Sentences with phrase «understanding of the abnormality»

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Parents need to understand, however, that the ability of PPEs to detect the kind of cardiac abnormalities that can predispose athletes to sudden cardiac death is limited.

Scientists have gained a better molecular understanding of the region of the brain in individuals with epilepsy which — due to a developmental abnormality, trauma, stroke, or a growing tumor — has stopped responding to control signals, and this results in recurrent seizures.

«This finding will contribute to the understanding of cartilage - related degenerative diseases and congenital abnormalities that are caused by genomic mutation and genome - based drug discovery for treatment of diseases and cartilage regeneration,» says Ohba.

They hope that these findings could be significant for the understanding of developmental abnormalities of the placenta and related pregnancy disorders in humans.

Such basic knowledge about the development of teeth or bones adds to understanding of craniofacial abnormalities, which are among the most common birth defects in humans.

«Understanding this process is very important to prevent and treat many developmental abnormalities and cancer metastasis,» said Jianhua Xing, an associate professor of biological sciences in the College of Science and a Fralin Life Science Institute affiliate.

Dr. Schwartz's main research interests include molecular cytogenetics, particularly understanding the causes and effects of chromosomal abnormalities.

«I think that we're also in a position to design very specific clinical studies to further understand the significance of these mutations, as well as to begin to think about potentially targeting some of the abnormalities.»

Investigates the genetic regulation of meiosis and the mechanisms of male fertility to understand how errors in meiosis can lead to developmental abnormalities.

In the laboratory of Dr. Mintz, an eminent developmental geneticist, Dr. Jaenisch learned the embryological techniques that would lead to the development of the first transgenic mice carrying foreign sequences in all tissues — an approach that has proved to be critically important to understanding cancer, neurological and connective tissue diseases, and developmental abnormalities.

«So, these findings should further encourage work toward greater understanding of all the molecular abnormalities in cancer and development of drugs that target those abnormalities.»

Recent estimates suggest that as many as 1.9 million children younger than 18 years have a sport - or recreation - related concussion each year in the United States.1 This injury is biomechanically induced, with symptoms resulting from neuronal dysfunction due to functional and neurometabolic alterations rather than gross structural abnormalities.2 Compared with boys involved in similar activities, girls experience higher rates of sport - related concussion,3 - 7 report more severe symptoms,8 - 11 demonstrate worse cognitive impairment,8 - 10, 12 and take longer to recover.11 The neural mechanisms behind these postconcussion sex differences are poorly understood but have been attributed to differences in neuroanatomy and physiology, 13 cerebral blood flow, 14 and the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone.15 - 17

One of the lab's goals is to improve the understanding of functional, structural, and neurochemical brain abnormalities in depression.

An important area for future work will be to understand functional connectivity abnormalities in ASD at the global level, across the whole brain, as well as in specific functional networks or sets of nodes.

We need to understand how billions of neurons in different parts of the brain talk to each other, and how malfunctions in neural connections get expressed as behavioral abnormalities.»

Although it is known that gross chromosomal abnormalities are remarkably common in early human embryos, our understanding of early embryonic somatic mutations is very limited.

PHILADELPHIA — Knocking out one or both crucial regulatory genes caused cleft lip, skin barrier defects, and a host of other developmental problems in mice, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, hinting that abnormalities in these molecular pathways could underlie many birth defects that are presently not well understood.

And while the causes of the condition aren't fully understood, there are known factors that contribute to the likelihood of an ADHD diagnosis, including one's genetics, environment (including lead exposure early in life), and developmental problems, like abnormalities in the central nervous system.

«We understand that people get infections, we understand that people develop low - grade abnormalities, but we also understand that the amount of precancer is very low in these populations,» says Wheeler, who has conducted extensive research on HPV infection and cervical cancer.

Accurate cortical abnormality measurements could help characterize individuals with migraine better and improve understanding of the pathophysiological processes which underlie the condition.

The combination of tests will give your physician a better understanding of your thyroid levels to see if you have any abnormalities in your hormone functions.

When you can flip the lip of every patient you see and show the owner exactly what you observe, it helps the owner understand the need for treatment if an abnormality is noted during a physical examination.

The reason for this is not fully understood, but abnormalities in cell - mediated immunity are postulated.1 Gathering a detailed history is also important for categorizing the type of demodicosis (i.e., juvenile versus adult onset).

Monitor animals and immediately report health or behavior abnormalities to supervisor, and shelter veterinarian Participate in stress and disease reduction efforts through purposeful and compassionate and placement of animals in the shelter environment Perform animal bathing and basic grooming Create and maintain necessary animal records, perform data entry Understand the care for neo-natal kittens and other special needs animals

This lecture will aid the Veterinary technician in developing a better understanding of the interpretation of ECG tracings in order to feel more comfortable performing ECGs and identifying abnormalities.

Without understanding innate variation levels in the system how can you say whether or not the effects of the projected range of abnormality rivals the effects of the abormalities that are believed to be potential root causes of those extinctions?

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These abnormalities tend to cluster in the same individuals.18, 19 Evidence shows that the clustering of metabolic risk markers in adulthood is associated with elevated risk of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and dementia in later life.18, 20 Importantly, depression, inflammation, and the clustering of metabolic risk markers frequently co-occur in the same individuals, and their co-occurrence is associated with the greatest disease risk.20, 21 To improve life quality in aging populations, it is critical to gain a better understanding of the origins of these 3 age - related - disease risks.