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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 ...

ABSTRACT Advances in molecular biology and genetic engineering have led to the design and use of modified T cells recognize tumors to achieve significant tumor control upon adoptive cell transfer (ACT) to patients. These T cells are either transduced with tumor antigen reactive T cell receptors (TCR), or chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). Recently, a surge in studies with neo-antigen reactive T ce ...

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 ...

Oxford Defense North Carolina, LLC (ODNC) and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) will collaborate to develop a beam control metamaterial surface in this Phase II STTR effort. A concern with laser beamed energy systems is the inadvertent exposure of operators and bystanders to inadvertently scattered or reflected laser energy. In an Energy Web, multiple transmitters and receivers w ...

Project Summary Sialoglycans are sialic acid-containing oligosaccharides that play important biological roles in human biology and pathology and are indispensable molecular probes for research related to bacterial and viral infection, cancer metastasis, immune regulation, etc. The multifaceted functions of sialoglycans in human milk are also being explored. Nevertheless, sialoglycan-related resear ...

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 ...

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 ...

Abstract - Low-income and ethnic minority status as well as rural residence are strong predictors of poor health. Contributors to high chronic disease rates include food insecurity (lack of access to affordable, nutritious food) and lack of economic opportunity. Rural poverty in the Southeast is exacerbated by historical discrimination against Black farmers, and ongoing structural racism. At the i ...

Project Summary and Abstract Falls are the leading cause of death due to injury. Falls are so common that 30% of community dwelling older adults, and 50% of residents in Care Facilities will experience a fall in the coming year. The risk of falling substantially increases for those having Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The financial burden is significant with fall-related costs being ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) affects ~15-50 individuals per million and claims ≥20,000 lives annually in the United States. It affects every ethnic group, race, age and gender, and devastates high-risk patients afflicted with HIV, systemic sclerosis, and sickle cell disease. The disease affects more women than men; adult PAH patients do not live more than five years after the diagnosis. ...