USE OF SELEGILIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEARING LOSS IN MAMMALSSelegiline and pharmaceutically acceptable analog forms thereof are used as treatments for hearing loss in mammals, especially dogs.RUEHL, WILLIAM, W.STEVENS, DAVID, R.
Treatment options for hearing loss are mostly based on medical devices, including hearing aids and cochlear implants; there are no pharmacological therapeutics currently in widespread use. Hair cells in the inner ear are the sensory cells for the detection of sound; hair cells are frequently affected...
Burns:The skin acts as a protective barrier for the body and is also responsible for regulating fluid loss.Burnvictims become dehydrated because the damaged skin cannot prevent fluid from seeping out of the body. Other inflammatory diseases of the skin such as toxic epidermal necrolysis, also may...
For dogs, ringworm infection usually comes from the fungal speciesMicrosporum canis, Microsporum gypseumandTrichophyton mentagrophytes. Unlike cats, dogs often (but not always) show symptoms. Hairless, circular lesions on the head, ears, paws, and forelimbs are the main symptoms dogs show. These ...
Angiostrongylus cantonensis, also known as rat lungworm, is found in Southeast Asia, Pacific islands, the Caribbean, and Africa. Baylisascaris procyonisis a type of roundworm that affects raccoons. It can also infect other small animals, including dogs. ...
Although this fluid buildup causes the symptoms of Meniere's disease, it also happens in people with other disorders, such as idiopathic sensorineural hearing loss. So, your doctor will have to test you for many different conditions before they can confirm that you have Meniere's disease. Resea...
In order to make use of AAV for gene therapy purposes, the gene of interest replaces the viral Rep and Cap ORFs; that is, all but the ITR sequences are removed from the gene therapy vector. Recombinant virus particles are produced by providing the packaging cell with the essential Rep ...
Castration is a term used for dogs and cats. I was treated like an animal and could not ask the doctor anything. I tried to convince myself that, to move forward, I needed to be prepared to never have sex again and that I would not need my sexual function once my cancer was cured...
17 Although most rAAVs do not integrate into the transduced cell DNA, it is estimated that up to 1% of rAAV transductions result in rAAV integration,33 and long-term persistence of these integrated rAAVs is still relatively unknown. A recent study of dogs treated for hemophilia A with rA...
Another potentially powerfully positive activity-based intervention for individuals with PTSD can be the use of a service dog. Particularly toward the completion of more conventional treatments, service dogs have been found to be effective in improving PTSD suffers' sense of safety, responsibility, ...