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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Ocular graft versus host disease O GVHD is a particularly severe and debilitating complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation HSCT O GVHD develops in of patients with chronic GVHD Currently Restasis cyclosporine A is the only FDA approved prescription topical medication to treat O GVHD In Restasis had sales o ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Approximately Americans suffer from vision loss due to Retinitis Pigmentosa RP Despite significant progress in elucidating the molecular genetics of RP over the past three decades no disease modifying therapies have been approved There is compelling evidence implicating endoplasmic reticulum ER stress in the pathogenesis of various forms of RP e ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant There are growing demands for D structure determination of nucleic acids and their protein complexes for understanding disease molecule level mechanisms and discovering innovative drugs X ray crystallography is one of the most direct and powerful tools for structure determination of these macromolecules and complexes However the crystallization and phase d ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Glaucoma is an optic nerve disease in which there is progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells leading to irreversible loss of vision It is estimated o affect of the general population More than million Americans are affected with glaucoma and it is estimated to account for nearly $ B in direct medical costs It is estimated that of Caucasian patie ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Although there are numerous scientific studies in the literature that show impairments in olfaction often occur early in the onset of Alzheimerandapos s Disease AD there is still concern pertaining to the specificity of measures of olfactory dysfunction when used as a predictor of AD For this and other reasons there is no test based upon measures of olfact ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The objective is to engineer build and clinically validate DBS Expert an expert system for optimizing postoperative programming of deep brain stimulation DBS in patients with movement disorders such as Parkinsonandapos s disease PD The clinical utility of DBS for treatment of PD is well established However great outcome disparity exists among recipien ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Thousands of individuals seek refuge in the United States to escape atrocities of war and torture in their country of origin An overwhelming majority of these individuals continue to struggle with Chronic Traumatic Stress CTS the persistence of prior traumatic events e g re experiencing past trauma coupled with daily post migration stressors e g pove ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant It is predicted that approximately people will be diagnosed with nonmelanoma skin cancer this year in the United States Seventy five percent of these patients will undergo traditional excisional surgery i e non Mohs Micrographic Surgery non MMS Unlike MMS surgery traditional excision surgeries do not employ methods to determine the status of the ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant KDH Research and Communication KDHRC with the American College of Rheumatology ACR will develop LLPI Latinas con Lupus Promotoras con Informaci n Latinas with Lupus Promotoras with Information a culturally competent unique online professional development course course to improve the ability of promotoras de salud promotoras to raise awareness ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Vaccinations for adolescents in the U S tetanus diphtheria and acellular pertussis Tdap meningococcal conjugate vaccine MCV Human Papillomavirus HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarex remain well below the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC goals and especially so for the HPV vaccines These vaccine deficits are pronounced among minor ...