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DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantProteolytic Imaging of Remodeling Myocardium Abstract Heart attacksi emyocardial infarction or MIoccur in more thanmillion patients annuallyAdvances in interventional and pharmacological therapies have dramatically improved survival following the initial MIand patients are often surviving acute MI with more extensive myocardial injuryConsequentlythe number of patien ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Aminoglycosides are one of the cheapest and well known antibiotics in clinical use for over years but one of the major limitations in their use is their ototoxicity We are developing fast and low cost methods to develop aminoglycosides with anti ribosomal activities and reduced toxicity In this project we will identify novel aminoglycoside antibacterials that show reduced ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantTriple negative breast cancerTNBCis one of the most aggressive forms of human cancerand currently has no targeted therapyChemotherapy is the only available treatment for TNBC patientsbut is deleterious and not effective once tumor spreadsTNBC represents a major unmet medical needaboutof breast cancer incidenceswomen worldwide inare TNBCTNBC disproportionally affects ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Nucleic acids are avenues for drug design both as therapeutics and as targets Here we propose to establish new methods for identifying antibiotic ribosome targets and lead compounds 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 s ...

Project Summary Abstract High throughput screening HTS is a powerful method for the discovery of new drug leads for target enzymes In HTS assays the activity of the target enzyme is often evaluated by quantifying a small molecule or cofactor that is produced or consumed by the enzyme While antibodies are a mainstay of small molecule detection as says they do have severe limitations which a ...

Project Summary Abstract The long term objective of this project is the generation of a universal drug discovery platform based on protein arginine methylation mechanisms involved in human disease The importance of protein arginine methylation in the context of human disease has become clear in the last few years with the realization that protein arginine methyltransferases and the target prot ...

Lack of recruitment of qualified research participants into clinical trials remains to be one of the most important issues in clinical research Studies often struggle to meet recruitment goals on time resulting in costly time extensions underpowered results and in some cases early termination Many reasons attribute to suboptimal recruitment including the challenges related to informing and c ...

ABSTRACT This STTR Phase I resubmission describes a small deceptively simple portable device called Speed Bumps that rapidly quantifies the sensation of flutter on the feet toes or fingers in micrometer m units Flutter frequency is to Hz which is below the approximate lower vibration range of to Hz This high sensitivity device is designed to differentiate the small variati ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Directed Chemotherapy Delivery for Leptomeningeal Metastases PI Lad Shivanand and McCabe Aaron Project Summary Leptomeningeal Metastases LM is a condition in which cells from a primary solid or hematological tumor metastasize invade the subarachnoid space and spread throughout the cerebrospinal fluid CSF resulting in seeding of the leptomeninges along ...

Project Summary Abstract Autism spectrum disorder ASD is a continuum of neurodevelopmental characteristics that includes deficits in communication and social interaction as well as restrictive repetitive interests and behaviors ASD is an increasing public health concern with about in American children diagnosed with ASD in a fold increase in prevalence over the past years T ...