\nLeen Kawas are 30 de ani, este imigrant de prim\u0103 genera\u0163ie \u00een SUA \u015fi conduce o companie care lupt\u0103 pentru a combate o boal\u0103 incurabil\u0103 ce cost\u0103 societatea miliarde de dolari \u00een fiecare an, informeaz\u0103 Forbes.<\/p>\n
\nCompania ei, M3, caut\u0103 un remediu pentru bolile neurodegenerative (Alzheimer \u015fi Parkinson), care afecteaz\u0103 milioane de oameni pe tot globul. M3 a fost \u00eenfiin\u0163at\u0103 \u00een 2011 de c\u0103tre Kawas \u015fi tocmai a primit o finan\u0163are de 9 milioane de dolari. Banii vor ajuta compania s\u0103 desf\u0103\u015foare teste ale medicamentelor produse de M3, medicamente care ar putea declan\u015fa regenerarea celulelor creierului pe care pacien\u0163ii le pierd atunci c\u00e2nd sufer\u0103 de aceste boli. “Dac\u0103 testele sunt un succes, atunci \u00eentreaga industrie s-ar putea schimba, deoarece majoritatea competitorilor M3 lucreaz\u0103 la \u00eencetinirea progresului bolii, nu la vindecarea ei”, spune ea.<\/p>\n
\nAproximativ 70.000 de persoane sunt diagnosticate \u00een Rom\u00e2nia cu boala Parkinson \u015fi este cea de-a doua afec\u0163iune neurologic\u0103 degenerativ\u0103 ca frecven\u0163\u0103 la noi \u00een \u0163ar\u0103.<\/p>\n
\nKawas visa s\u0103 vindece bolile terminale \u00eenc\u0103 din copil\u0103rie. Ea \u015fi-a privit bunica pierz\u00e2nd lupta cu cancerul, apoi mama ei a murit \u00eenainte ca Kawas s\u0103 \u00eemplineasc\u0103 21 de ani.<\/p>\n
\nA ob\u0163inut doctoratul farmacologie molecular\u0103 la Universitatea Washington State. \u00cen primul an, dup\u0103 \u00eenfiin\u0163area companiei, \u015fi-a stabilit s\u0103 vorbeasc\u0103 cu cel pu\u0163in 740 de oameni despre vindecarea bolilor neurodegenative.<\/p>\n
\nA \u00eent\u00e2mpinat dificult\u0103\u0163i \u00een carier\u0103 din cauza faptului c\u0103 este femeie \u015fi at\u00e2t de t\u00e2n\u0103r\u0103. “De multe ori am fost confundat\u0103 cu fata de la garderob\u0103. Dar de multe ori oamenii care au f\u0103cut asta au fost convin\u015fi s\u0103 investeasc\u0103 \u00een compania mea la finalul \u00eent\u00e2lnirilor”, a spus ea.<\/p>\n
\nDac\u0103 planului Leenei Kawas este dus la cap\u0103t cu succes, M3 va fi prima companie din lume care s\u0103 creeze o pastil\u0103 ce combate aceste boli extrem de grave precum Parkinson sau Alzheimer.<\/p>\n
\nCosturile luptei \u00eempotriva bolii Alzheimer \u00een Statele Unite ajung la peste 300 miliarde de dolari. A\u015fadar, companiile \u015fi guvernele au o mul\u0163ime de motive s\u0103-i acorde aten\u0163ie acestei tinere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Leen Kawas are 30 de ani, este imigrant de prim\u0103 genera\u0163ie \u00een SUA \u015fi conduce o companie care lupt\u0103 pentru a combate o boal\u0103 incurabil\u0103 ce cost\u0103 societatea miliarde de dolari \u00een fiecare an, informeaz\u0103 Forbes. Compania ei, M3, caut\u0103 un remediu pentru bolile neurodegenerative (Alzheimer \u015fi Parkinson), care afecteaz\u0103 milioane de oameni pe tot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[36542,14023,13292,18526,272,7283,18324,6281,323,161,6266,461,18802,10210,26240,9356],"class_list":["post-136107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-alzheimer","tag-boala","tag-boli","tag-combatere","tag-companie","tag-costuri","tag-infiintare","tag-lupta","tag-medicamente","tag-miliarde","tag-oameni","tag-pierdere","tag-solutie","tag-succes","tag-tanara","tag-teste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136111,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136107\/revisions\/136111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}