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Abstract Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest affects over 350,000 people in the U.S. annually, but only 10.8% survive. Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) improves survival, but rates of training in the U.S. are low. It is recently required by law in 39 U.S. states that high school students learn CPR. However, current methods of teaching CPR use outdated pedagogical strategies and expensive d ...

Project Summary Sialoglycans are sialic acid-containing oligosaccharides that play important biological roles in human biology and pathology and are indispensable molecular probes for research related to bacterial and viral infection, cancer metastasis, immune regulation, etc. The multifaceted functions of sialoglycans in human milk are also being explored. Nevertheless, sialoglycan-related resear ...

ABSTRACT Approximately 700,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with a primary brain tumor. Of these, malignant gliomas (MGs) account for approximately 40% of all intracranial tumors, with an overall survival rate of only ~34%. Surgical resection remains the cornerstone of therapy and the extent of resection correlates with survival. Fluorescence imaging has emerged as an adjunctive techn ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT With the increased use of mobile health (mHealth) apps to improve health outcomes, protecting private health data is becoming increasingly important. These mHealth apps are offered by healthcare providers and used by patients for various reasons such as paying bills, scheduling appointments, sending messages to providers, accessing lab results, and viewing prescriptions an ...

ABSTRACT Advances in molecular biology and genetic engineering have led to the design and use of modified T cells recognize tumors to achieve significant tumor control upon adoptive cell transfer (ACT) to patients. These T cells are either transduced with tumor antigen reactive T cell receptors (TCR), or chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). Recently, a surge in studies with neo-antigen reactive T ce ...

For more than a decade, our work has focused on development of therapeutic interventions for viral- and bacterial-induced acute lung injury (ALI) and the more severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Significantly, we identified the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling pathway as key to the host response to influenza and secondary bacterial infection following influenza. We also identif ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Two million Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) occur per year in the US, killing rt90,000 patients and costing ~$50-100 billion (adjusted by CPI to 2020 dollars). HAIs are the 6th leading cause of death in the US, ahead of diabetes and kidney disease. Reducing HAIs is a top priority of the US Department of Health and Human Services1 and experts have called for novel s ...

Project Summary/Abstract Approximately 500,000 people in the U.S. suffer from cutaneous lupus lesions (CLE), with a significant impact on quality of life.4 Yet, there is no cure, the treatment options are limited, and no new drug has been FDA- approved for over 50 years.84 As such, CLE represents a high unmet need for directed therapeutics. Skin lesions are caused by a complex autoimmune response ...

Summary. Sepsis results in massive loss of life and places a significant economic burden on society. There are no effective treatments available for human sepsis other than antibiotics and life support. It is increasingly clear that sepsis is a bi-phasic process comprised of 1) an early high-energy demanding hyperinflammation state that can cause inflammatory shock and 2) a low energy supply immun ...

PROJECT SUMMARYAminoglycosides are one of the cheapest and well-known antibiotics in clinical use for over 70 years, but one of the major limitations in their use is their ototoxicity. We are developing fast and low-cost methods to develop aminoglycosides with anti-ribosomal activities and reduced toxicity. In this project, we will identify novel aminoglycoside antibacterials, that show reduced ot ...