They also may be taking multiple medications to
treat multiple diseases.
«By tuning the surface properties and pore size of the MSRs, and therefore controlling the introduction and release of various proteins and drugs, we can manipulate the immune system to
treat multiple diseases.»
«We need to learn more, but there are certainly lots of examples where one [chemical or compound] is
treating multiple diseases,» Dr. Diamond explains.
Not exact matches
Marijuana could be prescribed to
treat about half a dozen medical conditions: epilepsy,
multiple sclerosis, A.L.S. (also known as Lou Gehrig's
disease), Parkinson's
disease, Huntington's
disease, neuropathies, spinal cord injuries, cancer and HIV / AIDS.
Currently, medical marijuana can be used to
treat only a handful of serious illnesses and conditions, including cancer, HIV and AIDS, Lou Gehrig's, Parkinson's and Huntington's
diseases, epilepsy, some spinal cord injuries and
multiple sclerosis.
Experts believe a molecule in parasitic worms could help explain why worm infections can effectively
treat a range of autoimmune
diseases, including
multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
A new study published online by JAMA Oncology examines the assessment of minimal residual
disease in patients newly
treated for
multiple myeloma as a factor in survival outcomes.
IVIG is also used to
treat primary immunodeficiency
disease (PIDD) and
multiple sclerosis.
The team is now readying the vaccine for human trials and is designing related vaccines to
treat other autoimmune
diseases, including
multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory bowel
disease.
Dysevolution is what Lieberman calls «the deleterious feedback loop that occurs over
multiple generations when we don't
treat the causes of a mismatch
disease but instead pass on whatever environmental factors cause the
disease, keeping the
disease prevalent and sometimes making it worse.»
Researchers at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, have used a type of gene therapy to
treat mice with a
disease that mimics
multiple sclerosis (MS).
However, around that time my Mum was diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis, and I became very interested in learning more about this
disease and ways to
treat it.In January 2002 I decided, after much thought, that I should change direction and study neuroscience, as the best thing I could do for MS patients is to work on a cure.
Using their new method, the IUPUI chemists successfully synthesized analogues of fingolimod, a drug used to
treat relapsing forms of
multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune inflammatory
disease.
A medication called ferric citrate may reduce dialysis patients» need to take
multiple drugs that
treat complications related to kidney
disease.
More than 80 percent of women with advanced stage high - grade serous ovarian cancer experience relapses even after repeated surgeries and
multiple rounds of chemotherapy, and this effective new approach to
treat the
disease could be a major step forward in preventing cancer from returning.
This clinical trial is the culmination of long - standing research led by Professor John Greenwood at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology showing the potential therapeutic benefits of using statins to
treat autoimmune
diseases such as
multiple sclerosis and uveitis.
The investigators pointed out its possible relevance in
treating diseases associated with a lack of myelin, with particular interest in
multiple sclerosis.
The result is a new dual - targeting drug candidate — or, as Griffin describes, «one drug addressing
multiple therapeutic indications» — that could
treat both diabetes and bone
disease.
The drug heals damage in
multiple tissues, which suggests to us that it may have applications in
treating many
diseases.»
Understanding the function of non-kidney calcitriol production and its connection to inflammatory
diseases, ranging from
multiple sclerosis to arthritis, is of great interest to a number of biomedical researchers, who would like to know whether and how vitamin D could potentially be used to
treat these
diseases.
And so things, in other words, things we find out about how to block celiac
disease or how to
treat it would be applicable potentially to these
diseases, [such as] type1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis,
multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel syndrome.
The results, published today in Nature Immunology, suggest a common biochemical thread to
multiple diseases and point the way to a new class of therapies that could
treat chronic inflammation in these non-infectious
diseases without crippling the immune system.
A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC — James) provides evidence that genetically modifying immune cells might effectively
treat multiple myeloma, a
disease that remains incurable and will account for an estimated 24,000 new cases and 11,100 deaths in 2014
Treating the
disease can be challenging and requires a combination of
multiple antibiotics delivered over several months.
Additionally, the treatment - free interval steadily decreased for patients diagnosed with recurrent
disease and
treated with
multiple rounds of chemotherapy.
Mutations of RGS1 are associated with several autoimmune
diseases, including
multiple sclerosis, and a drug targeting cell migration has been approved to
treat multiple sclerosis, he notes.
A review of the literature on
treating multiple sclerosis (MS) aims to provide physicians with evidence - based information on the latest treatments for this chronic
disease.
