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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Leptospirosis a zoonotic disease is an important public health problem worldwide It is caused by spirochete bacteria belonging to nine species and more than serovars of the genus Leptospira In the US there is increasing awareness of the importance of leptospirosis as the cause of disease among inner city populations military personnel and individuals ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This proposal seeks to develop a novel vaccine against Lyme disease by targeting Ixodes scapularis proteins critical for Borrelia burgdorferi transmission from the tick to mammalian host Earlier work has identified four tick proteins Salp TRE tHRF and TSLPI that facilitate different steps of spirochete transmission and immunity against these protein ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant One of the challenges of research in infectious diseases is to find ways to use the increasing knowledge of the mechanisms underlying disease transformation and progression to develop novel therapeutic strategies for diseases such as increasing menace of bacterial infections Targeting specific RNA such as rRNA which are involved in proliferation and survival ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of this application is to empower anxiety disorders researchers to manage share and repurpose their research data more effectively throughout the research lifecycle by delivering an open source integrated data management platform that meets their needs Mental health research has become more complex collaborative and interdisciplinary and sharing ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Since the first procedure in there has been an explosive growth in transcatheter aortic valve replacement TAVR Up to date more than TAVR had been performed worldwide Despite the increased global experience with TAVR severe adverse events associated with TAVR have been extensively documented including annulus rupture coronary occlusion para ...

? DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this Phase I STTR project is to establish the feasibility of developing a small-molecule therapeutic agent designed to prevent rhabdomyolysis-induced renal failure. Rhabdomyolysis accounts for 7% to 10% of cases of renal failure in the US. Rhabdomyolysis results from muscle injury that leads to the release of myoglobin, which is then deposited ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Neuropathic pain management is a major unmet clinical need. Classically used medications, including opioids and non-opioids (primarily NSAIDs), have major side effects associated with their use, and many individuals donot respond to any medications. Neuropathic pain drugs with novel mechanisms of action are being sought as an alternative; however, the only succ ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A large, persuasive, and ever-increasing body of evidence links chronic inflammation to virtually all of the chronic diseases that cause the majority of disability and death in the U.S., including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and cancer. Diet plays a central role in the regulation of chronic inflammation. However, until we developed the dietary infl ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over 34 million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS. Combination antiviral therapies have significantly reduced the morbidity and mortality of the disease; however, there is currently no cure for the disease. Discovery that a naturally occurring variant of CCR5, the delta32 mutation, renders cells resistant to HIV infection has led to efforts by several a ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term goal of this project is to develop a safe and efficacious therapeutic small molecule for treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI results from diverse insults such as sepsis, ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)or nephrotoxicant exposure and nearly half of those who develop AKI do not survive. Since treatment remains largely palliative and survival rates ...