If a marker is found, researchers will be able to test the theory and perhaps develop new treatments.
As a result, experts say, research is limited and drug companies are slow to develop treatments.
The intent was to develop new antibiotics and other treatments.
He is a clinician who has helped develop new treatments for cancer, which are now part of standard practice.
At the same time, he said, society should not lose the opportunity to develop new treatments based on cloning techniques.
In his later years he developed special treatments based on the sympathetic nervous system of the body.
The researchers stress that their work is not yet ready to be used to develop new treatments.
Now we must study the real causes for these problems and develop appropriate treatments.
He said Genentech would rather spend its money developing new treatments.
It was established in 2002 to develop treatments with fewer side effects for children and young adults.