«Insights from a rare genetic
disease may help
treat multiple myeloma.»
Now, new work suggests that a drug already approved by the FDA to
treat another brain
disease —
multiple sclerosis — may stave off these problems in HD mice.
British media are reporting a significant development in the use of ethical, non-embryonic stem cells to
treat patients with
multiple sclerosis (MS) and, perhaps, other auto - immune
diseases.
Antibiotics that target mitochondria effectively eradicate cancer stem cells, across
multiple tumor types:
treating cancer like an infectious
disease.
-LSB-...] There are many ongoing clinical trials (Phases I, II, and III) using adipose derived MSC's to
treat conditions as varied as COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, congestive heart failure, osteoarthritis, Parkinson's
disease, diabetes, Autism, Crohn's
disease,
multiple sclerosis, macular degeneration, urinary incontinence, neurological disorders and many other conditions.
NeuroPhage is initially developing drug candidates to
treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
diseases, in which
multiple misfolded proteins can exacerbate
disease progression, and the Company is also targeting several rare systemic amyloidosis
diseases.
Stem cell therapy is used to
treat incurable
diseases like Cerebral Palsy, Brain Hemorrhage and Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury & Paraplegia, Autism, Parkinsonism, Motor Neuron
Disease, Muscular Dystrophy, Liver
Diseases, Huntington's
Disease, Chronic Kidney
Diseases, Optic Neuritis,
Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebellar Ataxia and Friedrich Ataxia.
He has recently published similar pre-clinical work showing hESC - derived cells can be used to
treat a range of other
diseases, including
multiple sclerosis and lupus, among others.
«It is well - established that Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative
diseases progress from the buildup of
multiple misfolded proteins, a key reason why these
diseases have proven so challenging to
treat,» said Richard Fisher, Ph.D., chief scientific officer of Proclara.
«We are currently working to identify the relationship between the circadian clock, metabolism and the immune system, so that one day we could develop therapies to
treat diseases influenced by circadian clock disruption — including not only obesity and diabetes, but also potentially
multiple sclerosis and even Alzheimer's
disease.»
A study led by Helena Jernberg Wiklund, Uppsala University / SciLifeLab, shows how the protein EZH2 affects the development of
multiple myeloma, and that inhibition of EZH2 could be used as a new strategy to
treat the
disease.
«Through its basic research into the origins of neurological
disease, Gladstone has built an impressive knowledge into potential strategies and targets for
treating devastating neurological
diseases, such as
multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's
disease,» said Peter Høngaard Andersen, Executive Vice President of Research, H. Lundbeck A / S.
By searching for gene networks with mutations in
multiple different genes, his team aims to discover new ways to
treat disease.
The treatment protocols of Okyanos are based on a thorough understanding of the
multiple factors involved in each of the
disease processes we
treat.
It's impossible to know every possible medical use of stem cells because scientists haven't been able to conduct extensive research with them, but researchers claim that they may be the key to
treating a host of
diseases and conditions, including Parkinson's
disease, diabetes, heart
disease,
multiple sclerosis, baldness and spinal cord injuries.
Stem cells have the capacity to differentiate into any of the different tissues making up the human body, thus holding the promise of
treating or curing
diseases such as
multiple sclerosis or spinal - cord injury by replacing
diseased cells with healthy cells.
New research, published in Scientific Reports, has discovered a potential novel strategy to
treat a variety of autoimmune
diseases, such as
multiple sclerosis or psoriasis.
As you know, embryonic stem cells have the potential to be used to
treat and better understand deadly and disabling
diseases and conditions that affect more than 100 million Americans, such as cancer, heart
disease, diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's,
multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and many others.
Curcumin, the yellow pigment found in turmeric, has the greatest potential for acting as a multipurpose drug in
treating and preventing Alzheimer's
Disease, a variety of cancers such as skin cancer, pancreatic and colon cancer, osteoarthritis, MGUS and
multiple myeloma, and for improving artery function (see also here).
In 2007, a review of
multiple scientific studies was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition which determined that fasting is an effective way to reduce the risk of cardiovascular
disease and cancer, as well as have the potential to
treat diabetes.
It has also been studied for use in
treating more serious
diseases including
multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's
disease.
Treat the Whole Person - Tolle totum: A holistic approach is utilized by considering
multiple factors of health and
disease, and then formulating a treatment plan specific to the individual's needs.
Utilizing
multiple mechanisms to
treat and prevent the
disease.