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Purpose: Instruction in English Language Arts (ELA) for students with severe intellectual disabilities and autism can be challenging, as these students often do not have the skills to engage with text. In recent years, special education experts have proposed a comprehensive approach to supporting students with intellectual disabilities and autism in ELA, centered on strategies including word ident ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is societal need for new compounds in our arsenal of defenses against fungal pathogens, many of which are increasingly resistant to existing therapeutics. The best possible source for new antifungal compounds withpotentially novel mechanisms of action is within natural environments, particularly soils, which have the greatest diversity of microbial life. ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this project is to develop a plasmid-based therapy that will destroy the integrated HIV-1 DNA (HIV- 1 provirus) in infected cells. Current HIV-1 anti-retroviral therapy (ARV) consists of a cocktail of drugsthat blocks viral binding and replication, but does not destroy the HIV-1 provirus. In addition, ARV does not impact the large reservoir of laten ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The existence of terrorist organizations around the world, along with their ability to recruit expertise from physicians and scientists, poses an increasing threat of bioterrorist attack to society. In order to reduce the consequences of such an attack or even prevent it, new systems for detection of biothreat agents are necessary. Currently existing express ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is societal need for new compounds in our arsenal of defenses against microbial pathogens, many of which are increasingly resistant to existing therapeutics. The best possible source for new antimicrobial compounds with potentially novel mechanisms of action is within natural environments, particularly soils, which have the greatest diversity of microbial ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Numerous preclinical studies have demonstrated multiple health benefits including anti- inflammatory, antioxidant, and chemopreventive effects of dietary polyphenols. These compounds are abundant in plants and have added to the health benefits of many fruits, such as raspberries, pomegranates, and strawberries. As aging population in the U.S. and other develope ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is currently no effective treatment for recurrent small-cell lung cancer (rSCLC). The objective of this project is to utilize a monoclonal antibody, MAG-1, to develop new, rational, and successful treatment of rSCLC. The hypothesis being tested is that a cancer -specific provasopressin antigen, called GRSA, present at the surface of these tumors will prov ...

Project Summary The incidence of renal cell cancer has been rising steadily and for those that have tumor recurrence after surgery, the prognosis is generally poor. In 2013 an estimated 65,150 new cases and 13,680 deaths will be attributed to renal cancerin the United States. Renal cancer is the most common malignancy of the adult kidney and accounts for 2-3% of all adult malignancies. Of these, 3 ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term aim of this project is to reduce or eliminate the serious adverse events associated with cellular immunotherapy used to treat cancer. The current impressive efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies is often accompanied by a well-known toxicity stemming from the large release of cytokines from activated immune cells, known as a ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Treatment of peripheral pain of various origins remains a major unmet medical need, affecting tens to hundreds of millions of people nationwide at some time during their lives. Kappa-opioid agonists have been shown in peripheral pain models to be particularly efficacious but suffer from centrally mediated effects that have limited their development. Perhaps the ...