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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Recent FDA approvals of ipilimumab nivolumab and pembrolizumab which target checkpoint receptors cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen CTLA and programmed death PD have ushered in a new era of cancer immunotherapy in metastatic melanoma Despite unprecedented overall survival benefits with combination therapy the incidence of complete respo ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Bacterial related marginal decay is the top reason for failure and retreatment of resin based composite restorations RBCs Retreatment of these restorations costs both the patients and insurance companies billions of dollars per year The weak point of the system is the zone known as the hybrid layer where the adhesive bonds the RBC to the dentin There are ...

DESCRIPTION In communities across the United States clinical populations exhibiting mental health and or substance abuse disorders face substantial challenges in accessing and receiving high quality and effective behavioral healthcare services Health Information technology HIT has been identified as an important component of improving access to behavioral healthcare in rural communities yet t ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Occidiofungin is a cyclic nonribosomally synthesized antifungal peptide with submicromolar fungicidal activity against a broad spectrum of fungi Occidiofungin is produced by the Gram negative bacterium Burkholderia contaminans From our structural characterization studies occidiofungin was determined to have a unique chemical composition Our studies have als ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Surgical resection of brain neoplasms aims at maximizing long term survival by gross total resection of tumor tissue while preserving the patientandapos s functional status Task based functional MRI fMRI is increasingly used as an adjunct to intra operative electrocorticography for mapping eloquent cortex but suffers a significant failure rate due to funct ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This proposal is for a phase I II fast track project for the STTR program with the main goal to develop a blood test for Alzheimerandapos s disease AD diagnosis AD is the most common dementia in the elderly population and one of the leading causes of death in the developed world One of the main problems in AD is the lack of an early sensitive and objective ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Epilepsy is the th most common neurological disorder with in people developing epilepsy the occurrence of more than one unprovoked seizure at some point in their lifetime Unfortunately of all patients have intractable medication resistant epilepsy Thus new anti epileptic drugs AEDs that target alternative mechanisms of action are needed ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant A key application of deep sequencing is gene expression analysis at the RNA level commonly known as RNA seq Reads from RNA seq cover all regions of an mRNA sequence However sequences derived from the andapos end region are sufficient to indicate gene expression levels All andapos end sequencing methods have revealed that most eukaryotic genes display a ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Neonatal and pediatric intensive care still involves performing painful needle punctures to obtain blood samples for routine clinical monitoring Pain management in the neonatal setting is often achieved by long term continuous intravenous infusion of morphine or related compounds It has become increasingly clear however that long term use of opioid compound ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Each year million US children are injured affecting the child his her family and society which often bears the cost Among school age children age to injuries lead to million emergency department ED visits and hospital admissions annually resulting in $ billion in medical costs and $ billion more in work loss costs Approxima ...