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New therapies, designed to enhance anti-tumor immunity are based on the blockade of the checkpoint components, either PD-1 on immune cells or PD-L1 on tumor cells. This strategy, while being spectacularly successful in some patients for some cancers, fails for many other patients. The expression of PD-L1 is highly dynamic and its prevalence within tumors can vary significantly over time. The curre ...

The goal of this fast track STTR proposal is to expand buprenorphine maintenance therapy for opioiddependent patientsOvermillion people in the US are addicted to opiatesProviding effective agonist therapymethadone or buprenorphinecoupled with behavioral counseling greatly improves outcomesreduces morbidityand reduces societal costsMethadone maintenance treatment has been limited due to complex sta ...

Approximatelymillion Americans suffer from asthmawhich leads to aboutdeaths per yearand is responsible for estimated annual total direct and indirect costs of $billionDespite the existing treatments for asthmapredominantly combinations of inhaledagonists and corticosteroidsCSsthere remains a significant unmet medical need for new therapies which address two key issuesapproximatelyof patients are i ...

Project Summary Human babesiosis is a malaria like multisystem disease caused primarily by Babesia microtian emerging apicomplexan parasite that infects and develops within human erythrocytesThe parasite is transmitted to humans by the tick vector Ixodes scapularis and can also be introduced through blood transfusionInfection can cause flu like symptomsand severe infection can be fatalin particula ...

PROJECT SUMMARYAminoglycosides are one of the cheapest and well known antibiotics in clinical use for overyearsbut one of the major limitations in their use is their ototoxicityWe are developing fast and low cost methods to develop aminoglycosides with antiribosomal activities and reduced toxicityIn this projectwe will identify novel aminoglycoside antibacterialsthat show reduced ototoxicityComple ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Hip fracture is one of the most serious fall related injuries in older adultshas a high rate of mortality and higher rate of disabilityThe incidence of hip fractures continues to increase as older adults become a larger proportion of the U SpopulationWithin one year post hip injuryof elderly die andof community dwellers are placed in nursing homesAccordinglyhip injury prev ...

PROJECT SUMMARYMitral regurgitationMRis the most prevalent valvular heart disease in the U Saffecting approximatelyof the populationThere aremillion patients in the US with moderate to severe MR requiring treatmentHoweveronly approximatelypatients in the U Sundergo surgery for MR each year due to concerns about procedural complexity and patient safetyThere is great enthusiasm among the heart valve ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Current treatment options for many skin diseases especially rare diseases fail to address the underlying causative pathophysiologiesIn the case of genetic mutations that cause loss of function mutationssupplementing the missing protein is a viable approach to treatmentHoweverdelivery of functional protein to the target keratinocytes presents a significant challengemoreoverthe cost ...

BioStrategies LC is developing the plant galactose binding lectinRTBas an enzyme carrier capable of expanding delivery of enzyme replacement therapiesERTstohardto treatorgans and tissues such as boneThe rare lysosomal disease mucopolysaccharidosis IMPS Iis a progressive multisystem disorderwhich presents with significant skeletal abnormalities that play a major role in patient disease progressionM ...

Abstract The ability of people with severe physical impairment to participate in family lifecommunicationworkor recreation is severely restricted without access to assistive technologyATYetas disability severity increasesso does the challenge to findingan access movement that a person can perform to control AT andan access technology that can detect the access movementWe propose to create a wirele ...