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ABSTRACT The goal of this STTR proposal is to develop a novel anti-fibrotic agent suitable for oral administration which could be used to safely and effectively treat Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), or Systemic Scleroderma patients. SSc is one of the most disabling and lethal immune-mediated rheumatic disorders. SSc is a rare disease, affecting 40,000-150,000 people in the United States and conferring a ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT In response to National Institute on Aging's (NIA) strategic plan and PAS-19-317, we propose novel therapeuticsto treat Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRDs). We have developed novel combinations of three natural product compounds, which modulate complementary pathways in multiple types of CNS cells (i.e., neurons, microglia) associated with AD pathology. These c ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Actively involving informal caregivers in direct patient care at the bedside in the intensive care unit (ICU) has the potential to improve patient, informal caregiver, and health care system outcomes. Practice guidelines call for the liberal inclusion of informal caregivers as active partners in ICU care, but there is a critical, unmet need to develop tools that effectively operati ...

Abstract Currently, clinically used drug abuse medications exist for treatment of addiction to opiates, alcohol, and nicotine, but not psychostimulants, such as methamphetamine (METH). Compounds that co-activate both nociceptin opioid peptide (NOP) and mu receptors have potential for treatment of drug abuse. In particular, buprenorphine, a partial mu agonist/kappa antagonist, which also acts as a ...

ABSTRACT Significant advances in the specific targeting of delivery vectors and the increased therapeutic efficacy of such vectors for gene delivery have been made, stimulating major interest in the development and commercialization of therapeutic products focused on gene therapy indications. CLAIRIgene LLC focused on the development and optimization of various viral gene-to-cell transfer delivery ...

PROJECT SUMMARY To achieve the FDA’s required Sterility Assurance Level for use in humans, pharmaceutical products must undergo terminal sterilization or aseptic manufacturing. This can be accomplished using physical or chemical methods such as heat or formaldehyde for simple drug formulations; however, for pharmaceutical products that have more complex drug formulations or that contain biologic ...

Abstract: A Therapeutic Role for Apolipoprotein-E in the Germ Theory of ADP. gingivalis is the keystone bacteria of periodontal disease, the 6th most common infectious disease worldwide. Half of all Americans over the age of 30 and 70% of those over age 65 suffer some degree of P. gingivalis infection associated with gum disease. In a study of 6800 patients with gum disease that were followed for ...

Project Summary The proposed project will develop a breakthrough endovascular sensor technology to allow for real-time quantification of the mitral coaptation force (MCF) of the mitral valve during both open and percutaneous mitral valve repair (MVR). Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most common heart valve disorder in the U.S. population, with over 2 million individuals affected. Current methods ...

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have been successfully employed in patients with rare neurological diseases. Recently, two AAV based gene therapy drugs have been approved by the FDA, Luxturna been valued at $850,000 with a one-time application for blindness and Zolgensma at $2,100,000 for spinal muscle atrophy. AAV vector mediated gene therapy has shown to be a potentially huge market. Althou ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a serious diabetic complication that is the leading cause of vision loss in working- age adults, affecting more than 7.5 million people in the USA. It causes more new cases of blindness than any other eye disease in people between the ages of 18 and 65. The anti-VEGF treatments can slow the progress of DR in many patients but are only used after signifi ...