causes increased survival and slower tumor progression in tumors lacking LKB1, but had no significant benefit for tumors with alterations in other lung cancer genes.

Lastly, almost all potential gene therapies at the present time aim at best to compensate for the damage of aging in one way or another, or to very modestly slow the progression of that damage by altering the operation of metabolism is ways that are still far from fully mapped.

Current treatments for COPD can improve symptoms and reduce exacerbations but neither cure the disease nor slow its progression.