Sentences with phrase «so studying diseases»

It's difficult to gather brain tissue samples from humans, so studying diseases like tuberous sclerosis is maddening, he said.

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«So to me it was sort of natural to put dog studies in the context of human disease.»

, studies have shown that a so - called Mediterranean diet may help reduce the risk of heart disease and provide some potential memory - related benefits.

Twenge and Campbell are drawing here on research from the so - called positive psychology movement, which recently has attempted to shift the focus of psychological research away from disease and disorder to a study of the character strengths that make for happiness and human flourishing.

There have been so many studies on it as a risk - factor for heart attacks and heart disease.

Finally, studies have increasingly linked low levels of vitamin D to depression, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and PMS, so we'd love to include some of this nutrient, which is hard to find in nonfortified foods.

They point to several studies that show that there is a lack of cholesterol in the brains of Alzheimer's patients which is so vital for several functions, and also note that other studies show this cholesterol deficiency in dementia and Parkinson's disease as well.

A Drink Might Boost Cognition and Creativity, and Potentially Fight Off the Flu A study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease finds evidence that adults who drink moderately and regularly have a higher chance of not only living longer, but doing so without developing dementia or other cognitive impairment...

so often they just look at potential markers — but those don't always equate to diseases)- what was the health of the those being studied - I'm assuming the test subjects were people, but other studies done on animal subjects might not be as reliable as those done on humans.

Even if international studies only have found these spores in honey in a few cases, the disease is so serious that the recommendation is to not give your baby honey in any form until the baby is 1 - year - old.

Some of us realize that there are no long studies what so even on vaccines AND that vaccines did not wipe out diseases, sanitation did.

However, this study only included kids at high - risk for celiac (based on genetic markers or a first - degree relative with the disease), so it might not apply to the general population.

Not so fast, suggests a small study of teens out of Scotland that found that high - intensity exercise may be better than endurance training for preventing cardiovascular disease because it can be done in less time.

Some studies have linked breastfeeding to lower long - term risks of certain diseases in mothers — including type 2 diabetes and breast cancer — so the $ 13 billion estimate may be too conservative, according to Bartick.

That study also found that when truck traffic decreased on the Peace Bridge after the Sept. 11 attacks, so did cases of respiratory diseases in the west side.

Previous studies have shown that people who carry excess abdominal fat around their midsection — a so - called «spare tire» — tend to face higher risks of heart disease compared to people who have fat elsewhere.

In the study, the researchers found that people with one inactive copy of NPC1L1 appeared to be protected against high LDL cholesterol — the so - called «bad» cholesterol — and coronary heart disease, a narrowing of the heart's arteries that can lead to heart attacks.

«Chronic inflammation of the intestine is thought to be caused by abnormal interactions between gut microbes, intestinal epithelial cells and the immune system, but so far it has been impossible to determine how each of these factors contribute to the development of intestinal bowel disease,» said Hyun Jung Kim, Ph.D., former Wyss Technology Development Fellow and first author on the study, speaking about the limitations of conventional in vitro and animal models of bacterial overgrowth and inflammation of the intestines.

Scientists use cell reprogramming techniques to produce cells in the lab so that they can study diseases.

Earlier efforts to hunt down disease - causing genes — so - called genomewide association studies — frequently came up empty - handed because medical researchers had to take cost - saving shortcuts.

«Depression is a very frequent condition associated with Parkinson's, so we became interested in whether an antidepressant could modify how the disease progresses,» said Tim Collier, lead author of the federally funded study and a neuroscientist at MSU.

«We know that urate has neuroprotective properties in animal models, and an unusual convergence of human studies suggested its possible use as a disease - modifying strategy in Parkinson's; so the positive results of this trial are very encouraging.»

These so - called endometrial organoids promise to shed light onto the processes that occur during the monthly menstrual cycle and open up the possibility of studying diseases of the uterus, such as endometrial atrophy (thinning of the lining) or cancer, in a lab culture system.

«So there has been a lot of interest in the diabetes research community: If you can target those antigen - presenting B - cells, that could be potentially a very effective disease intervention,» says JAX Professor David Serreze, Ph.D., lead author of a highlighted study published in the Journal of Immunology.

The study also suggests that AF267B reduces the activity of an enzyme known as GSK3beta, which in turn prevents so - called tau proteins from clumping together into the disease's signature tangles.

