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PROJECT SUMMARY Alcohol addiction and disorders associated to excessive alcohol use are a serious public health problem in the United States and in other parts of the world Current pharmacotherapies for the treatment of these disorders show limited efficacy Preclinical and clinical findings point to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors nAChRs as an alternative promising target for the developmen ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Nucleosomes are the basic building blocks of chromatin and composed of bp DNA wrapped around a core histone octamer Chromatin function is controlled by the dynamic addition removal of histone post translational modifications PTMs Significantly alterations in specific PTMs are associated with changes in gene expression driving the emergence progression of many cancer ...

Project Summary Abstract Electron beam therapy EBT using MeV beams provides effective radiation treatment for superficial cancers depthandlt cm As many as of radiotherapy patients in USA annually are eligible for electron therapy for some portion of their treatment making it the second most used external beam modality As many as of these electron patients ...

Abstract Stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States However less than of patients are eligible for the current approved interventions of tissue plasminogen activator or thrombectomy We seek to develop new therapeutics to reduce the extent of damage and functional impairment resulting from ischemic injury to the brain an area of significant unmet medical need ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant We propose to bring to market a novel regenerative medicine based therapy for fecal incontinence FI FI is the recurrent uncontrolled passage of fecal material The Internal Anal Sphincter IAS is responsible for maintaining anorectal continence Function of the IAS is dependent upon the neuromuscular integrity of both the smooth muscle and the intrinsic en ...

Antiretroviral therapy has become a reality in resource limited settings thanks to entities such as PEFAR and the Global Fund However contrary to the therapeutic choice flexibility in developed countries all patients go on reverse transcriptase inhibitor RTI based first line regimens with more expensive protease and integrase inhibitor based regimens being reserved as second line therapy for ...

Project Summary Pancreatitis is a significant public health problem accounting for over $ Billion of health care costs annually Approximately one third of patients with acute pancreatitis will go on to have recurrent pancreatitis Of those about will progress to chronic pancreatitis a painful disease with an increased risk of both diabetes and pancreatic cancer More than of people w ...

Project Summary Abstract Synthetic arteriovenous grafts AVGs can provide life sustaining vascular access for dialysis patients but are subject to multiple modes of failure and complications related to chronic needle cannulation poor graft identification delayed access and bleeding These graft needle cannulation associated complications translate to millions of dollars in health care expense ...

ABSTRACT Detecting change in neuropsychological functioning over time is critical for proper diagnosis and management of many neurological psychiatric and psychological conditions It is well documented that most commonly used cognitive assessments produce significant retest effects such as practice and regression to the mean effects Retest effects can cause substantial changes in test score ...

The goal of this Phase I STTR grant proposal is to stabilize live attenuated influenza vaccine LAIV using a temporary silica coating that is removed in vivo In so doing we will establish a broader technology to eliminate the cold chain required for transport of heat and cold labile vaccines Many vaccines are unstable under ambient environmental conditions Currently vaccines are either stabil ...