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Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a novel class of non-coding RNAs that are an abundant component of the epitranscriptome. Putative functions of circRNAs, include miRNA sequestration, RNA-binding protein scaffolding, mRNA trapping, and protein translation regulation. Deregulation in one or more of these roles has been linked to several types of cancer, including pancreatic cancer, basal cell carcinoma, ...

Endophthalmitis is a severe condition caused by inflammation of the ocular cavity and is a significant complication of corneal transplant proceduresoften being caused by microbial contamination of the donor tissueThe introduction of antibiotics into corneal tissue storage solutions in thes drastically lowered the incidence of bacterial endophthalmitis has drastically decreasedhoweverfungal endopht ...

We plan to evaluate the chemopreventive management of solar ultraviolet (UV) mediated DNA damage by two different Nanoformulation of epigallicatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). The formulations to be assessed under this study include: a) chitosan based formulation of EGCG (nano-EGCG), and b) EGCG containing chitosan based solid lipid nanoparticles (E-Ch-SLNPs). EGCG is well-tested and popular polyphenol in ...

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 ...

Metabolomics research has great potential, and researchers are rapidly producing new techniques for analyzing the large quantities of measurement data in order to utilize metabolomic data more effectively, including promising techniques for data integration across multiple modalities of data from mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). However, this confluence of data growth a ...

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 ...

ABSTRACT Solving human health problems often involves technologies developed through the collaborative work of scientistsengineersand mathematiciansDespite the fact that STEMsciencetechnologyengineeringand mathematicscollaboration is a crucial aspect of medical research and healthcare careersmany students are still learning scienceengineeringand math as isolated disciplinesIn additionmany teachers ...

Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathyCIPNcan be a chronicseverely debilitating consequence of cancer therapy for which there are no effective management strategiesMoreoverupwards ofof CIPN patients reported using prescription opioids for pain management despite the fact that there is only weak evidence that long term continuation of opioids provides clinically significant pain relief in these ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Successfully reaching and enrolling fully representative target populations in public health interventions is a highly desiredbut notoriously difficultprospectespecially when an initiative is focused on socially charged issues or health conditions that affect vulnerable subgroupsFor exampleHIV AIDS has disproportionately high morbidity among a number of minority marginalized popula ...

An Influenza pandemic remains an acute threat to world health; and stockpiling a universally protective Influenza vaccine provides a strong defense against this potential catastrophe. The hemagglutinin (HA) protein is the primary target of humoral Ab responses to Influenza; the majority of broadly protective mAbs (bnAbs) against influenza isolated from humans recognize conserved and conformation-s ...