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ABSTRACT Infection of the eye by Herpes Simplex Virus HSV can result in Herpes Keratitis HK which is the leading cause of corneal blindness worldwide In the U S nearly individuals experience ocular herpes infections that are often recurrent and culminate in progressive corneal scarring and loss of vision The gold standard of care for HK is treatment with Acyclovir ACV that t ...

Antibodies most commonly Immunoglobulin Gs IgGs are widely used in research and diagnostic assays due to their wide array of targets high specificity and proven efficacy In many of these immunoassays e g ELISAandapos s biosensors etc antibodies must be immobilized onto surfaces The sensitivity stability and longevity of antibodies used in this context are highly dependent on orien ...

Polo like kinase PLK is a central player in regulating entry into and progression through mitosis Many studies have validated PLK as an anti tumor drug target and its inhibition is potently anti proliferative to cancer cells However recent data suggests that there are two major disadvantages of the conventional approach to blocking the kinase activity of PLK First both general kinome ...

eMCARE EHealth Mobile Technology Connecting Young Adults to Routine Engagement Young adults YAs ages have a worse health profile than adolescents or adults in their late twenties and thirties Most YAs in the US experience no preparation for the transition from pediatric to adult care often seeking care only through emergency department ED visits The results can be seen across issues ...

The goal of this Phase I STTR grant application is to capitalize on our recent discovery of novel sulfide quinone oxidoreductase SQOR inhibitors by the design and preparation of new analogs for the treatment of heart failure that enable us to understand SAR so as to improve potency and optimize ADME PK properties Heart failure is a highly lethal disease affecting more than million adults in t ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Dermal scarring affects more than million people worldwide annually over million people are injured in motor vehicle accidents over million patients are severely burned and thousands of warriors are wounded in military blasts In severe burns more than of patients develop hypertrophic scar contraction which leads to hypertrophic scar contractures HSc HSc a ...

There has been growing interest in the use of antibody drug conjugates ADCs for the treatment of cancer as mounting data suggests an increase in anti tumor effectiveness and reduced toxicity compared with the administration of unlabeled antibodies in combination with chemotherapy The two ADCs that are currently approved by the FDA brentuximab vedotin Adcetris and ado trastuzumab emtansin ...

Bladder cancer is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United StatesThree quarters of the nearlymen and women diagnosed with bladder cancer just this year will have a less aggressive form of the disease whichafter treatmentwill require frequent visits to the urologist for invasivepainful cystoscopy procedures for the remainder of their lifetimes to determine if the cancer has returnedAn ...

PROJECT SUMMARY We previously demonstrated in mice that the major pathogenic features eosinophilic airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness AHR were markedly enhanced in mice exposed to repeated social stress and these changes were associated with impaired glucocorticoid receptor GR expression and function In studies on non human primates rhesus macaques at the California Natio ...

Incisional hernia IH can be prevented using prophylactic mesh placement PMP which involved placement of mesh to reinforce an abdominal fascia closure before herniation occurs at the index of surgery PMP reduced the absolute risk of IH with an acceptable complication profile Open abdominal surgery techniques remain commonplace and contribute to the estimated cases of IH performed in ...