My lab has contributed to development of skin substitutes for burn patients, and is currently developing treatments for patients with abnormal scarring.
"But we understood at the outset the significant challenges in developing treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus".
Mr. Schultz also founded Buckler Biodefense, a spinoff company that is developing treatments for anthrax and other bioterrorism threats.
Possible applications of RNAi include developing treatments for such diseases as AIDS, cancer, and hepatitis.
Drug companies argue that a longer period is needed to create an incentive for developing treatments for diseases such as cancer and arthritis.
The new findings could also pave the way for a safe method of producing stem cells for researching neurodegenerative diseases and developing treatments for them.
"This knowledge could be helpful some day in developing treatments for the many problems and diseases that may adversely affect the mother-infant relationship".
This month $8m was invested in a Canadian company, Inflazyme, which is developing treatments for inflammatory diseases, including asthma and arthritis.
"It's like the boy who cried wolf," said Harry M. Tracy, publisher of NeuroInvestment, a newsletter that follows companies developing treatments for neurological diseases.
In addition to its prostate cancer compound, for which crucial data will be presented at a meeting next week of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Cougar is developing treatments for breast cancer and multiple myeloma.
In a letter to the Guardian, scientists including the Nobel laureates Sir John Gurdon and Sir John Walker, rejected this claim, arguing that primate research was still critical for developing treatments for dementia and other debilitating illnesses.
