The idea is that we use sleep and sleep deprivation to understand the brain and develop new treatments.
RNAi can also be used to develop new treatments for a number of diseases, including AIDS, cancer, and hepatitis.
Dr. Cosgrove, a heart surgeon and inventor, has defended the clinic's emphasis on working with for-profit companies to develop new treatments.
"The dog unlocked the mystery of narcolepsy in humans so that we can now work to develop new treatments and better understand sleep," Dr. Mignot said.
Mr. Kennedy visited the White House several times to win support for One Mind for Research, his initiative to help develop new treatments for brain disorders.
"Ultimately, we hope we find genetic hits that point the way to the biological systems that we need to target to develop new treatments.
Pozen Inc., an unprofitable developer of migraine drugs, said yesterday that it might gain as much as $160 million from an agreement with GlaxoSmithKline to develop new treatments for headaches.
In a statement, the health secretary said: The Caldicott review has been about striking the right balance between sharing people's health and care information to improve services and develop new treatments while respecting the privacy and wishes of the patient.
The World Health Organization asked the publishers to reduce the journal prices so doctors and researchers in poor countries could obtain information to improve health care systems and develop new treatments.
The assertion that physicians are "bought off" by pharmaceutical companies insults both the medical profession and the scientists who are working to develop new treatments for patients suffering from chronic and life-threatening illnesses.
Scientists even hope that by identifying the mechanism that kills hardy hair-pigment cells and leaves us awash in gray, they can develop new treatments for shutting down more troublesome cells — like those that cause skin cancer.
