Award Data

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Glycans have several distinct properties that make their development as disease biomarkers appealing Firstly their location on cell surfaces makes them the first point of contact for cellular interactions and thus they are crucial in the control of normal metabolic processes and conversely they function as pathogen adhesion receptors Secondly specific gl ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The ability to accurately quantitate the glycan chains attached to glycoproteins has wide ranging implications Numerous studies over the past years have demonstrated that abnormal glycosylation occurs in virtually all types of human cancers and demonstrate the potential of using glycan markers in either a diagnostic or a prognostic manner The glycosylatio ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This proposal will assess the quantitative capabilities of surface enhanced Raman scattering SERS detection of cocaine and marijuana metabolites in urine samples Combining low cost instrumentation and novel chemical sensing provides an innovative new approach for diagnosing illicit drug use Current methods use a colorimetric indicator to screen specimens fo ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Ocular graft versus host disease O GVHD is a particularly severe and debilitating complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation HSCT O GVHD develops in of patients with chronic GVHD Currently Restasis cyclosporine A is the only FDA approved prescription topical medication to treat O GVHD In Restasis had sales o ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant There are growing demands for D structure determination of nucleic acids and their protein complexes for understanding disease molecule level mechanisms and discovering innovative drugs X ray crystallography is one of the most direct and powerful tools for structure determination of these macromolecules and complexes However the crystallization and phase d ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The most common metastatic site for hormone refractory prostate cancer HRPC PCa is bone While docetaxel can prolong the overall survival in patients with metastatic HRPC current treatments do not provide a cure Further complicating the matter HRPC is a disease that affects a variety of patients differently which can be problematic for physicians to prov ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant FasCure Therapeutics focuses on the development of adjuvant systems to generate prophylactic and therapeutic immune responses The major objective of this Phase STTR proposal is to reformulate a lead plague subunit vaccine with a novel adjuvant system to improve its protective efficacy Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of bubonic and pneumonic plague ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Triple negative breast cancer TNBC is very difficult to treat and has no specific targeted therapies Chemotherapies used to treat this disease have many undesirable side effects and patients eventually relapse as a result of chemoresistance Obesity is pandemic in the US and many TNBC suffer from this as well Obesity is accompanied by high levels of leptin ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Castration resistant prostate cancer CRPC directly contributes to patient mortality It is imperative to develop new and effective adjunct therapy to enhance the response of CRPC to hormonal therapy Recently we developed ProFineTM a proprietary formula consisting of bioactive flavonoids enriched in pomegranate fruit and ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Bipolar disorder BD is a complex chronic illness characterized by recurrent often dramatic mood changes Self management of BD is an important component of treatment but is likewise complex and can be fraught with difficulties including misunderstanding of the condition and a lack of self awareness Combined with the nationwide shortage of mental healthcare ...