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Scientists can then use such solutions to solve "real-world" problems, by targeting and eradicating diseases, and creating biological innovations.

However, with many blockbusters targeting diseases of affluence, such as cholesterol-lowering drugs, is the Aids epidemic sweeping the developing world being side-lined by drug developers?

Other barriers to care are present in the lack of treatments developed to target diseases of poverty.

Specialty hospitals are also part of the public health care system to target chronic diseases or a particular group of the population.

Iyengar also targeted various ailments, diseases, and disorders with his pratice.

Off-patent generic pharmaceuticals produced at this site are supposed to target severe oncological, cardiological, immunological, and chronic infectious diseases.

Biotechnology companies in the developing world have targeted neglected tropical diseases due to need to improve global health.

Human trials are being conducted to find a drug targeting obesity-related diseases.

Public health programs need to be redirected - to help women and teen-agers and to target diseases that are currently neglected but afflict millions of Americans.