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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 ...

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 ...

ABSTRACT Alzheimerandapos s and other tauopathies are medical problems growing to historical proportions that threaten the long term viability of medical care systems world wide Alzheimerandapos s costs today are of the US GDP and growing as the population ages Effective disease modifying treatments have yet to be developed A number of drugs in clinical testing target amyloid but very fe ...

The World Health Organization estimates that bymajor depressive disorderMDDwill be the most common cause of disabilityworldwideAlthough approximatelyinAmericans will suffer from MDD during their lifetimemany patients with MDD go undiagnosed in primary care settingsandare incorrectly diagnosed with MDDGiven the substantial medicaleconomic and social costs involved with MDDthere is tremendous need f ...

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 ...

Ebola EBOV and Marburg MARV 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 infection and pathogenes ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Fragile X syndromeFXSis the most common inheritable form of cognitive impairment and the leading known genetic cause of autismFXS is caused by the loss of expression of the fragile X mental retardation proteinFMRPA major challenge for FXS research is to develop treatment strategies that improve the intellectual capabilities of patientsDysregulated protein synthesis is widely accept ...

PROJECT SUMMARY While optogenetics is well suited for understanding the dynamic activity of neural circuits the first central theme of the NIH BRAIN Initiative PAR its neurochemical impacts remain largely uncharacterized due to a lack of appropriate tools Given that the predominant mode of cellular interactions is neurochemical commercial development of such tools will fulfill the ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Type diabetes T D is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects of population worldwide Exogenous insulin treatment is the standard of care for T D but often negatively affects the quality of life and is ineffective in preventing recurrent hyperglycemia episodes and chronic complications Recent studies show that human islet allografts can restore long term normoglycemia ...