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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) is an autosomal recessive storage disease caused by the absence of a-L-iduronidase (IDUA), resulting in systemic accumulation of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) storage materials, hepatosplenomegaly, skeletal dysplasias, cardiopulmonary obstruction, progressive neurologic impairment and death by age 15. MPS I is currently treated b ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Approximately 30,000 people in the United States are diagnosed each year with pancreatic Cancer (PanCa). Over 90% of these will die of the disease making PanCa one of the most devastating human malignancies. The current 5-year survival rate of less than 4% has changed little in the last 20 years despite improvements in therapy including the introduction of chem ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Approximately 30,000 people in the United States are diagnosed each year with pancreatic cancer (PanCa). Over 90% of these will die of the disease making PanCa one of the most devastating human malignancies. The current 5-year survival rate of less than 4% has changed little in the last 20 years despite improvements in therapy including the introduction of ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the proposed research is to determine the feasibility of, and create prototype software for, a library of reusable synthetic biology components using Semantic Web technologies OWL, RDF, SPARQL and SWRL. This library will dramatically increase the availability of information about reusable components for synthetic biology, including machine-readable ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term aims of this project are to improve the engineering practices of synthetic biologists, and thereby to hasten the pace of synthetic biology research. Synthetic biology is poised to make great contributions to health, medicine, energy, and the environment by building systems ranging from the production of anti-malarial drugs, to improved antibiotics ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The low rate of cure of pancreatic carcinoma is an important health problem. The American Cancer Society estimates that 32,000 Americans will be diagnosed with carcinoma of the pancreas in 2005, and 31,800 will die. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the US. Early detection appears currently to be the only way of improving the high ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Treatment for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) often confers considerable functional impairment. As a result, HNSCC patients experience significant decrements in quality of life, high levels of emotional distress, deteriorations in interpersonal relations, and increased social isolation. Studies suggest that psychoeducational interventions can impr ...

Project Summary AbstractExcessive alcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of death in the U Swith young adults agesshowing the highest rates of hazardous alcohol useCommunity colleges serve overmillion studentscomprisingof all U Scollege studentsCommunity college studentsCCSshow rates of heavy alcohol use similar to students at traditional four year residentialFYRcollegesbut CCS are at ...

Excessive alcohol use is the third-leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. with young adults ages 18-29 showing the highest rates of hazardous alcohol use. Community colleges serve over 12 million students, comprising 45% of all U.S. college students. Community college students (CCS) show rates of heavy alcohol use similar to students at traditional four-year residential (FYR) colleges, but ...

Summary Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the third leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. with a 5-year survival rate of andlt;9%. The poor prognosis is partially due to resistance to standard of care treatments including gemcitabine (Gem) and Gem+nab-paclitaxel (n-PTX). The transcription factors HIF-1α and c-MYC are at the center of the mechanisms producing Gem and n-PTX resistance ...