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ABSTRACT The adoptive transfer of virus specific T cells has produced remarkable clinical results in patients with viral diseaseHoweverbroader implementation of this therapy has been limited by theiprohibitive production costsiicomplexity of manufactureiiiprolonged time for preparation and product releaseandivthe requirement for individualizedpatient specific productsOver the pastyears we have sys ...

ABSTRACT When Cryptococcus is manifested as cryptococcal meningitis (CM), it creates a large burden of mortality and morbidity to the patient and is very difficult for the clinician to treat. There are now an estimated 2600-7800 US cases and 400,000 cases of CM worldwide annually, with estimated mortality of 15-50% per year. CM is caused when Cryptococcus neoformans, a basidiomycete fungal pathoge ...

ABSTRACTWhile acute stroke is a leading cause of human death and disability in the United Statesunfortunatelyclinical therapies for stroke are limited and unsatisfactoryThe overwhelming failures of stroke treatments in clinical trials strongly indicate thatto battle this multifaceted brain disordernovel strategies that target multiple cell types and afford different mechanisms of protection are ne ...

This SBIR Application is responsive to NHLBI Small Business Topics of Special Interest (therapeutics) that are of high programmatic interest (HLS-17-04). Hemorrhage or bleeding is a serious or fatal complication of surgery. Antifibrinolytic agents that inhibit plasmin-mediated fibrinolysis can significantly reduce blood loss, emergency reoperation, morbidity and death in patients with severe hemor ...

An HXYZ g HR Fast MAS probe for Dramatically Improved Biomolecular Structure Determinations AbstractLiquid state NMR spectroscopy is arguably one of the best tools for structure determination for soluble proteinsThe method provides atomic resolution for modest molecular weight proteins and or their complexesThe method begins to have difficulty when the molecular weight of the system causes slow mo ...

Because of its high sensitivitypolymerase chain reactionPCRis the gold standard for the diagnosis of many infectious diseasesbut generally only implemented in well equipped laboratoriesOne of the major roadblocks for expanding PCR to point of care markets is the lack of simplerobustsingle tube PCR designs which preserve its laboratory based high sensitivity and specificityIn this Fast Track STTR a ...

Project Summary Abstract Multiple MyelomaMMis the second most common form of blood cancer and remains an incurable and deadly diseaseProteasome inhibitorPItherapy is a cornerstone in the treatment of MMbut resistance to this class of agent is an emerging challenge in the clinicNew therapeutic approaches that specifically target resistance are needed to maximize responses and ultimately produce cur ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Swine are important in biomedical research for the study of human diseases that are poorly recapitulated by rodent speciesfor the development and testing of preclinical therapeutics in humanized disease models and as potential sources of xenogeneic or allogeneic organs and tissuesHoweverthe creation and propagation of biomedical swine is plagued by inefficiencies related to animal ...

ABSTRACTThere is an urgentunmet need for novel therapeutic approaches that are efficacious against lung cancerRanking first among cancer deaths in the U Sthis disease hasyear relative survival rates of andltMost lung cancers are non small cellNSCLCof casesCurative surgery is not an option for theof NSCLC patients who present with advanced stage III cancerFor these patients chemo radiation therapy ...

ABSTRACT Leptomeningeal Metastases (LM) is a condition in which tumor cells from a primary tumor metastasize, invade the subarachnoid space (SAS) and spread throughout the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), resulting in seeding along the meninges, brain and spinal cord. LM represents a devastating event of cancer progression. There are 30,000 cases annually and currently no cure, with average survival of ...