Sentences with phrase «therefore slow progression»
The HALT - PKD trial enrolled volunteers to test whether a combination of commonly used FDA - approved drugs, lisinopril and telmisartan, could shrink kidney cysts and therefore slow progression of ADPKD, a genetic disorder characterized by growth of fluid - filled cysts in the kidneys.
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The findings, while new among TBI investigators, mirror those in Alzheimer's disease research, in which higher educational attainment — believed to be an indicator of a more active, or more effective, use of the brain's «muscles» and therefore its cognitive reserve — has been linked to slower progression of dementia.
Therefore, should Drs. Doyle, Campbell, and O'Neill demonstrate that to block TLR2, or any of its downstream signaling molecules, would be beneficial in slowing the progression of AMD, they would anticipate that drug inhibitors of the pathway are likely to already exist and could be rapidly directed to clinical trials for AMD.