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Current treatments for asthma, while reducing exacerbations in a subset of patients by focusing on airway inflammation, do not eliminate them. Asthma exacerbations are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in asthma as they can lead to airway injury, lung function decline and death. Exacerbations in more severe asthmatics are of particular concern, as health care costs and lost productivi ...

TITLE: Critical angle reflection imaging (CARi) for label-free quantification of molecular interactions SUMMARYMeasuring molecular interactions of proteins are critical for understanding protein functions and cellular processes, for discovery and validating biomarkers, and for developing and screening drugs. In particular, membrane proteins play key roles in many cellular functions and are the lar ...

ABSTRACT The development of radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) is a potentially fatal toxicity in cancer patients undergoing thoracic radiotherapy or in individuals exposed to ionizing radiation (IR) from a nuclear incident. The pathobiology of radiation pneumonitis and radiation-induced lung fibrosis (RILF) is complex but includes the deleterious effects of unchecked inflammation (reactive oxyg ...

Abstract Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, affecting an estimated 1.2 million Americans. The disease has a high propensity for dissemination, and metastatic melanoma has a dismal prognosis, with a median survival of only 5–8 months. Healthcare costs for melanoma in 2021 are projected to reach nearly $4 billion, with a rising incidence rate. Despite considerable efforts in recent yea ...

The adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems is growing at a fast pace in the U.S., and this growth results in very large quantities of patient clinical data becoming available in electronic format with tremendous potential but an equally large concern for patient confidentiality breaches. Secondary use of clinical data is essential to fulfill the potential for high quality healthcare, i ...

Mortality rates in intensive care units (ICUs) are unacceptably high and are directly related to the duration of mechanical ventilation that is required to support patients with respiratory failure. For example, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a vexing acute inflammatory lung disease requiring mechanical ventilatory support as the result of severe hypoxemia and respiratory failure. T ...

Project Summary/Abstract The ultimate goal of this phase II STTR proposal is to expand the capabilities of SABandapos;s diversitAb™ platform by continuing advanced development of Transchromosomic goats (TcGs). This will be accomplished by producing male and female goat endogenous immunoglobulin gene knockout cell lines that contain SAB Capraandapos;s human artificial chromosome (HAC) which encod ...

Diabetes affects more than 9% of Americans and costs over $300 billion in 2017 in USA. Medical therapies have limitations in treating diabetic patients with obesity due their common side effects of weight gain. Bariatric surgery has been proposed for treating diabetic patients with promising outcomes. In this project, we propose a novel method of intestinal electrical stimulation (IES) for treatin ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACTA cerebral aneurysm is an abnormal enlargement or pouch that forms from a weakened vessel segment in the brain. Often going unnoticed and untreated, an aneurysm can cause a sudden and catastrophic hemorrhage or stroke. Approximately 15 % of patients die from an aneurysm rupture even before receiving medical attention and 25 % of patients die despite medical treatment. Patie ...

AbstractAn estimatedmillion colonoscopies are performed annually in the US at a cost of about $Bhowever current colonoscopes with forward vision fail to detectof precancerous polypsOverof the missed polyps are located on or behind numerous folds in the colon where they are hidden from the sight of a forward view colonoscopeIn this research proposalwe propose to complete our development of an imagi ...