The fight to maintain quality of life is just as important as life itself. Ask those with Cancer. Diabetes. Or HIV. Our focus on finding new ways to predict and prevent disease will accelerate medical advances that maintain health and improve quality of life.
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SDBRI scientists study cancer, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, HIV vaccine development, cachexia, and obesity. This is a diverse set of conditions with appreciable differences, but there is a great deal of overlap among them. They are all associated with dysregulation in the immune system, metabolism, and inflammatory profile. Researchers explore their own specialties and work together to address questions related to more than one disease.
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Giving Every Patient a Fighting Chance
What drives our research?
Biomedical research scientists are problem solvers. The challenge we face is human disease. Based on current knowledge on the causes and treatments for disease, we …
We should be able to predict disease progression
The Power of Prediction is Prevention. The advantage to being able to predict disease onset is that illness is often easier to prevent than reverse. …
Taking on the tough challenges
Over the past half century, the international biomedical research community has made enormous progress in the understanding of human diseases and the ability to treat …
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Our research programs are funded primarily by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Private donations help to accelerate the progress of research through the purchase of laboratory supplies and equipment or the recruitment of additional laboratory personnel. Thank you!
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