Thus, there are compelling reasons to focus on the development of new approaches to understanding why certain infants are predisposed to developing viral LRI, and which children with RSV LRI develop subsequent childhood asthma.
The test was intended to determine whether employees were predisposed to developing carpal tunnel syndrome.
Others want to know whether they are genetically predisposed to developing diabetes, cancer or other diseases.
When mice that were predisposed to developing cancer were exposed to this bacteria, tumours occurred more quickly.
Research studies suggest many reasons for this including children who are genetically predisposed to developing asthma, becoming allergic to other allergens, especially from cats and dogs.
For the last 20 years, genetic tests have allowed unaffected women to determine whether they are predisposed to developing breast/ovarian cancer due to BRCA1/2 gene mutations.
These data provide evidence as to why horses with EMS may be predisposed to developing laminitis, potentially as a result of an exaggerated inflammatory response to glycemic and insulinemic responses.
The effects of chronic moderate sleep restriction and exercise training on carcinogenesis were examined in adenomatous polyposis coli multiple intestinal neoplasma (APC Min+/−) mice, a genetic strain which is predisposed to developing adenomatous polyposis.
Patients with bicuspid aortic valves (BAV) are predisposed to developing ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) at an earlier age than patients who develop degenerative TAAs and have a tricuspid aortic valve (TAV).
Mr. McCollum was "in a hot environment without air-conditioning, and he may have been further predisposed to developing hyperthermia due to morbid obesity" and use of a diuretic for hypertension, the report noted.
In the proposed deal, the league agreed to spend $10 million on unspecified research, a pittance given the expense of doing large-scale, long-term studies that specialists say are needed to determine critical issues like who might be predisposed to developing neurological problems from head trauma.
