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Project Summary This study aims to prove the concept and feasibility that TendonCure extracellular vesicles that contain signaling molecules i e exosomes secreted by mesenchymal stem cells i e tendon stem progenitor cells TSPCs or adipose derived stem cells ADSCs from individual patients donors cultured on a novel scaffold exert therapeutic efficacy on tendinopathy when injected into ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Lysosomal storage diseases LSD are rare inherited metabolic disorders caused by defects in the cellular catabolic system Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIC MPS IIIC or Sanfilippo disease type C is one such LSD that is caused by deficiency of the enzyme heparan sulfate acetyl CoA glucosaminide N acetyltransferase HGSNAT essential for degradation of heparan sulfate a repeati ...

Project Summary Tractions exerted by individual cells on their surroundings play a critical role in mechanical events in biology such as tissue contraction folding cell shape changes or cell movements and in many basic cellular functions such as biochemical signaling proliferation and differentiation These processes are in turn implicated in the progression of diseases like cancer atherosc ...

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 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 ...

PUBLIC ABSTRACT This project in response to announcement HLS describes a development program for CARSKNKDC CAR a synthetic cyclic peptide that selectively targets diseased pulmonary vascular endothelium and enhances the therapeutic effect of vasodilator therapies for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension PH PH is a disorder of elevated pulmonary vascular resistance characterized by ...