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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 ...

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 Summary/Abstract The ability to accurately quantitate the glycan chains attached to glycoproteins has wide-ranging implications. Numerous studies over the past 40 years have demonstrated that abnormal glycosylation occurs in virtually all types of human cancers, and demonstrates the potential of using glycan markers in either a diagnostic or a prognostic manner. The glycosylation on recomb ...

PROJECT SUMMARYRNA is a validated target for drug design, both as therapeutic and as a target. Targeting specific RNA, such as rRNA which are involved in proliferation and survival of bacteria is a promising approach. We are developing fast and low cost methods to screen sequence-specific small molecules for novel anti-ribosomal activities. We will construct sequence-specific chemically modified r ...

ABSTRACT Multi-PIs: Yin, A (HAWA Therapeutics) and Yin, H (UGA) Muscle strain injury (also called pulled muscle or eccentric contraction-induced muscle injury) is a common health problem affecting everyone in daily life. A mildly strained muscle may recover completely within one to two weeks; whereas moderate-to-severe muscle strains usually result in a prolonged and incomplete recovery with persi ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Current influenza (flu) vaccination inducing strain-specific immunity against variable hemagglutinin (HA) proteins is suboptimal for providing cross protection against antigenically-different epidemic strains and unanticipated new pandemic viruses. Development of an effective flu vaccine inducing enhanced cross protection against viruses with different HA variants is a high priorit ...

Congenital heart disease affects approximately 40,000 newborns each year in the U.S. Valve repairs are needed for pulmonary valve, particularly for patients with the diagnoses of tetralogy of Fallot, tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve, tetralogy of Fallot with AV canal, pulmonary valvar stenosis, and pulmonary valvar atresia. An additional group are patients with a prior repair of tet ...

QMIS, LLC (Quantitative MRI Solutions) is developing a new MRI-based tool that reliably screens for prostate cancer (PCa). PCa is a leading cause of death (29,500 U.S. deaths in 2018). Current methods (PSA and digital rectal exam) are unreliable; they result in unnecessary biopsies while missing clinically significant PCa. MRI has potential to detect PCa at an early stage when it is highly curable ...

Optimization of Cannabinoids for Development as FDA-Approved Migraine Therapeutics Project Summary: Migraine is a disorder that affects 15% of all people in the US, the majority of which are women. Migraine is one of the leading causes of missed days at work during which patients are unable to complete many daily activities. Currently approved treatments for migraine are not satisfying with at mos ...

PROJECT SUMMARY . Collecting complete and accurate outcome data directly from research participants is becoming increasingly important. Clinical researchers needs a cost-effective approach to capture high-quality patient-reported outcomes. Typically, data captured directly from participants is through self-administered questionnaires or through a human interviewer, each with their own advantages ...