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A cerebral aneurysm is an abnormal enlargement or pouch that forms from a weakened vessel segment in the brain Often going unnoticed and untreated an aneurysm can cause a sudden and catastrophic hemorrhage or stroke Approximately of patients die from an aneurysm rupture even before receiving medical attention and of patients die despite medical treatment Patients that survive typical ...

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 ...

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 ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy CIPN is a common prevalence and potentially dose limiting side effect of many cancer chemotherapy drug treatment regimens Clinically CIPN presents with pain that is burning shooting or electric shock like The increase in prevalence of cancer coupled with an increase in the cancer survival rates due to chemotherapy regimens ...

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 ...

Quality assurance QA is a critical component of radiation oncology that ensures both effective treatment delivery and patient safety Over the last decade dQA is now particularly important asramatic innovations in treatment delivery technologiesy have led to increasingly sophisticated and complex treatments that are difficult to adequately verify with conventional dosimetric verification system ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Hypertension or sustained systolic and diastolic blood pressure BP of and mm Hg or higher is among the most frequently encountered conditions in primary care in the U S The estimated prevalence is among all U S adults and increases with age to affect of seniors Hypertension is also the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease global mortality ...

The long term objective of this project is the synthesis and assembly of wound healing devices that mimic as closely as possible the biochemical and mechanical characteristics of healthy human skin The proposed research would focus on the synthesis of membranes containing electrospun human recombinant tropoelastin and collagen mixtures The ratios of the two molecules and the spinning condition ...

ABSTRACT The incidence of heart failure HF continues to increase in the United States despite significant advances in pharmacological therapies and novel devices There is an acute need for novel treatment strategies for heart failure A key abnormality in HF is defective handling of calcium that has been partially related to abnormal sarcoplasmic reticulum SR function in cardiac myocytes Red ...