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PROJECT SUMMARY Decades of modulating the anti-cancer activity of fluoropyrimidine drugs (FPs) thru schedule optimization, biochemical modulation, and drug combinations have provided a significant, but limited, survival advantage for treating colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease (mCRC). However, outcomes remain poor for patients with mCRC and since targeted ...

Annually, approximately 100,000 patients in the USA suffer from intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), which is associated with high mortality rates and poor long-term cognitive and physical recovery. At present, no pharmacological therapies have been demonstrated to improve functional outcomes after ICH. However, we have successfully demonstrated that CN-105, a pentapeptide derived from the receptor bin ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Deformability and non-adherence are the most intrinsic biorheological properties of red blood cells (RBCs), as they play a critical role in modulating RBC perfusion through the microvasculature. In acquired or inherited blood disorders, such as sickle cell disease (SCD), these two interrelated properties are pathologically altered. SCD is an autosomal recessive disorder associated ...

Machine learning algorithms have demonstrated performance on par with or superior to human analysts on large datasets when sufficient training data is available.  For military applications obtaining sufficient, truthed data is always a challenge.  Three approaches have been used for measured data collections to support sensor exploitation programs: coordinated collections, turntable measurements ...

Project Summary: Over 1.5 million Americans suffer from type 1 diabetes (T1D), an autoimmune disorder involving insulin, a hormone that is essential for blood glucose regulation and overall energy metabolism. When first diagnosed with T1D, it is estimated that the patient’s insulin has been reduced by 70-90%. By this point, the immune system has already targeted and destroyed a vast majority of ...

The recent proliferation of next-generation sequencing (NGS) - based methods for the analysis of expression, chromatin and protein-DNA interactions has created tremendous opportunities for gaining insights into biology, health, and disease. However, analysis of the data requires computational expertise that many biologists do not possess. Hence, when dealing with genomics data, majority of biologi ...

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ABSTRACTMicroscale simulations have been applied to a number of complex microfluidic systems and biological applications, but existing methods are limited in the scale and scope of problems that are addressable. Thermodynamically constrained averaging theory (TCAT) is an established approach that can be used to formulate customized macroscale models that are consistent with microscale physics and ...

Summary Being able to predict interactions with important human transporters would be of value to new drug design to avoid compounds that interact with them and cause undesirable side effects. Conversely, some drug transporters can be used for targeting molecules to specific organs and this may have considerable utility. Understanding the interactions of novel drugs, natural products and environme ...

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) needs a capability to collect and provide immediate presumptive analysis of radiological/nuclear samples of concern at the source of collection. Such in-field technologies should be capable of detecting and identifying trace quantities of elements and/or chemicals containing plutonium (Pu) and uranium (U), with a focus on chemicals specific to the nuclear ...