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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Since the first procedure in there has been an explosive growth in transcatheter aortic valve replacement TAVR Up to date more than TAVR had been performed worldwide Despite the increased global experience with TAVR severe adverse events associated with TAVR have been extensively documented including annulus rupture coronary occlusion para ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In the U S there are more than hospitalizations annually related to burn injury with more than of these admissions to the U S burn centers resulting in more than $ billion in healthcare costs Burn wounds may become infected through patient self infection from their own normal flora or by nosocomial infection between healthcare provider or fa ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Caldera aims to develop an inexpensive stable selective decorporation decorp agent for cesium Cs Cs is easily obtainable by terrorists and treatments for exposures are Project Bioshield priorities for use in radiation nuclear emergencies high priority for DHHS NIH NIAID DAIT and a critical need for the Strategic National Stockpile S ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant One of the challenges of research in infectious diseases is to find ways to use the increasing knowledge of the mechanisms underlying disease transformation and progression to develop novel therapeutic strategies for diseases such as increasing menace of bacterial infections Targeting specific RNA such as rRNA which are involved in proliferation and survival ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Human cytomegalovirus HCMV infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in immunosuppressed patients especially recipients of solid organ or bone marrow transplants HCMV infection of neonates is associated with deafness mental retardation and mortality Although five anti viral drugs GCV val GCV CDV PFA Foscarnet have been approved and lice ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Hispanic women have the highest lifetime risk for type diabetes T DM A window of opportunity for preventing T DM exists for women with pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus GDM Women with prior GDM face increased risk of T DM Hispanic women are at increased risk of GDM and those with GDM have higher relative risks for developing T D ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Ebola and Marburg viruses belong to the family Filoviridae and can cause fatal hemorrhagic fevers characterized by widespread tissue destruction with an incubation period of days Because of the safety concerns these viruses are designated as the biosafety level agents Currently there is no effective vaccine or therapeutic treatment against filoviral i ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Lassa fever virus LASV and Machupo virus MACV are hemorrhagic fever arenaviruses which are classified as Category A Agents Currently there are no licensed LASV or MACV vaccines and LASV MACV therapy is limited to use of the nucleoside analog ribavirin which is only partially effective and associated with significant side effects The impact of arenavirus ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Approximately one third of all U S adults and children are obese and at risk for a wide range of related chronic health conditions such as cardiovascular disease hypertension diabetes stroke osteoarthritis sleep apnea and certain types of cancer The Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC and other expert resources recognize that although indivi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Influenza viruses constantly undergo antigenic changes which pose great challenges for development of vaccines against influenza epidemics as well as pandemics There are at least known subtypes of influenza A viruses which fall into two broad phylogenetic groups Current trivalent inactivated vaccines TIV H H and B for seasonal influenza are not suit ...