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Project Summary: Alzheimer’s Disease is associated with metabolic dysfunction, glucose and insulin resistance, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and reduced exercise capacity. Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction correlate with the development of beta-amyloid (Aβ) deposits, one of the hallmarks of AD that begin years before the onset of memory and cognitive decline. Moreove ...

ABSTRACT / PROJECT SUMMARYAcute ischemic stroke is poised for a revolution. With the advent of mechanical thrombectomy in the last decade, the worst clots can be removed. While thrombectomy has improved outcomes, most treated patients still have severe deficits, in large part due to secondary injury caused by ischemia-reperfusion injury. To solve this problem, many neuroprotective drugs were trial ...

Project Summary: Self-developing, instant radiochromic films based on the solid-state polymerization of diacetylenes (R-C≡C-C≡C- R’, where R and R’ are substituent groups) are used for measuring radiation therapy dose. Currently available radiochromic films, e.g., the GafChromicTM EBT films from Ashland (Bridgewater, NJ, USA), have many drawbacks such as they are very expensive, sensitive ...

PROJECT SUMMARYHigh blood pressure (BP), particularly high systolic BP (SBP), is the major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and related conditions. Indeed, over 50% of all adults have above-normal SBP (≥120 mmHg), placing them at increased disease risk. In addition, these adults face ~$2000/year in excess medical expenses compared to their peers with normal BP. Rates of B ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is highly prevalent among individuals with diagnosed anxiety disorders with more than 60% of individuals with OUD reporting a lifetime anxiety disorder. Co-occurring anxiety is linked to earlier and more rapid progression into OUD, poorer treatment outcomes, and high probability of co-use of other substances, particularly benzodiazepines (BZDs). BZDs are currently the sta ...

PROJECT SUMMARY The goal of this proposal is to advance a new therapeutic approach targeting myosin for polycystic kidney disease (PKD). PKD is a major life-threatening Mendelian disorder that affects 12,000,000 individuals, representing a market opportunity of ~$1 billion. In PKD, tiny tubules in the kidneys, liver, and other organs gradually expand into fluid-filled cysts, leading to organ failu ...

Summary Lung diseases, such as interstitial lung diseases including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and acute viral infection are major leading causes of death worldwide. The recent increase due to air pollution, tobacco smoking is and use of E-cigarettes has grown rapidly in the US contributing to a sharp increase in chronic lung diseases. IPF is ...

Project Summary: The goal of this project is to create two prototypes of a novel live spike sorting system which can be used by investigators to spike sort streams of neural data recorded by multi-channel, high channel and ultra-high channel probes. In most in-vivo extracellular recording conditions, an electrode can pick up neural spikes from several nearby neurons resulting in so-called “multi ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT Currently in the US there are over 400,000 kidney patients on dialysis. The primary therapy mode is hemodialysis and is performed in a hospital or private clinic. Current dialysis therapy requires a large device that must be continuously connected to a reverse osmosis (RO) system. A single treatment will require over 150L of AAMI dialysate making portable device unattaina ...

Widespread azole resistance among Candida and Aspergillus spp. along with emerging echinocandin resistance in C. glabrata and C. auris raises the specter of untreatable multidrug resistant fungal infections, even as advances in medicine (cancer chemotherapy, organ transplant, premature infants, HIV/AIDS therapy) have increased the size of the vulnerable population. Our proposal aims to develop a n ...