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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Oxidative damage to mitochondrial is a major source of toxicity in diseases such as Alzheimer's (AD), Parkinson's (PD), and Huntington's diseases (HD). Mitochondria are energy powerhouses of the cell, and decline in their function by oxidative damage is a common feature among neurodegenerative diseases. Despite years of effort, however, generic ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): West Nile (WN) virus is a flavivirus that can cause fatal human encephalitis. Over the past four years, this virus has established itself across the United States. There are no approved vaccines or therapies to protect against WN virus. This project is designed to develop an effective anti-WN virus RNA interference therapy. Our hypothesis is that small interfer ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This project addresses the need for better methods for deciphering the glycosylation of proteins in clinical samples Glycosylation is an important modifier of protein structure and function and contributes to disease processes But we currently know little about the glycosylation of most proteins The current methods for probing glycans on proteins are not su ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Mass spectrometry based proteomics is an emerging technology that has seen possible applications everywhere The technique can potentially use one drop of our blood to reveal onset and progress of diseases Current Randamp D using plasma serum proteome sample sets however is severely limited by the high complexity and dynamic range of protein concentrations ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Bacterial resistance to lactam antibiotics is threatening to limit the effectiveness of this most used class of antibiotics A major contributin factor to this problem is the lack of rapid testing methods for medical practitioners to identify lactam resistant pathogens before prescribing specific antibiotics For urinary tract infections UTIs the most c ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This Small Business Innovation Research SBIR Phase I project aims to develop a microfluidic based nitric oxide NO sensor as an early sepsis risk assessment device Sepsis causes significant strain on the U S healthcare system consuming over $ billion annually due to extended hospital stays and significant morbidity and mortality Rapid diagnosis and in ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Leptospirosis a zoonotic disease is an important public health problem worldwide It is caused by spirochete bacteria belonging to nine species and more than serovars of the genus Leptospira In the US there is increasing awareness of the importance of leptospirosis as the cause of disease among inner city populations military personnel and individuals ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This proposal seeks to develop a novel vaccine against Lyme disease by targeting Ixodes scapularis proteins critical for Borrelia burgdorferi transmission from the tick to mammalian host Earlier work has identified four tick proteins Salp TRE tHRF and TSLPI that facilitate different steps of spirochete transmission and immunity against these protein ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Detecting Chlamydia Ct STIs at the point of care POC represents a critical unmet medical need Development of an effective Ct POC diagnostic will result in widespread screening efforts for rapid diagnosis to inform treatment and evaluate treatment efficacy and for test of cure that would not only reduce the acute and chronic morbidity that is directly asso ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The development of vaccine to combat Enterotoxigenic E coli ETEC is vital given the pathogenandapos s global impact on million individuals annually however an entirely new non conventional approach is needed Field studies have suggested that inert antigen based vaccines to combat ETEC have andquot essentially no efficacyandquot Therefore a vaccin ...