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Summary In recent years opioid use disorder OUD and deaths due to opiate overdose e g with heroin fentanyl oxycodone in suburban and rural non minority groups has created an urgency for approaches to stem this epidemic but the rise in OUD and opiate overdose deaths has occurred in inner cities at similar rates Heroin misuse and addiction are persistent problems in African American commu ...

Project Summary Abstract Mitochondrial dysfunction causes mitochondrial diseases and is tightly linked to aging and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinsonandapos s and Alzheimerandapos s Recent discoveries support that mitochondrial dysfunction can be overcome to treat age related decline Cytegenandapos s hypothesis is that exercise induces the secretion of blood borne proteins that act ...

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 ...

Ultrasound Based Device to Guide Treatment of Graft Versus Host Disease using Skin Elasticity as a Biomarker ABSTRACT Sclerotic chronic graft versus host disease cGVHD develops in of allogenic Human Stem Cell Transplant HCT recipients and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality GVHD is treated with immunosuppression which puts patients at severe risk of infection ...

ABSTRACT The objective of this STTR proposal is to reformulate a promising PEG aptamer rapid onset anticoagulant ROA by applying a novel PEG like POEGMA polymer brush technology capable of eliminating anti PEG antigenicity The importance of this proposal is highlighted by the early termination of a recent Phase III clinical trial of the original PEG aptamer conjugate in which severe allergic ...

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 ...

Mitochondria are the principal generators of cellular ATP by oxidative phosphorylation which links electron transport via Complexes I through IV to production of ATP via ATP synthase Over pathogenic human mitochondrial DNA mtDNA mutations associated with diseases ranging from cardiomyopathy to juvenile blindness have been identified Collectively millions are affected by mtDNA disease fo ...

Project Summary Stem cell research has shown great potential to help treat or even cure a wide array of health conditions including cardiovascular and neurological disease cancer and diabetes This field is now beginning to move rapidly from the re search stage to clinical translation and commercial applications However it has been widely recognized that stem cell scientists have difficulty ...

Project titleDeveloping heparan sulfate glycan array This proposal is aimed at developing a high throughput method to study the interactions between heparan sulfateHSand proteinsHS is a highly sulfated polysaccharide displaying a wide range of biological functionsGlycan Therapeutics is a company specialized in HS related research productsIn this proposalan HS array technique will be constructed us ...

Low molecular weight heparins LMWHs a commonly used anticoagulant drug in the hospitals are carbohydrate based molecules Heparin is isolated from porcine intestine through a long and unreliable supply chain LMWH is a depolymerized product of heparin A worldwide distribution of contaminated heparin in impacting the purity and safety of LMWHs was associated with deaths in the US Th ...