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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Ebola and Marburg viruses belong to the family Filoviridae and can cause fatal hemorrhagic fevers characterized by widespread tissue destruction with an incubation period of days Because of the safety concerns these viruses are designated as the biosafety level agents Currently there is no effective vaccine or therapeutic treatment against filoviral i ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Lassa fever virus LASV and Machupo virus MACV are hemorrhagic fever arenaviruses which are classified as Category A Agents Currently there are no licensed LASV or MACV vaccines and LASV MACV therapy is limited to use of the nucleoside analog ribavirin which is only partially effective and associated with significant side effects The impact of arenavirus ...

Coronary artery disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States Platelets play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndrome ACS as platelet activation aggregation and secretion are key components of arterial thrombus formation Despite dual anti platelet therapy for ACS and percutaneous coronary interventions PCI many patients sustain a high incidence u ...

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 ...

Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma HCC is a disease of growing incidence globally including in the US by per year With the recent success of anti viral therapies the etiology of HCC in the American population is projected to shift from viral HBV HCV hepatitis to primarily fatty liver disease in the near future Currently only one effective systemic therapy has been developed for HCC ...

Project Summary Abstract Radiation therapy is one of the primary therapeutic techniques for treating cancer Nearly two thirds of all cancer patients will receive radiation therapy during their illness with an average of radiation treatment episodes Although largely effective radiation therapy like other forms of cancer treatment has difficulty killing hypoxic regions within solid tumors ...

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 Genome editing technologies such CRISPR Cas provide a rapid and targeted means of both knocking out gene expression and knocking in gene modifications However the current workflow required for CRISPR cell line generation relies on several technologies which reduce throughput efficiency and the overall viability of genome edited cells Cell Microsystems has developed a single ...

Project Summary Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD is a complex neurological disorder that typically appears before the age of three and immediately and profoundly affects a young childandapos s ability to communicate develop language form social relationships and respond appropriately to environmental cues Behavioral intervention is a consensus andquot best practiceandquot scientific treatment me ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Approximately one third of all U S adults and children are obese and at risk for a wide range of related chronic health conditions such as cardiovascular disease hypertension diabetes stroke osteoarthritis sleep apnea and certain types of cancer The Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC and other expert resources recognize that although indivi ...