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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Many patients requiring stem cell transplantation for hematological malignancies are unable to find a suitable HLA matched sibling or unrelated donor Transplants using stem cells from umbilical cord blood provide an alternative for these patients allowing transplantation to proceed with less stringent HLA matching requirements Unfortunately in addition to t ...

Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax threatens over billion people globally and sickens tens of millions annually Radical cure for P vivax malaria includes therapy aimed both at the acute attack blood schizontocidal and against future attacks hypnozoitocidal The only hypnozoitocide available are aminoquinolines such as primaquine or tafenoquine However clinicians often do not prescribe ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Chikungunya virus CHIKV is an emerging disease of global public health importance Originally identified in sporadic CHIKV outbreaks occurred in Africa and Asia for several decades Beginning with an outbreak on the island of La Reunion in the virus has continued to spread to new regions around the globe CHIKV is now endemic in the Caribbean is present in t ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantCardiovascular diseases and Asthma affects betweenandmillion people in the United States includingmillion childrenduring the pastyearsits incidence worldwide has doubledAsthma is responsible formillion person days of restricted activity anddeaths per yearamounting to $billion in direct heath related coststhere is uncertainty about the specific factors that are contr ...

The average lifespan and the number of older individuals is increasing in the US but because age is a primary risk factor for most chronic disease there is an accompanying increase in the burden of chronic disease in the US Diet and lifestyle choices including dietary supplementation may be useful approaches to slowing the aging process and increasing healthspan and also may be the best stra ...

Over worldwide cases of head and neck Handamp N cancer occur annually Despite aggressive treatment about of Handamp N cancers recur and progress Recent studies of interstitial PDT I PDT have shown promising results in the treatment of patients with locally advanced Handamp N cancer that fail standard therapies I PDT provides a means to treat cancerous tumors while minimizing da ...

Two of the most promising approaches to cancer immunotherapy are immune checkpoint blockade by monoclonal antibodies and the adoptive transfer of immune cells The recent successes in treating melanoma with anti PD and anti CTLA antibodies as well as the extremely successful application of T cells engineered to express the CAR receptor targeting CD to treat B cell lymphomas initiated a waterfal ...

Project Summary Marijuana e g cannabis is the most frequently detected drug of abuse Cannabis abuse has a substantial impact on public safety as driving under the influence of cannabis will impair driving skill and the marijuana use in the workplace will increase the risk of adverse events and the loss of productivity With the recent wave of legalization of marijuana use in numerous states ...

The objective of this Phase I application is to develop and assess a sMAC lateral flow assay diagnostic tool for bacterial meningitisBMDevelopment of rapidhighly sensitive and specific clinical diagnostic for bacterial infections in the central nervous systemCNSsuch as BM and shunt infectionthat are easy to use and cost effectivewould significantly improve healthcare in the US and worldwideWe have ...

Project Summary Abstract More than million procedures were performed with GI endoscopic devices in Since endoscopes cannot be sterilized risk of infection from contaminated endoscopes can be tangible and needs to be urgently addressed Infection at endoscopy has recently been recognized as a significant risk after two patient deaths from CRE infection transmitted by contaminated duodenos ...