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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The cysteine protease caspase-6 (Casp6) has been associated with neurodegenerative diseases for over fifteen years. In Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Casp6 is colocalized with amyloid plaques and tau tangles in human brain, and both human and animal model data indicate that activated Casp6 contributes to neuronal inflammation, neurodegeneration, and cleavage of proteins to to ...

ICU delirium is a devastating complication of illness, acute trauma, and surgery often resulting in prolonged mechanical ventilation, longer lengths of stay, and long-term disability. Delirium is associated with over 12 times increased odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD). In addition, delirium accelerates cognitive decline in AD/ADRD patients. Likewise, pa ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT CMTx Biotech is a drug development company working to rescue, develop and commercialize a proprietary clinical-stage drug candidate, incyclinide (CMT-3 / COL-3), for the treatment of sepsis patients at risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), at least 1.7 million American adults develop sepsis annually, re ...

Abstract This fast-track STTR application proposes to enhance, validate, and scale Sepsis Watch, a deep learning sepsis detection and management system built using data from the Emergency Department (ED) Duke University Hospital (DUH). The proposal will extend and enhance Sepsis Watch to EDs, general inpatient wards, and intensive care unit (ICU) settings across multiple health systems in the Unit ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes (CMS) are a group of clinically similar neuromuscular transmission disorders that differ in their underlying genetic mutation. While some phenotypical variation exists, CMS are commonly characterized by muscle weakness (myasthenia) that worsens with physical exertion. Defects in Collagen Q (ColQ), a multidomain functional protein of the Neuro Muscula ...

For more than a decade, our work has focused on development of therapeutic interventions for viral- and bacterial-induced acute lung injury (ALI) and the more severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Significantly, we identified the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling pathway as key to the host response to influenza and secondary bacterial infection following influenza. We also identif ...

Cardiotoxicity is a leading cause of drug discovery attrition across all of preclinical and clinical drug discovery. While the FDA and the Comprehensive in vitro Proarrhythmia Assay initiative (CiPA) are focused primarily on predicting proarrhythmic effects, drug attrition due to cardiomyopathy, or primary cardiac cytotoxicity, may be even more prevalent, is typically currently only carried out vi ...

ABSTRACT Despite treatment advances, the prognosis of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) and R/R diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) remains poor. Autologous T- cells modified to express a CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR T-cells) produce durable responses in subgroups of these patients, which has led to FDA approval of two su ...

ABSTRACT We propose a novel holistic paradigm to help solve the opioid crisis by using proteome scale deep learning approaches to design optimal nonaddictive analgesics. We will design compounds that target specific proteins and pathways the combine the pain relieving effects of long acting drugs such as methadone and buprenorphine while modulating additional interactions to ensure optimal pharma ...

Scientific Abstract: The frequent use of fetal bovine serum (FBS) to support cell cultures is challenged by lot-to-lot variability, supply constraints, pathogen contaminants and ethical questions. These issues have increased significance due to the burgeoning use of FBS in cell research and therapy development. FBS has been used for over a century to culture cells, but with the need to define cult ...