New Approaches to Pathogenesis

**Semantic type:** Conceptual Entity

**Definition:** NIH Emphasis Area -- Innovative approaches to pathogenesis, resulting from more precise understanding of genes, proteins, and cells, are transforming traditional descriptions of disease processes. For example, research in this arena will uncover new mechanisms of carcinogenesis and cardiovascular disease and will lead to better understanding of osteoarthritis, birth defects and growth disorders. These new insights into pathogenesis are, in turn, stimulating new preventive strategies against disease such as the development of new vaccines against a variety of pathogens.