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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of the current research will be to select the best recombinant form of one of two naturally occurring human igM antibodies demonstrated to stimulate remyelination to further develop for clinical testing in inflammatory demyelinating disease, such as MS. These antibodies, designated sHIgM22 and sHIgM46, were isolated by the Rodriquez laboratory ...

Overexpression of the Her-2/neu protein and amplification of the Her-2/neu gene are are the most widely accepted prognostic indicator of aggressive malignant behavior of invasive breast carcinoma. Accurate detection of Her-2/neu overexpression is critical in identifying patients suitable for serotherapy with humanized monoclonal antibody (Herceptin). Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has b ...

Brain injury frequently results in cognitive impairment reducing an individual?s ability to judge driving situations accurately. Rehabilitation professionals use on-road tests to determine if an individual is safe to drive, but these tests are typically performed under calm conditions and offer little information on the individual?s responses to typical, real-life driving challenges. STISIM is a r ...

Basic research aimed at understanding the complex regulations and interactions lead to various diseases requires novel bioanalytical approaches that allow detailed characterization of the proteome with ultra high-speed and sensitivity so that important regulatory proteins can be effectively studied. For the analysis of complex protein mixtures such as cell lysates, two-dimensional polyacrylamide g ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):This project is a collaboration between ZeptoMetrix Corporation and Roswell Park Cancer Institute. The objective is to develop sensitive, quantitative and facile assays for measuring DNA damage caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS have been implicated in aging, cancer and several neurological diseases. Seven ROS-induced DNA lesions will be assayed, namel ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a need for inexpensive high throughput platforms for analyzing large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms. In this proposal, we describe the development of a technique, which will enable more than 10,000 SNPs to be analyzed in a single tube and its transfer to a commercial entity (ParAllele Genomcis Inc.). T ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Androgen blockage therapy may relieve the symptom of an advanced, localized prostate tumor; however, once the tumor evolves into a hormone-refractory stage, there is no effective treatment. A continuous activation of AR by antiandrogens (used in androgen blockage therapy) or other "nonconventional" agonists may contribute to prostate cancer progression in patie ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Development of a new method for prophylaxis and treatment of urinary stone disease is proposed. Since a majority of urinary stones are made of calcium oxalate, the level of urinary oxalate is one of the major risk factors of stone formation. Unfortunately, there is no effective pharmacological treatment of stone disease that targets urinary oxalate concentratio ...

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): The application's long-term objective is to improve the treatment of acute ischemic stroke by using mechanical embolectomy for arterial recanalization. The specific aim of this project is to design and test various versions of the Clot Retriever Device (CRD), a helix shaped nitinol device made to ensnare and retrieve thrombo-emboli from cerebral art ...

Improved imaging technologies are critically needed for noninvasive detection of cancer. We have recently shown excellent imaging feasibility of prostate cancer, breast cancer and brain tumors using F-1 8 labeled choline (FCH) and positron emission tomography (PET). In order to minimize radiation exposure to radiochemistry personnel and increase th; reliability of radiotracer synthesis, it is prop ...