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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The goal of the proposed project is to evaluate the clinical potential of HBI-002, a novel oral low dose carbon monoxide (CO) drug product, that enables the use of low dose CO to prevent Vaso-Occlusive Crises (VOCs) in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Numerous studies, both preclinical and clinical, demonstrate that CO has dual mechanisms of action including anti-sickling and an ...

Project Summary Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) commonly occurs in critically ill patients in the ICU. Patients with severe AKI often require continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) because it enables hemodynamic stability and better volume control. Anticoagulation therapy is frequently used to keep the CRRT circuit (especially the blood filter) from clotting as many critically ill patients are prot ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Diabetes Mellitus (DM), a metabolic disorder characterized by defective insulin signaling and elevated blood glucose, has become a public health epidemic with half of the US population diagnosed with either DM or pre- diabetes. One of the most common and devastating sequelae of uncontrolled DM is the development of chronic non-healing wounds. An estimated 25% of diabetic p ...

Development of a SYF2 antisense oligonucleotide treatment for ALS and FTD Project Summary Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are complex diseases that result from many diverse genetic etiologies. Although therapeutic strategies that target specific causal mutations (e.g. C9ORF72 antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs)) may prove effective against individual forms of AL ...

Mucormycosis, caused by Mucorales fungi, is a life-threatening infection that occurs in patients immunocom- promised by diabetic ketoacidosis, neutropenia, corticosteroid use, and/or increased serum iron. Because of the rising prevalence of mucormycosis risk factors, the incidence of the infection has risen. The increased number of mucormycosis cases is highlighted by the recent epidemic seen amon ...

Project Summary/Abstract Over 100,000 patients of all ages undergo ostomy surgery in the United States (US) annually due to a variety of pathophysiologic conditions including colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis), bowel obstruction, diverticulitis, and many other medical conditions. Ostomy surgery may also be necessary in cases of severe abdominal ...

PROJECT SUMMARY There is an urgent need for new approaches to treat acute human pain without the risk of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). The most effective approved pain pharmaceuticals, including narcotics and anesthetics, are not neuron-specific and consequently suffer from off-target effects like addiction, inhibition of motor neurons, and destruction of the surrounding tissues. When inflammati ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Kennedy’s disease, also known as spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), is a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by genetic polyglutamine expansion in the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the androgen receptor (AR). Recent research has shown that the mutant AR protein misfolds, aggregates, and abnormally interacts with other proteins, leading to androgen- dependent lower motor n ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Enumerix has developed a cost-effective method to perform high order DNA counting at high precision called direct count PCR (dcPCR). dcPCR uses a spin column method that generates millions of partitions directly into PCR tubes for target amplification, using standard laboratory centrifuge and thermal cyclers, followed by an ultra-rapid method to count up to 1 million copie ...

Project Summary Abstract The primary objectives of the current project are 1) to evaluate the longer-term efficacy of PACR-AD cognitive training (PACR-CT) measured 5 years after the completion of initial 10 weeks of training, 2) to determine the efficacy of the 10 weeks of booster training after 5 years from the initial training completion, and 3) to redesign the PACR-CT for optimal training sched ...