In recent years, biologists have adapted it as a precise tool for genetic engineering — in scientific experiments, and in prospective genetic - modification
strategies against diseases such as malaria.
«Thus, we can develop targeted
strategies against disease - causing viruses.»
Not exact matches
The gene - silencing
strategy, in the form of RNA interference, has also showed promise
against an uncommon neurodegenerative
disease called hereditary ATTR amyloidosis, as my colleague Sy Mukherjee wrote about in Fortune's year - end Investor's Guide.
Next, the researchers plan to further develop their molecule - screening
strategy into a platform to test molecules
against any form of RNA defect - related
disease.
Together, the two studies advance the idea that gut microbes play a role in turning the immune system
against nerve cells, causing MS.. It will take a lot more work to develop cures or preventive
strategies based on that, but the research raises the intriguing possibility of treating an often - devastating
disease with something as low - tech as fecal transplants or probiotics.
Cardiac function assessment for heart failure, coronary angiography for ischaemic heart
disease and Holter ECG monitoring for lethal arrhythmias can identify the type of myocardial injury and help physicians select a prophylactic therapeutic
strategy against sudden cardiac death in hemodialysis patients.»
Investigators showed the new
strategy protected mice — vaccinated
against the H3N2 influenza A flu strain, which causes mild
disease — from succumbing to the more dangerous H5N1 and H7N9 strains weeks later.
«We observed rapid and durable protective immunity without adverse events, and so we think this candidate vaccine represents a promising
strategy for the global fight
against Zika virus,» said senior author Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, a professor of Infectious
Disease at Penn. «We hope to start clinical trials in 12 to 18 months.»
However, the researchers believe that these results are proof of concept that gene therapy is a valid
strategy against aplastic anemia; this therapy could also be applied to other genes — besides from telomerase — if a causal role for those other forms of the
disease was discovered.
cruzi T cell immunity, and booster immunization would be an effective
strategy to maintain or enhance the vaccine - induced protective immunity
against T. cruzi infection and Chagas
disease.»
«Scientists discover protective
strategy against pesticide - linked Parkinson's
disease.»
«The optimal
strategy for protecting people and animals
against this deadly
disease would be through vaccination, but there are no FDA - licensed plague vaccines available in the U.S.,» said Ashok Chopra, UTMB professor of microbiology and immunology.
This result firms up the link between APOC3 and heart
disease and also supports a possible prevention
strategy, Crosby said: Reducing levels of the ApoC - III protein could potentially lower lipid levels and protect
against heart
disease.
Examination of such mechanisms by which the brain naturally protects itself may lead to more selective cellular and molecular targets, as well as new therapeutic
strategies against brain
disease.
Inhibiting it may be a useful
strategy against various
diseases,» said Webster Santos, an associate professor of chemistry in the College of Science and a member of the Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery.
Dr. Alessandro Sette has devoted more than 30 years of study towards understanding the immune response, measuring immune activity, and developing
disease intervention
strategies against cancer, autoimmunity, allergy, and infectious
diseases.
«Targeting tau acetylation could be a new therapeutic
strategy against human tauopathies, like Alzheimer's
disease and FTD,» says co-senior author Eric Verdin, MD, a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes.
Recognized as the first global proteomic analyses of time course responses of mouse macrophages to S. enterica serotype Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) infection, the study may lead to new
strategies for diagnosing, treating, and vaccinating
against infectious
disease.
Incorporating periods of intermittent fasting and using the
strategies listed in this article can help the body become stronger and more resilient
against the development of chronic
disease.
In particular, these handouts cover the following specific content about tuberculosis in South Africa: Case study of one communicable
disease, such as malaria or tuberculosis, at a country scale, either an LIDC or EDC, including: o environmental and human causes of the
disease o prevalence, incidence and patterns of the
disease o socio - economic impacts of the
disease o direct and indirect
strategies used by government and international agencies to mitigate
against the
disease and respond to outbreaks.