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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Therapeutics is focused on the development of adjuvant systems with desired immune activities for targeted indications The Companyandapos s immune stimulatory adjuvant platform builds on combinatorial use of immune agonists with distinct immune targets and mechanisms of action for the generation of therapeutic immune responses Critical to this platform techno ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Recent FDA approvals of ipilimumab nivolumab and pembrolizumab which target checkpoint receptors cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen CTLA and programmed death PD have ushered in a new era of cancer immunotherapy in metastatic melanoma Despite unprecedented overall survival benefits with combination therapy the incidence of complete respo ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Occidiofungin is a cyclic nonribosomally synthesized antifungal peptide with submicromolar fungicidal activity against a broad spectrum of fungi Occidiofungin is produced by the Gram negative bacterium Burkholderia contaminans From our structural characterization studies occidiofungin was determined to have a unique chemical composition Our studies have als ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant A key application of deep sequencing is gene expression analysis at the RNA level commonly known as RNA seq Reads from RNA seq cover all regions of an mRNA sequence However sequences derived from the andapos end region are sufficient to indicate gene expression levels All andapos end sequencing methods have revealed that most eukaryotic genes display a ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Neonatal and pediatric intensive care still involves performing painful needle punctures to obtain blood samples for routine clinical monitoring Pain management in the neonatal setting is often achieved by long term continuous intravenous infusion of morphine or related compounds It has become increasingly clear however that long term use of opioid compound ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Each year million US children are injured affecting the child his her family and society which often bears the cost Among school age children age to injuries lead to million emergency department ED visits and hospital admissions annually resulting in $ billion in medical costs and $ billion more in work loss costs Approxima ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Chronic kidney disease CKD is a major public health problem in the US with an estimated prevalence of million patients enter hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis programs yearly A serious complication in of patients with CKD is cachexia or muscle wasting which decreases quality of life and increases morbidity and mortality Unfortunately ...

Project Summary Abstract Seasonal influenza has an annual global incidence of up to in adults and up to in children About to million infections result in severe disease while somewhere between a quarter and a half million cases are fatal Antiviral drugs can lessen the severity and reduce mortality when administered within h of onset of symptoms Hence sensitive and specific poin ...

Abstract Peripheral artery disease PAD is a common circulatory problem in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to your limbs thereby restricting blood flow During exercise or simply walking there is not sufficient blood flow to keep up with the metabolic demand This causes symptoms most notably leg pain when walking intermittent claudication PAD is also likely to be a sign of more w ...

Asthma a chronic disease of the lungs that affects adults and children of all ages has markedly increased in incidence prevalence and severity over the past several decades with a prevalence of in the U S The current standard of care for asthma consists of the combination of long acting beta adrenergic receptor agonists which relieve airway constriction and glucocorticosteroids which ...