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Project Summary / Abstract DermaXon's project goal is to develop efficacious, substrate-based, selective inhibitors of CYP26s, the enzymes responsible for the metabolism of all-trans retinoic acid (atRA) in the epidermis, as an oral treatment for severe recalcitrant acne. This approach will provide an improved acne therapeutic without the adverse effects associated with currently marketed retinoid ...

Abstract Pharmacogenomics, the study of how an individual's genetic makeup affects their response to drugs, has undergone rapid advancements. This has occurred alongside a decrease in the cost of genotyping technology, making implementation of pharmacogenomics into clinical practice increasingly feasible. Personalized medicine leveraging pharmacogenomics is gaining momentum to optimize drug choice ...

The goal of this project is to develop a treatment booth with technology that allows opioid treatment programs to remotely dispense, either methadone or buprenorphine, under medical observation through telemedicine to a patient in a treatment booth. We believe that robotic automation is the ideal application to perform the same mechanical functions of the nurse at the dosing window. Specifically, ...

Abstract Opioid use disorder (OUD) has become a national crisis, affecting over 2 million Americans. The number of pregnant women with OUD in the U.S. increased almost 5-fold in the past decade, leading to a similar surge in infants born with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), from 1.5 to 8 per 1,000 hospital births (32,000 cases total) between 2004 and 2014. Associated hospital costs hav ...

! Project Summary Millions of Americans today have an opioid use disorderOUDMillions more misuse opioidsand the crisis continues to growThe goal of this proposal is to speed the discovery of non addictive analgesics by providing drug discovery teams with simplermore robustmore quantitativeassays for agonist biasDriven by the urgency of the problem we are seeking Fast Track support to create new as ...

Summary Abstract There are currently no tools available that can objectively measure painHistoricallypain in humans has been measured using subjective ratings to determine presence and severityIn animal modelspain is measured by semi quantitative assays that rely on the observation of pain behaviorsThough usefulthe inherently subjective nature of these measures has hampered both research and treat ...

Project SummaryAbstractPruritusalso called itchis the most frequent dermatological symptom in the US with up toof Americans being affectedPruritic stimuli are detected by a subset of nociceptive neuronspruriceptorswhich fire action potential in response to peripheral activation by THor THmolecules induced by chronic inflammatory skin diseases such as ichthyosisprurigo nodularisand hidradenitis sup ...

Project Summary Acquired epilepsy results from acute brain injury, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI). Acquired epilepsy is a major public health issue with inadequate treatment and diagnostic options. There are no biomarkers that assist in the prediction or diagnosis of acquired epilepsy. Project isoPTE will use two animal models of epilepsy to determine whether plasma microRNA (miRNA) biomarke ...

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that is characterized by recurrentspontaneousseizuresEpilepsy is a major public health issue with inadequate treatment optionsOvermillion people worldwide have epilepsyThis is more than cerebral palsymultiple sclerosisandParkinson s disease combinedAlthough more than two dozen antiseizure drugsASDsexistapproximately one third of patientsovermillionsuffer ...

PROJECT SUMMARY The objective of our program is to develop a safe and effective nonopioid analgesic for the treatment of neuropathic pain, such as pain associated with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, that targets an isoform of the voltage-gated sodium ion channel, NaV1.7. Voltage-gated sodium channels are involved in the transmission of nociceptive signals from their site of origin in ...