Methods for treating diseases

摘要

Herein is provided a method for identifying extreme stressors which may become causative agents responsible for syndromes characterized by premature progressive cell loss or cell over growth in an individual. A sample of cells obtained from an individual is subjected to stressor in vitro to form a stressed cell sample. At least one stress criteria is measured for the stressed cell sample and the steps are repeated for a plurality of stressors. The measured stress criteria are then compared to norms derived from such measurements on cell samples obtained from third parties and a plurality of extreme stressors to which the sample of cells taken from the individual are unusually sensitive are identified. The procedure can be used to identify an effective bypass agent or needed alteration in lifestyle to prevent or delay clinical signs of disease, and/or to identify an effective bypass agent or needed alteration in lifestyle to better manage or reverse the course of the disease process.