Sentences with phrase «slow the progression of»

We're betting that 2016 will deliver the long overdue breakthrough that changes that: A medicine that actually slows the progression of Alzheimer's.

Despite decades of scientific research, there is no treatment that can slow the progression of Alzheimer's.

The slow progression of the scandal, however, has made its various twists and turns a bit difficult to follow.

That delay followed the failure of a trial in November of Lilly's experimental Alzheimer's treatment solanezumab, which the company had hoped would be the first medicine approved to slow progression 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.

He contributes to other large - scale clinical trials including SAVE (evaluating whether treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea with continuous positive airways pressure can reduce the incidence of serious CV events in patients with established CVD), and CREDENCE, a randomised, double - blind, placebo - controlled trial assessing whether canagliflozin can slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes.

The Southampton researchers believe that therapies to target these abnormalities may slow the progression of this disabling joint disease, but further work is required to examine this.

Next up: a larger trial in hundreds of patients to see if lowering mutant Htt protein slows progression of the disease, then a trial in healthy people who carry the mutant HTT gene to see if antisense treatments could prevent Huntington's altogether.

«We found that healthy food stores within one mile of their home was the only significant factor that reduced or slowed the progression of calcium buildup in coronary arteries,» said Ella August, Ph.D., co-lead author who initiated the study and clinical assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

In addition to suggesting that creatine could slow the progression of HD, these results also imply that neuroimaging may provide a useful biomarker of disease modification in studies of other potential treatments.

«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.

The findings add to a growing body of evidence that protecting or boosting neurotrophins — the molecules that support the survival and function of nerve cells — may slow the progression of Huntington's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Following up on these promising results, they decided to explore whether the drug SR8278 could slow the progression of muscular dystrophy in an animal model.

«Scientists slow progression of fatal form of muscular dystrophy: Hope lies in nuclear receptor that regulates muscle.»

«Current therapies only treat the symptoms and slow the progression of the disease,» Professor Thomas said.

Meditation may boost the immune response, protect against a relapse in major depression, soothe skin conditions and even slow the progression of HIV

This is the first time that a virus - based vaccine has successfully slowed the progression of prion disease, says Federoff.

In patients with chronic kidney disease who are not on dialysis, ACEIs and ARBs slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy and reduce cardiovascular risk.

The vaccine slowed the progression of prion disease in the remaining 70 % of the experimental mice, allowing them to live longer than control mice, which did not receive the vaccine and died within about 200 days following infection.

You know that if you can find a drug that would slow progression of bone, it will really have an impact on people's lives.»

No therapies have yet been demonstrated to slow progression of the disease, which affects around 47 million people worldwide.

Early work by scientists at the NIH led to the discovery that the drug AZT (zidovudine) slows the progression of AIDS.

«It is unclear whether any treatment could slow progression of the disease if it was recognised early.»

Higher intake and excretion of potassium has also been found to slow the progression of kidney and heart disease.

«Targeting Aß may slow the progression of Alzheimer's,» Bowers says.

The drug sirolimus can slow progression of the disease and help relieve shortness of breath.

According to a 2011 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, sirolimus in selected patients slowed the progression of the disease and was associated with a reduction in symptoms and improved quality of life.

They also found that reductions of fine particulate air pollution over time were linked to slower progression of the blood vessel thickness.

Betanin, a substance found in beets, could eventually help slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

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.

«We do not yet have treatments that can slow the progression of Huntington's disease but, when we do, measuring the mutant protein in CSF could guide clinical decisions such as the best time to start a treatment,» said Dr Douglas Macdonald at CHDI.

«Previous pilot studies researching the use of DBS in Alzheimer's have indicated the potential to slow cognitive decline in some patients, and have even shown metabolic changes in the brain that may slow the progression of the disease.»

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

In the United States, the only other approved ALS medicine, generic riluzole, modestly slows the progression of the disease in some people.

«Our findings add to the evidence that optimal nutrition helps preserve cognitive function, slow the progression of aging and reduce the incidence of debilitating diseases in healthy aging populations.»

Research from Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) suggests that hormone therapy, when taken within six years of menopause, may slow the progression of subclinical atherosclerosis, the buildup of plaque in the arteries.

The new study, led by Daniel Kelly, M.D., scientific director of SBP's Lake Nona campus, provides fresh molecular insight into heart failure and may eventually lead to new therapeutic targets to prevent or slow progression of the disease.

There is currently no cure and no way to slow the progression of the disease.

A fund backing that group of research projects might expand the chances of developing a drug that could, at a minimum, slow the progression of the disease.

The team reported in the journal Nature Medicine that during the two years the gene worked, it successfully slowed the progression of the disease by 49 percent on average.

«We still need more studies to determine if there are other treatments that can be used to slow the progression of kidney disease specifically in individuals with sickle cell trait.»

The research goal, as we are putting it out there today, is to develop an effective treatment strategy, delay the onset and slow the progression of the disease.

At the moment, the only treatments are drugs such as interferon beta - 1a and glatiramer acetate (Copaxone), both of which merely slow the progression of the disease.

Clinicians have long noted that the presence of tremors, rather than balance and walking problems, as the initial or dominant symptom of Parkinson's may suggest slower progression of the disease.

A bacterial by - product known to be important in maintaining gut health may slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS — a progressive, neurodegenerative disease.

«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.

In the drug trial, researchers have shown that treatment with a type of sugar molecule called cyclodextrin slows progression of the disease.

In the study of people with early ADPKD and healthy kidneys, researchers also tested if decreasing blood pressure below usual targets would slow progression of ADPKD and preserve kidney function.