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Project Summary Abstract The annual incidence of head and neck cancers worldwide is more thancases with arounddeaths each yearand it is estimated that inthere will benew cases of non Hodgkin lymphoma with an estimateddeaths this yearIn this proposalwe describe a strategy to use a novel subset of natural killer cellsg NK cellsallogeneically for cancer therapyWe hypothesize that expansion and adopti ...

Development of a Novel Bio Adhesive Mesh System for Abdominal Hernia Repair Project Summary Abstract This project proposes the development of a novel mesh adhesive system for abdominal hernia repair utilizing surface modification of polymer surgical mesh to allow for improved tissue fixation with a poloxamine hydrogel adhesiveMore thanmillion Americans undergo hernia repair with surgical mesh each ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Heterotopic ossificationHOis defined by bone formation in soft tissue and is a frequent debilitating complication of surgical procedures required by musculoskeletal and neurological injuriesUnfortunatelyit is not possible to accurately predict which patients will develop symptomatic HOwhich is characterized by pain and impaired functionThe current prophylactic standard of ...

Diagnosing glomerular diseases accurately and in timely fashion is key to developing a successful treatment plan and thereby prevent their progression to ESRDend stage renal diseaseHowevertheir successful diagnosis remains challenging due to the complex diagnostic procedures used including invasive renal biopsiesThusthere is a compelling need to develop simplified procedures to detect glomerular d ...

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 ...

Formalin fixed paraffin embeddedFFPEtissue archives represent the largest clinically annotated human specimen repositoryThe estimated millions of available FFPE tissue samples provide vast resource for the discovery of disease epigenetic pathwaysbiomarkers and drug targetsAnd yetthese samples are highly underutilized because current methods for extracting molecular information from FFPE samples ar ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACTAdvances in health care have been dramatic since the beginning of the millenniumAs a resultpeople are living longer with age related diseasesand the number of older individuals unable to live independently is rising rapidlyMobile computing offers an unprecedented opportunity to unobtrusively monitor behavior and use the large amount of collected data to automate analysis of ...

PROJECT SUMMARYHereditary cancer risk assessment in low resource community cancer settings is a signi cant unmet clinical needUnfortunatelymost community cancer clinics do not have adequate access to genetics expertise and patients are not systematically assessed for hereditary riskNew cost e ective and practical approaches are needed to assess and identify patients at risk for hereditary cancer c ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Medial arterial calcification is a form of vessel hardening in which calcium deposits are found in the medial layer of elastic and muscular arteriesspecifically on elastic fibersleading to arterial stiffening and tearingAn independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases in diabetic and chronic kidney disease patientsit predisposes the patients to cardiovascular mortality and lo ...

Project Summary Nerve injury can occur due to traumachronic compression or disease processes such as diabetes or tumors and have a tremendous socioeconomic impact from loss of work and healthcare costsThere is still a clinical need to improve recovery from nerve injuriesand a new nerve conduit drug delivery device that addresses this clinical need is the focus of the present proposalOur group has ...