It has drugs in development for ten diseases and two ongoing clinical trials, including ones for diabetic nerve injuries.
They are looking at the development of skin diseases and male-pattern baldness.
"This required the size, scope, and breadth of a large trial, " says Steven Ryder, Pfizer's head of development for cardiovascular and medical diseases.
Many of these reports are based on the results of epidemiologic studies, which examine associations between a wide range of behaviors and exposures, on the one hand, and the development of diseases, on the other.
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The twin unit was set up in 1992 to look at the role that genes play in the development of rheumatic diseases in older women and has now expanded to lok at most common diseases, behaviours and traits.
O-GlcNAc is essential for human function, but also affects the development of diseases such as cancer, diabetes and dementia.
The sequencing of the human genome, the application of powerful genetic tools to identify human disease genes, and the development of powerful imaging and diagnostic tools now make it possible to tackle the causes of diseases more systematically and broadly than ever before.
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There is no need to create new and confusing regulations and restrictions on doctors when regulators already have the flexibility to speed up the development of new medicines for serious and life-threatening diseases.
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Also known as reprogrammed stem cells, iPSCs are derived from somatic cells taken from adults, and offer researchers a way to examine the development of diseases.
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Malthus did not anticipate the development of powerful new vaccines for diseases like small-pox and equally powerful advances in public health infrastructure like modern sewage systems and so forth.
Most was to pay for the development of new medicines for chronic lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis and emphysema, which can, in theory, be made from proteins in the milk of a cloned flock.
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The Orphan Drug Act, enacted in 1982, provides incentives--including tax credits and exemption from user fees--for the development of drugs for rare diseases.
The industry fees will also be used to advance the development of drugs for rare diseases, increase communications with small or new companies, and boost standardized electronic data usage to improve quality and effectiveness.
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