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Summary Drug safety issues pose a serious challenge to the health and well being of patients The development of our innovative technology aims to address a significant gap in the in vitro assessment of drug induced cardiotoxicity which is the number one reason for withdrawals of all marketed drugs as well as the premature termination of promising drug development candidates Pressured by the eno ...

This proposal aims to develop a polymer hydrogel strategy that can be used to improve the clinical care of patients receiving brachytherapy for gynecological cancers The biocompatible hydrogel will form in situ after being injected into the vaginal space and later removed by instillation of water to soften the hydrogel for easy extraction This Phase I proposal focuses on optimizing the polymer ...

Abstract Acne dysbiosis is defined as microbial imbalance with the over growth of Propionibacterium acnes P acnes in the acne microbiome We have demonstrated that Staphylococcus epidermidis S epidermidis a probiotic bacterium co existed with P acnes in an acne lesion can exploit the carbohydrate fermentation to produce short chain fatty acids SCFAs and rein in the over growth of P ac ...

Project Summary Glioblastoma GBM is one of the most lethal incurable human diseases Even with aggressive therapies including surgical resection followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy using temozolomide TMZ the median survival for GBM patients is only months In fact GBM cancer cells are highly infiltrative and comprise a sub population of glioma stem cells GSCs with tumorigenic pro ...

Project Summary Many clinical and preclinical studies demonstrated that interferons IFNs exert a superior anti tumor effect when combined with retinoids a class of vitamin A metabolites We identified a novel tumor suppressor Gene associated with Retinoid IFN induced Mortality GRIM by a genome wide knockdown strategy In our recent publication in the PNAS we have shown that GRIM g ...

SUMMARY Traumatic brain injury TBI is a leading contributor to death and disability in the USA yet widely effective treatments remain elusive and except for a lengthy program of rehabilitation no effective treatment for TBI is available Therefore there is a critical need in new therapeutic approaches which can maximally preserve brain tissue and facilitate functional recovery after TBI In ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Over million people worldwide including million people in the USA are HIV positive HIV associated sensory neuropathy HIV SN is the most frequent neurological manifestation of HIV and is characterized as a distal symmetrical predominantly sensory polyneuropathy HIV SN may represent clinically indistinguishable neuropathies with distinct pathogenesis a distal axona ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Breastfeeding has the potential to reduce health disparities associated with infant mortality and morbidity Breastfeeding rates by ethnicity in the United States show a marked disparity in African American AA women as compared to other groups Barriers to breastfeeding are complex with literature citing a lack of knowledge poor family and social support inhibiting soc ...

ABSTRACT Borrelia miyamotoi is a tick transmitted spirochete recently shown to cause infection and disease in the United StatesEurope and AsiaA member of the relapsing fever group of Borreliathis pathogen has been proven to cause most commonly a nonspecificflu like illness with feverfatiguemyalgiaand headacheDisease can be particularly severe and involve the central nervous system in immunocomprom ...

AbstractMosquito borne flaviviruses cause disease worldwidewith members such as dengue virusDENVZika virusZIKVand west nile virusWNVinfecting more thanmillion individuals annuallyThe availability of small molecule antivirals that reduce flavivirus infection therefore could have an immediate and substantial impact on public health programs that seek to improve outcomes for populations infected with ...