When the rescued orangutans first arrive, they are often in a sorry state and riddled with diseases.
But this is not possible with diseases that might be used as weapons but otherwise never infect anyone.
The most notable successes, so far, have been with diseases where it is relatively easy to introduce genes.
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They warn that the elderly and those with diseases or disabilities such as deafness or dementia have particular problems finding a dentist.
It means patients with diseases like leukaemia are dying sometimes unnecessarily.
Neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said the results could offer hope to people with diseases like Alzheimer's.
Creating a part that is specific to a patient's organ takes on even more importance with diseases like bronchial malacia, in which conventional intervention is risky and often the alternative is life on a ventilator.
The NHS now sees many more patients with diseases that come in older age, and with less money available, so Jeremy Hunt, his ministers and the professions now have to find a way of fixing the "overworked machine" in order to provide good, high-quality care.
Dr Baigent said surveys in the UK have shown that aspirin is prescribed to less than a quarter of people with diseases such as peripheral arterial disease - a condition which causes fatty deposits to build up in the arteries of the leg, and which commonly leads to heart attacks or strokes.
Of course, with big diseases come the sorts of delays that often plague big pharmaceutical firms.
For more than a century there were few restrictions other than barring those with communicable diseases.
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This reduces the inflammation associated with many diseases, including strokes and arthritis, without suppressing the immune system.
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Without this drug, the costs of caring for people with rare diseases like this can run into the millions.
Reagan reminded the audience that millions of people are afflicted with debilitating diseases.
She said that, like in a lot of developing countries, the medical priority in India remains with communicable diseases.
The report calls for the Department of Health to set guidelines for the care of patients with neuromuscular diseases.
The next step for the company is to develop therapeutic regimens for the chip that can work with other diseases.
As with most diseases, the best treatment for Norovirus and flu is to avoid getting them in the first place.
Of course, many patients with rare diseases actually receive their medicines for free if insurers or governments cannot pay for them.
It is thought that the technique could now be adapted to treat patients with genetic diseases such as sickle cell anaemia.
This is a huge benefit for patients with chronic diseases that require daily injections because it automates the process, thereby improving compliance.
By airing two episodes on the need for treatments for people with rare diseases, he addressed a very important public health challenge.
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Because they are derived from human cells with human diseases, they are likely to be more effective than some forms of animal testing.
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Craig , Renee Dow and MaryAnne Aitken , experts in treating and counseling children with genetic diseases at Royal Children's Hospital in Australia.
But because the number of people with rare diseases, like Sanfilippo, is so small, patients may be needed to participate in multiple studies.
He also claimed doctors were failing to inform plaques sufferers of the benign nature of their condition, which was being confused with fatal diseases.
Guidelines were issued, banning various groups from participating in this year's Hajj -- children under 12, adults over 65 and people with chronic diseases.
One of the goals of the Human Genome Project was to allow researchers to link versions of individual genes (known as alleles) with particular diseases.
What they do instead is scan your DNA for markers associated with specific diseases. 23andMe tracks 58 diseases and conditions, deCode offers 26, and Navigenics 18.
Of that 60%, Goldstein says, he is able to significantly extend the quality of life for 50% of cancer patients and 80% of non-cancer patients with degenerative diseases.
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