Most of them, at some point, will develop a chronic disease or disability.
Mice that have been genetically engineered to have a predisposition to the disease develop a motor impairment which prevents them turning when they are walking along a pole.
Women today generally develop cardiovascular disease a decade or so later than men.
The grafts typically develop a potentially lethal disease, called 'intimal hyperplasia', which can block the downstream junction with the natural vessel in just a few months.
In a study of people with a gene that put them at higher risk for Alzheimer's, those who ate a high-fat diet were seven times more likely to develop the disease than those who ate a low-fat diet, researchers reported.
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In effect, Duchenne patients could develop a milder form of the disease, known as Becker muscular dystrophy, says Petra Kaufmann, a neuromuscular researcher who directs the Office of Clinical Research at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Harriet Millward, of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, said a way to identify people with Alzheimer's before they develop clinical signs of the disease would be a significant breakthrough.
Therefore, we plan to continue our efforts to develop NPI 32101 for a variety of disease conditions.
Astoundingly, the women who did not vacation annually were almost eight times more likely to develop coronary heart disease or have a heart attack.
And those who develop depression young tend to have a more serious disease, with a higher risk of relapse.
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He felt his worries were founded when he learned that star NFL linebacker Junior Seau -- who took his own life last May -- suffered from a neurodegenerative brain disease that can develop from concussions known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE.
Without effective care, patients can develop a range of complications, including blindness and kidney disease.
Though the project still has a long way to go, it has already helped develop a test to diagnose the early stages of the disease.
Understanding how a gene contributes to a disease like cancer can help pharmaceutical companies develop new drugs to treat it.
Without effective care, patients can develop a range of complications, including blindness, amputation and kidney disease.
Geography and the gut: Women who live in northern U.S. states in their early adulthood are more likely than their southern counterparts to develop Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, according to a study in Gut.
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For example, a high percentage of cats begin to develop symptoms of autoimmune disease such as hyperthyroid disease, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis or cancer or feline leukemia and die when they are about 11 to13 years old or even before.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals still is leading in the race to develop the first of a new generation of drugs for the deadly liver disease hepatitis C.
And a spokesman for the Work Foundation, cites research suggesting that employees working for more than 11 hours a day are also two-thirds more likely to develop heart disease than those who have worked for the standard seven to eight hours per day.
Athersys recently entered a partnership with Pfizer to jointly develop MultiStem for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, which affects more than 2 million people in the U.S., Europe and Japan.
For example, widespread failure in our handful of remaining major crops and animal breeds due to disease or pest outbreaks is a very real possibility: given that pest and pathogens are constantly evolving, a diverse gene pool is essential if we are to develop insect- and disease-resistant strains in the future.
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Lamellar was founded in 2007 to develop a new class of therapies for the prevention, treatment and control of severe respiratory disease.
Their conclusions are that while depression is not necessarily a cause of the illness, there is a strong suggestion that it may help doctors predict which elderly people will develop heart disease.
Amgen also has a partnership with Stockholm's Biovitrum to develop new drugs for the metabolic syndrome, a constellation of risk factors for diabetes and heart disease that has big drug firms salivating.
Eric Appleby, director of Alcohol Concern, said it is helpful to have a better understanding of liver disease and the people who may be more likely to develop it.
Usually after a decade or so, half of patients with this type of MS will develop secondary progressive disease where the symptoms get gradually worse and there are no or very few periods of remission.
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Prostate cancer research director John Masters, professor of experimental pathology at University College, London, said that men of Afro-Caribbean descent are three times more likely to develop prostate cancer than the average male, while those with a father or son who has had the disease is twice as likely to be diagnosed.
The Mayo Clinic sees about 100 cases a year of young, healthy people who develop sepsis, says Dr. Priya Sampathkumar, an infectious disease specialist at Mayo.
People with a rare genetic form of Alzheimer's, whose specific genetic mutations guarantee that they will develop the disease, tended to show signs of amyloid plaques in PET scans and cerebrospinal fluid 10 to 20 years before the onset of symptoms.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a very clear and practical document that most practitioners utilize to develop protocols in their practices.
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