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Despite the fact that fungal diseases are an increasing clinical burden, particularly among immunocompromised patients, there are no anti-fungal vaccines approved for clinical use. The fungal opportunistic pathogen, Pneumocystis jirovecii is the causative agent of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), which remains a serious AIDS-defining, opportunistic infection and is of increasing concern in persons re ...

Project SummaryThe D Dimer assay is the current diagnostic standard to exclude patients of VTE due to its high sensitivityHoweverD Dimer levels are commonly elevated in patients without thromboembolismleading to poor specificity and poor positive predictive valuePPVDue to the lack of a robust diagnostic tool for VTEwe propose a novel advancement upon current DDimer testing which improves specifici ...

PROJECT SUMMARYDespite recent advances in cancer therapiesplatinum based drugs are still widely used for the treatment of solid tumorsA primary example is cisplatinwhich is frequently used to treat lungbladdertesticularand cervical cancersHoweverlimitations of this therapy include the development of drug resistance in cancer cells as well as severe side effectssuch as nephrotoxicity and neurotoxic ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Chikungunya virusCHIKVis a mosquito transmitted alphavirus that causes explosive epidemics of a severe febrile illness characterized by debilitating polyarthralgia in humansCHIKV caused an estimatedmillion new cases in India alone inand has the potential to spread globally because of the distribution and abundance of its mosquito vectorsAedes aegypti and Aedes albopictusDu ...

Project Summary Abstract Age related macular degenerationAMDis a leading form of irreversible blindnessiMacular Regeneration LLCiMac Regenwill introduce a novel tissue support structuremacular O rings or MORsmade from a biocompatibleimplantable materialnitinol or nickel titanium alloyThe surgical deviceMORwill be tested both ex vivo and in vivo for proof of concept in this phase I STTR studyThe de ...

PROJECT SUMMARY TypediabetesT Da devastating and expensive organ specific autoimmune disease once afflicting mainly juvenilesis increasing in incidence among US adults withexcess risk of death in womenThe long term objective of this project is to develop a preventive and complementary strategy for T D management that is non invasivelong lastingand low costEarly glycation productsEGPsgenerated in t ...

Project Summary Abstract Circulating tumor cellsCTCsare cancer cells that are detached from primary solid tumors and carried through the vasculature to potentially seed distant site metastases in vital organsthe main cause of death by cancerSingle cell molecular characterizations and analyses of CTCs not only could benefit basic cancer researchbut also might eventually lead to a more effective can ...

ABSTRACT This Small Business Technology TransferSTTRPhase I proposal is in response toNIH NIAID Research Topics in Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and Bacteriology and Mycology BranchVaccine for prevention of human Q feverQ fever is a worldwide zoonotic disease that is caused by the obligate intracellular Gram negative bacteriumCoxiella burnetiiThe highly infectious nature of Cbur ...

Microneedle Based Targeted Allergen Specific Immunotherapy for Treatment of Peanut Allergies Food allergies affectmillion people in the USA andmillion in EuropeSix million childrenroughlyinin the USA have at least one food allergythis equates to at leastin every classroomCurrentlythere are no approved therapies for food allergies anywhere in the worldFood allergies are expected to growannually unt ...

Congenital heart disease affects approximatelynewborns each year in the U SValve and conduit replacements are needed for absent pulmonary valveaortic stenosisKonno procedureRoss proceduredouble outlet right ventricleRastelli operationextracardiac conduitFontan operationpulmonary valve replacementTetralogy of FallotMaterials in current use include homograft blood vesselsglutaraldehyde treated bovin ...