Sentences with phrase «treatment for human diseases»

An important step in developing effective treatments for human disease is finding an effective animal model of the disease to test potential therapies.

The discipline blends two different worlds — the laboratory and the clinic — and translates basic discoveries into treatments for human disease.

The study of small molecules also offers unique opportunities for developing novel treatments for human disease.

This shows that the basic mechanisms of oligodendrocyte differentiation are conserved across species and that understanding the regulation of zebrafish OPCs can contribute to the development of new treatment for human diseases.

And Jennifer Doudna, a professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California at Berkeley and one of the pioneers of the CRISPR technology, told reporters that it will be many years before this technique results in treatments for human diseases.

Tonight's speech by President Barack Obama maintained that tradition — but he did take a few moments in the 60 - minute address to stake out a strong defense of his administration's policies to combat climate change, and to preview a new «precision medicine» initiative that aims to tap genetic and other information to improve treatments for human diseases.

Studying how tiny microbes thrive in harsh environments could lead to better treatments for human diseases

There are a number of challenges inherent in the development of astrocyte - based treatments for human disease.

Cohen died in 1993, but Steinman went on to head the laboratory that pioneered the investigation of dendritic cells, leading to important treatments for human disease using dendritic cell - and immune - based vaccines and therapies for such conditions as graft rejection, resistance to tumours, autoimmune diseases and other infections, such as the first dendritic, cell - targeted vaccine against HIV.

The phenomenal growth of public interest in alternative treatments for human disease and discomfort has spilled over into pet care.

«These findings show how valuable laboratory animals are in identifying new treatments for human disease,» said Conn. «We expect that these studies will change the way drug companies look for drugs, since current screening procedures would have missed many useful pharmacoperone drugs.»

Chan believes that using transgenic primates would narrow the gap and allow researchers to develop more effective treatments for human diseases.

Institute research findings, generated through its own research programmes and through its leading role in international consortia, are being used to develop new diagnostics and treatments for human disease.

These powerful tools are rapidly changing the way researchers do their work, and providing new and novel approaches to treatments for human disease.

It's useful to help researchers understand the function of a gene at a specific time of life, but this particular technique is not being developed as a treatment for any human disease.

Richard H. Scheller is Executive Vice President of Research and Early Development at Genentech, where his role is to see basic research translated into the development of new treatments for human disease.