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The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project seeks to overcome the highest risks facing the commercialization of a novel semiconductor for wireless communications devices. As the demand for wireless communication increases (e.g., cell phones, WiFi, Internet of Things devices), wireless component suppliers and manufacturers must utilize new materia ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Rodent-borne viral outbreaks are increasing in both frequency and impact. As weather patterns evolve, rodent populations are affected and may multiply in areas where increased contact with humans results in infection. Hantaviruses, including Andes (ANDV) and Sin Nombre (SNV), are transmitted through the excreta of infected rodents and, when aerosolized, infect humans. In the Americ ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Nearly 4.4 million individuals are on community supervision in the United States, with the majority (about 80%) being supervised under probation.1 Justice involved persons (JIPs) have a 474% increased lifetime experience with heroin, a 303% increased use of OxyContin in the last 12 months, and a 256% increased use in pain medication in the last 12 months, compared to the g ...

Lupus nephritis (LN), an immune complex-mediated glomerulonephritis, affects up to two-thirds of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Despite standard treatment protocols, progression of the most aggressive forms of LN (class III and IV) to end-stage renal failure remains high. Thus, there is a need for biomarkers of therapeutic response that would allow physicians to make better-informed t ...

Project Summary: Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy (ACM) is the most prevalent form of ethanol-induced heart damage. Alcohol dose-dependently induces ACM, characterized by progressive reduction in myocardial contractility and ventricular dilatation, culminating in heart failure. At the cellular level, chronic alcohol consumption results in cardiomyocyte death, cardiac inflammation, and cardiac fibrosis. Th ...

Abstract Our long-term objective is to fill the unmet need for treatments for heart failure (HF). Caveolin-1 is a promising therapeutic target in fibrotic diseases. The profibrotic effects of caveolin-1 deficiency in cells and in mouse models is suppressed by a peptide equivalent to its active site (caveolin-1 scaffolding domain, CSD). We have shown the beneficial effects of CSD in two independent ...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive interstitial lung disease with a median survival of only 3 - 5 years from diagnosis. Although two FDA-approved drugs, pirfenidone and nintedanib, may slow the rate of decline of lung function in some IPF patients, neither drug significantly alters the course of this lethal disease. There is a great need for new drugs with greater efficacy and le ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive breast cancer subtype. It accounts for ~15% of all breast cancer yet is responsible for 30% of breast cancer deaths. TNBC is treated primarily by conventional chemotherapy; however, resistance to therapy is common, leading to high mortality rates. Importantly, the benefit of current therapeutic strategies used in chemoresi ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Clinical Need: Sarcopenia and frailty represent significant and growing clinical challenges whose rates increase with age, and place patients at risk for functional decline, institutionalization, or death. Resistance exercises are strongly recommended in this age group to promote muscle regeneration and strength and are routinely a part of evidence-based home exercise programs pres ...

Project Summary/Abstract Approximately 500,000 people in the U.S. suffer from cutaneous lupus lesions (CLE), with a significant impact on quality of life.4 Yet, there is no cure, the treatment options are limited, and no new drug has been FDA- approved for over 50 years.84 As such, CLE represents a high unmet need for directed therapeutics. Skin lesions are caused by a complex autoimmune response ...