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The goals of this Phase II STTR are to evaluate the outcomes of REAL mediaan interactiveselfpacede learning substance use prevention media literacy curriculum and prepare it for marketing to community organizationsincluding our partnerHSubstance use increases in frequency and risk through mid adolescenceyet prevention interventions primarily target early useare time intensiveand are implemented in ...

The overall objective of the proposed research is to develop and conduct clinical translation of a novel visualization technology that provides minimally invasive surgeons the ability to visualize normally invisible internal anatomy together with organ surfacesThe technology addresses a long standing need in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery to see inside and around a structure before dissec ...

Project Summary The Gram positive bacterium Bacillus anthracis is a very strong candidate for potential bioweaponizationand believed to have actually been weaponized by the former Soviet UnionAnthrax spores are readily found in nature or produced in the laboratoryare resistant to harsh conditionsand can survive for a long time in the environmentThe microscopic spores could be formulated in powder ...

Project Summary The exceptional promise of gene therapy for hemophilia has been shown in recent studies that result in long term correction of factor IX deficiency via hepatic transduction with an adeno associated vector AAV In spite of this watershed event in the history of the gene therapy field there presently exist barriers to the fullest implementation of hemophilia gene therapy The li ...

PROJECT SUMMARY The family of Filoviridae consisting of five ebolaviruses and two marburgviruses are causative agents of severe hemorrhagic fever with human case fatality rates ofTheepidemic of Ebola virus disease in West Africa was unprecedented both in geographic scope and size and highlighted the extent of the threat filoviruses could pose to global public health and the urgent need for develop ...

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 ...

Abstract Glioblastoma multiforme GBM is the deadliest form of brain tumor The current treatment includes a combination of surgical resection chemotherapy radiation and electrical disruption of mitosis has only extended survival to approximately to years Preliminary pre clinical findings suggest the potential effectiveness of the candidate drug cyclopamine However the drug is toxic to ...

SUMMARY Sepsis is a medical condition caused by an overwhelming systemic inflammatory response to infection Although the underlying infection can now be efficiently treated with antibiotics there are no effective therapies to control the organ damage caused by the inflammatory response of the host As a result sepsis is the leading cause of mortality in intensive care units and is the tenth lea ...

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 ...

The broader impact commercial potential of PathoVax s STTR phase I proposal is to improve outcomes of cancer immuno therapy utilizing a vaccine formulation combining an immunogenic chimeric virus like particle cVLP vaccine with FDA approved immune check point inhibitors PathoVax proposes to develop this technology for treatment of human papillomavirus HPV associated cancers However cancer ...