Sentences with phrase «to treat infectious diseases»

Common antibiotics are often ineffective in treating infectious diseases because pathogens acquire resistance genes.

A revolutionary RNA - editing tool promises to transform our understanding of RNA's role in our growth and development, and provide a new avenue for treating infectious diseases and cancer.

Developing new ways of treating infectious disease has become more pressing with the development of resistance to antibiotics.

There are currently 176 biologics in development to treat infectious diseases alone.

While antibiotics have been highly effective at treating infectious diseases, infectious bacteria have adapted to them and antibiotics have become less effective, according to the Centers for disease Control and Prevention.

«Although our goal is to develop systems that can treat infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV or tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa or Southeast Asia, there are many applications here in the U.S. for treating chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or psychiatric illness.

Plasma contains antibodies, which makes it useful in treating infectious diseases like parvovirus.

The takeaway from these experiments is that any number of penicillin - type drugs combined with BPEI or related polymers could create a new first - line drug for treating infectious diseases and change how MRSA and other infectious bacteria are treated.

The future of treating infectious diseases may turn to thwarting their mechanisms rather than killing the bugs, Morse says.

«The rise of «superbugs» leaves the clinical community with a rapidly dwindling number of options to treat infectious disease and to prevent the spread of resistant bacteria in, for example, hospital settings,» explains Professor Vincent O'Flaherty of the National University of Ireland Galway, co-corresponding author on the study, recently published in Frontiers in Microbiology.

► In a Wednesday ScienceInsider, Dennis Normile reported that The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT), a Japanese foundation, «will invest up to $ 1 million per candidate «for early stage development of radically new and improved drugs, vaccines or diagnostics to prevent and treat infectious diseases that are prevalent in developing countries.»»

Livestock producers contend that the spread of resistant strains of bacteria stems from the overuse of all medicines to treat infectious diseases in both humans and animals.

By countering the microbes» tactics, scientists might be able to design new ways of preventing and treating infectious disease.

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT) has announced it will invest up to $ 1 million per candidate «for early stage development of radically new and improved drugs, vaccines or diagnostics to prevent and treat infectious diseases that are prevalent in developing countries.»

While the 3D injectable scaffold is being tested in mice as a potential cancer vaccine, any combination of different antigens and drugs could be loaded into the scaffold, meaning it could also be used to treat infectious diseases that may be resistant to conventional treatments.

CRISPR gene editing can now target RNA as well as DNA, which could be a way to treat infectious diseases and cancer and track RNA as it moves around cells

There are a number of drugs used to treat infectious diseases, with varying levels of success.

Clinical Trials Center This center has focused capabilities to test new candidate drugs and vaccines to prevent and treat infectious diseases.

Findings from this research are vital to NIAID efforts to create vaccines, drugs, and diagnostic tools to better diagnose, prevent, and treat infectious diseases.

An associate professor named Janelle Ayres, one of our rising stars, is upending the way we treat infectious diseases by finding ways to harness the immune system, thereby lessening our dependence on increasingly ineffective antibiotics.

Treatment focuses on preventing complications by monitoring diet, treating infectious diseases, and managing seizures.

Laboratory and clinical studies on ayurvedic herbal preparations and other therapies have shown them to have a range of potentially beneficial effects for preventing and treating certain cancers, treating infectious disease, promoting health, and treating aging.

I have seen and treated infectious diseases in a clinical setting since 1972.

Because of the link between antibiotic use in food - producing animals and the occurrence of antibiotic - resistant infections in humans, antibiotics should be used in food - producing animals only under veterinary oversight and only to manage and treat infectious diseases, not to promote growth.

Medicines for treating infectious diseases are not widely available in under - developed countries, and therefore, local hospitals do not have the resources to provide treatment for every infected person.