The breakthrough may one
day lead to new treatments or even a cure for the millions of people affected by the disease, researchers say.
This may explain why obesity increases the chances of developing diabetes and understanding this could
lead to new treatments for diabetes.
Harvard researchers have found a link between the RNA splicing process and aging, which could
lead to new treatments in helping humans live longer and healthier lives
Published April 15 in the Journal of Neuroscience, the new research not only points to a new potential cause of Alzheimer's but also may
eventually lead to a new treatment strategy.
The discovery of an inhibitor of the Insulin Degrading Enzyme (IDE), a protein responsible for the susceptibility of diabetes because it destroys insulin in the body, may
lead to new treatment approaches for diabetes.
«Placebo power: Depressed people who respond to fake drugs get the most help from real ones: Different levels of brain response to sham treatment could predict resilience in the face of depression,
help lead to new treatments.»
It may ultimately suggest revisions to diagnostic categories over the coming decades ---- and hopefully
lead to new treatments targeted on the basis of genetic factors and patterns of abnormal brain circuit activity, said Cuthbert.
«Though no such treatment yet exists, this finding will lead to experiments to better understand the specific mechanisms of the inflammatory response in the neurodegenerating brain, which may in
turn lead to new treatments.»
Although the work is unlikely to
lead to new treatments anytime soon, it bolsters a leading theory about autism's biology and points to new avenues for research.
Ultimately, he hopes the investigations will
lead to new treatment regimens for cancer as well as a better understanding of the role of cancer - cell metabolism in metastasis and drug resistance.
First, the better understanding of the AAHC pathogenesis may
lead to new treatment schemes and strategies to avoid or just alleviate antibiotic side reactions.
Claire Bale, Research Communications Manager at Parkinson's UK, said: «We've known for decades that problems with mitochondria — the batteries of the cell — play a key role in the death of nerve cells in Parkinson's, but the research in this area hasn't
yet led to new treatments.
«These insights will
lead to new treatments by hindering a cancer's ability to survive,» said John Cunningham, MD, section chief of pediatric hematology / oncology and professor of pediatrics, physiology and stem cell research.
If confirmed, the findings will open a new line of research that could ultimately lead to significant innovation, as drugs that control amounts of the novel mucins or that target specific glycosylating enzymes could
lead to a new treatment paradigm for glaucoma.
Those
questions led to new treatment strategies that became the foundation of Motivational Interviewing: an evidence - based practice that enables us to escape the pattern of struggling with clients and instead evoke their own motivation to change.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, an independent and nonprofit biomedical - research organization, have identified a protein that exacerbates symptoms of Parkinson's disease — a discovery that could one
day lead to new treatments for people who suffer from this devastating neurodegenerative illness.
The findings from the lab of Stowers Investigator Linheng Li, Ph.D., described in the Oct. 19 issue of the journal Nature Medicine, could cause researchers to rethink what they know about the workings of megakaryocytes and
potentially lead to new treatments for patients recovering from chemotherapy or organ transplantation.
Published June 2 in the journal Science, the findings shed light on the genetic mechanisms underlying the evolution of limb size and could
eventually lead to new treatments for people with skeletal ciliopathies.
«Tracking movement of immune cells identifies key first steps in inflammatory arthritis: Identification of molecule required for immune cells to enter joint could
lead to new treatment approaches.»
The discovery sheds new light on how the virus — which kills 12,000 to 56,000 people in the United States annually — often wins, and it could
ultimately lead to new treatments.
If researchers can figure out why coffee, or possibly caffeine, is tied to MS, Kingwell said, that could give clues about the underlying causes of the disease or
possibly lead to new treatments.
The findings, published today in the Journal of Affective Disorders, suggest that the causes of childhood - onset depression may be different from those of adult - onset depression, and could
lead to new treatments targeting the mechanisms which govern biological ageing.
Harvard researchers have found a link between the RNA splicing process and aging, which could
lead to new treatments in helping humans live longer and healthier lives (Credit: halfpoint / Depositphotos)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, an independent and nonprofit biomedical - research organization, have identified a protein that exacerbates symptoms of Parkinson's disease — a discovery that could one day
lead to new treatments for people who suffer from this devastating neu
Revolutionary breakthroughs have been made over the past few years in sequencing the human genome,
leading to new treatments for cancer and other diseases.
Hydrogen sulfide, a lethal gas best known for smelling like rotten eggs, turns out to play key roles in the body — a finding that could
lead to new treatments for heart attack victims and others
Ongoing study of these cells could
lead to new treatments for winter depression and other conditions
The technique offers hope for canines and could
lead to new treatments for preventing paralysis in humans.
If the cells replace blood vessels in people, they might
lead to new treatments for diseases that result from a lack of blood to some part of the body, including heart attack, stroke and the complications of diabetes.
In a revolutionary first, Cancer Research UK - funded scientists will test whether the Zika virus can destroy brain tumour cells, potentially
leading to new treatments for one of the hardest to treat cancers.
The finding, one of the first to show that brain waves directly influence behaviour, could
lead to new treatments for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.
But naturally, I am very happy that our research has turned out to be important for medicine, and could one day
lead to new treatments,» says Jacobs.
And the discovery could
lead to new treatment for inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis.
If studies in people confirm that reovirus can trigger coeliac disease, it could
lead to new treatments, says Sanders.