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PROJECT SUMMARY Alzheimerandapos s diseaseADis an area of significant unmet need that creates a national burden of$billion annuallyAD is the leading cause of dementiaaffectingof Americans over the age ofDemographic shifts and the age related nature of AD will soon place this disease as the costliest health care expenditure in the U Swith a projected impact of $trillion per year byCurrent therapies ...

AbstractCognitive frailtythe combined presence of physical frailty and cognitive impairmentis a strong and independent predictor of cognitive declineThe International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics and the International Academy on Nutrition and Aging have recommended the use of cognitive frailty assessment to track the progression of mild cognitive impairmentMCItowards dementiaAlzheimer ...

Abstract Overmillion Americans are currently affected by Alzheimerandapos s diseaseADwith an economic burden estimated at andgt$billion year inthat is projected increase at least four fold over next several decadesIn spite of the dearth of pharmacological options to modify the course of the disease at presentthe field has developed accurate biomarkers that demonstrate that the pathology of AD is p ...

There is a world wide twin epidemic of obesity and TypeDiabetesT Dwith an urgent need to find effective new drug treatments for inducing weight lossStable derivatives of the endogenous glucoregulatory hormoneglucagon like peptideGLPare in clinical use for the treatment of T D but are of equally great interest as an emerging treatment of obesity and of age related neurodegenerative conditions inclu ...

Amblyopia is the most common cause of monocular visual impairment in children and young adultsaffectingpeopleAmblyopia is generally treated with patching or atropine therapyhowever these treatments are not effective in adults and up to half of juvenile casesoften because of poor complianceand cannot easily be personalized during therapyThese factors have led to recent interest in customized game b ...

ABSTRACT With a Phase I II STTR grant award from NIABioSensics in collaboration with Baylor College of MedicineBCMsuccessfully developed and commercialized an advanced physical activity monitoring systemPAMSysfor older adultsPAMSys enables continuous remote monitoring of physical activityfall riskand fall incidentsThe fall detection technology of PAMSys has become the gold standard in the medical ...

Abstract Intelligent intraoperative display of anatomic and physiologic information coupled to real time situational awareness to critical tissues will benefit all surgeryThe current surgical vision is limited to naked human eyes in open surgery or more recently using laparoscopic digital imaging for minimally invasive surgery and robot assisted surgeryIn laparoscopic visionalthough the visualizat ...

PROJECT SUMMARY! Peptide therapeutics combine high potency and selectivityand engender fewer side effects than traditional small moleculesThis has fueled interest in peptides filling the gap between `biologicsandaposand small molecules as compounds that have key desired properties from both the other classesThere are however some challengesthe major one being susceptibility to enzyme catalyzed hyd ...

Abstract Worry is a habitual thought process that is observed in individuals with anxiety disordersA leading theory posits that although worrying may be unpleasantthe immediate emotions that are avoided by concentrating on worry are often perceived as more aversiveegfearangergriefFrom a mechanistic perspectiveworry is thought to be learned and reinforced in a similar manner to other types of opera ...

ABSTRACT The Zika virusZIKVis the cause of an explosive pandemic of infections across South and Central Americathe Caribbeanand the southeastern region of the United StatesZIKV is a flavivirusa family of small positive strand RNA viruses that includes Dengue virusDENVWest Nile virusWNVYellow fever virusYFVand hepatitis C virusHCVZIKV is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes of the Aedes genusFor the ...