In addition, it's been difficult to repeat the findings from individual genetic studies — partly, researchers think, because autism is so variable and may really be many different diseases.

Those patients already had metastatic disease when screened, but they were not diagnosed at the time, and so they are not counted in Messing's study.

However, in the largest study of its kind so far, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg have now shown that the risk of death from heart disease in breast cancer patients following radiotherapy or chemotherapy is no higher than it is among the average population.

So until recently, much of what scientists learned was gleaned by inference or from studying mouse models of the disease.

Still, «despite the lack of controlled data, there are some things that appear so frequently and prominently in Ebola virus disease survivors that we feel comfortable attributing them to [Ebola],» says senior study author Daniel Bausch, a physician on WHO's Clinical Care Team for Ebola.

We did not expect to find so many with these other infections,» says U of U Health infectious disease specialist Krow Ampofo, MBCHB., who will be presenting the study's results on Oct. 7.

He was particularly interested in exploring memory, and so he arranged to work with Morrison, an Alzheimer's disease investigator who was studying proteins called NMDA receptors, which were known to play a role in memory formation.

So, over the next 6 years, she worked as a research assistant in a diabetes lab, a process engineer at a paper mill, and a research associate in a lab studying diabetes and bone disease.

I've always been interested in healthcare, so while I was an undergraduate studying molecular biology I attended seminars on public health, human rights, and infectious disease management, which led directly to my current career path.

«This study allowed us to utilize all our tools — and even though this virus does not appear to affect mammals, we are continuing to refine those tools so we can be better prepared for the next outbreak of disease that could have an impact on human health.»

«Despite the overwhelming evidence linking dietary salt to disease in humans, the potential evolutionary advantage of storing so much salt in the body has not been clear,» says senior study author Jens Titze, who studies the link between sodium metabolism and disease at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

«The vector used in these studies is one that has already been used in the treatment of other human diseases so this is a promising approach.»

Alzheimer's is an agonizingly slow process, so by the time we get to study the disease itself during its late stages, all kinds of things have gone on that may be just consequences of disease rather than causal.

The study reports that Alzheimer's Disease and type 2 diabetes are so closely related that drugs currently used to control glucose levels in diabetes may also alleviate the symptoms and progression of Alzheimer's dDisease and type 2 diabetes are so closely related that drugs currently used to control glucose levels in diabetes may also alleviate the symptoms and progression of Alzheimer's diseasedisease.

In recent years, some biologists have begun studying how these so - called small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) can be used to squelch disease.

That message, delivered in two studies published today, is both good news and bad news for researchers who hope to use so - called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) to study diseases and perhaps some day treat patients.

«We hope that the results from this study will enable investigators to test the relevance of the maresin pathway in human disease,» said Charles N. Serhan, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. «Moreover, we hope to better understand resolution biology and its potential pharmacology so that we can enhance our ability to control unwanted inflammation and improve the quality of life.»

Even ordinary studies of human physiology, for example, suggest that humans are so adapted for intense physical activity that a sedentary lifestyle spawns modern - day scourges like diabetes and heart disease.

«We were surprised to find so many similarities between these two diseases, but most striking was that some of these common signatures are shared with other conditions like diabetic retinopathy and age - related macular degeneration,» said William A. Beltran, senior author on the study, an associate professor of ophthalmology in Penn Vet's Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine and director of the Division of Experimental Retinal Therapies.

The move could also spell relief for Amicus Therapeutics and CEO John Crowley, who personally lobbied the president on the FDA's decision to delay any final decision on their drug for Fabry disease so they could see the results of a safety study in 2019.

«Cost studies can influence health policy decisions and help decision makers understand the scale, seriousness and implications of asthma, so that resources can be identified to improve disease management and reduce the burden of asthma.»

Scientists want to be able to clone early human embryos, using cells from patients with various diseases, so they can study the diseases in the lab and develop new treatments for them.

That such vessels could have escaped detection when the lymphatic system has been so thoroughly mapped throughout the body is surprising on its own, but the true significance of the discovery lies in the effects it could have on the study and treatment of neurological diseases ranging from autism to Alzheimer's disease to multiple sclerosis.

And this so - called noncoding DNA plays a role in some diseases, studies have shown.

«It's clear from these types of studies that the way we're keeping the lights on until late at night, the way in which society demands that we stay active for so much longer, could well be contributing to aspects of the metabolic disease we're seeing now,» says Steve Kay, a molecular geneticist at the University of California, San Diego.