Sentences with phrase «understand human disease promise»

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I would, therefore, support morally responsible research that promises to advance our understanding of human biology and disease, even if such research made the path to human cloning easier.

Mini-organ models promise enormous advantages for understanding basic human biology, teasing apart human disease processes, and offering an accurate testing ground for finding or vetting drug therapies.

However, since the novel genes that were identified, are known to lead to aging - associated diseases in humans, their further analysis seems to be promising for developing new approaches to understand and possibly cure these diseases and to contribute to a long life and healthy aging in humans — in a way, long - lived rodents do.

The researchers» strategy — generating disease - specific nerve cells, identifying a causative gene for developmental defects, validating the gene - specific defect in animal models, and then investigating interactions with other genes both in animal models and in humans — represents a promising new approach for understanding the mechanisms underlying some of the most intractable psychiatric illnesses.

This webinar will discuss the promise CRISPR / Cas9 has for rodent studies along with strategies for developing better models to understand and treat human disease.

The companies will use the Clinical Genome Miner ™, which combines genealogical, genotypic and disease data, to develop more detailed understanding of the role of Merck targets in the human biology of obesity, and to establish which targets offer the most promising avenues for the development of new drugs.

These proteins can be comparatively tested to identify the most promising vaccine candidates, and to understand how the parasite interacts with the human host and cause disease.

Stem cells hold great promise in helping us understand and treat many human diseases and conditions.

The Alpert Prize recognizes scientists whose research has led to the prevention, cure or treatment of human diseases or disorders, and constitutes a seminal scientific finding that holds great promise of ultimately changing our understanding of, or ability to treat, disease.

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 7, 2003 - The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) today announced the selection of five centers to carry out a new generation of large - scale sequencing projects designed to maximize the promise of the Human Genome Project and dramatically expand our understanding of human health and disHuman Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) today announced the selection of five centers to carry out a new generation of large - scale sequencing projects designed to maximize the promise of the Human Genome Project and dramatically expand our understanding of human health and disHuman Genome Project and dramatically expand our understanding of human health and dishuman health and disease.