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PROJECT SUMMARY Diseases of the ocular surface are among the top reasons for visits to eye care practitionersThese conditions can severely affect eyesight and quality of lifeSymptoms may include blurry visiondiscomfort or painredness and itchingand in severe casesblindness due to corneal scarringMany ocular surface diseases are initiated by loss of tear film homeostasis and can be grouped under a ...

ABSTRACTThis proposal seeks to develop a novel vaccine against pathogens transmitted by the blacklegged tickIxodes scapularisby targeting tick salivary proteinsSalpscritical for tick feedingIscapularis Salps provide functions critical for evading host defense responses detrimental to the tickFurtherthese salivary functions are also co opted by tick transmitted pathogens to ensure their survival in ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Cognitive decline and deterioration of long term cognitive performance are major side effects of CNS cancer treatmentBrain metastases are the most common CNS malignancies and a common cause of morbidity and mortality in aboutof all cancer patients with systemic diseaseaffecting overpatients in the US annuallyAs most systemic chemotherapy agents do not cross the blood brain barriert ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Every year in the United States aboutof theinfants born extremely prematureandltweeks gestational age and andltg birth weightELGAdevelop intraventricular hemorrhageIVHIVH is associated with high risk for cerebral palsy and significant intellectual disabilitycausing lifelong implications for affected children and their families and considerable economic burdenIVH is caused ...

PROJECT SUMMARYMalaria is one of the world s major public health threatsThe disease is transmitted when an infected female Anopheles mosquitowhile probing for a blood mealinjects saliva together with Plasmodium sporozoites into the skin of the vertebrate hostTo datea highly effectivesafe and FDA approved human vaccine against malaria has not been developedThe most established malaria vaccine candi ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Needle electromyographyEMGremains the standard approach for assessing neuromuscular diseaseWhile the technique has proven to be clinically valuable over the lastyearsit has important limitationsThese include its not being sensitive to alterations in muscle composition and structureits inability to assess the contractile apparatus of muscleand its subjective nature with an inter rat ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT In response to PAthis Phase I STTR proposal will aim at developing pharmacotherapies that can act aslife savermedications to counteract the neurotoxic effects of synthetic cannabinoidsSCsTowards this goalwe will synthesize CB R antagonists with fast onsets of action that can be administered in an emergency roomERsituationThe rationale is based on the successful soft agonis ...

PROJECT SUMMARYZika virusan emerging flavivirusis associated with severe clinical outcomesincluding Guillain Barrsyndrome and birth defectsTransmission of Zika virus is primarily mosquitoborneMosquito salivary proteins are known to enhance infectivity and pathogenesis in Zikadengue and West Nile viruses by modulating immune responsesThis proposal seeks to develop a novel vaccine against Zika virus ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Alzheimerandapos s diseaseADis an area of significant unmet need that creates a national burden of$billion annuallyAD is the leading cause of dementiaaffectingof Americans over the age ofDemographic shifts and the age related nature of AD will soon place this disease as the costliest health care expenditure in the U Swith a projected impact of $trillion per year byCurrent therapies ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Cholera is an acute and severe disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae that is spread primarily through contaminated water sources due to a lack of adequate sanitation infrastructureThe World Health Organization estimates that there are at leastmillion cases globally per yearpercent of which are spread through household transmissionCurrent prevention methods require signifi ...