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A new dual pump hydraulic supply designed to enable energetically autonomous exoskeleton robots will be developed, tested and demonstrated. This new hydraulic supply will be integrated with a high performance hydraulically actuated full body exoskeleton robot and used to test and demonstrate the overall performances of such systems. New control policies that include: (i) an assist mode, where the ...

Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health problem worldwide Neisseria gonorrhoeae Ng the causative agent of the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea has become multidrug resistant and has achieved superbug status Novel therapeutics against Ng are urgently needed Complement C is a key arm of innate immune defenses A mechanism used by several pathogens including Ng to esca ...

Abstract This proposal will lead to a Breakthrough sub cellular D chemical composition research platform for live cells based on the new invention of sub micron confocal photothermal IR micro spectroscopy CPIR Label free sub micron chemical imaging and spectroscopy has long been sought for visualization of biomolecules and materials in complex living systems Many diseases first manifest ...

Coronary artery disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States Platelets play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute coronary syndrome ACS as platelet activation aggregation and secretion are key components of arterial thrombus formation Despite dual anti platelet therapy for ACS and percutaneous coronary interventions PCI many patients sustain a high incidence u ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Mekanistic Therapeutics seeks to design discover and develop anti cancer agents that selectively inhibit multiple oncogenic pathways Its lead agent MTX was discovered in collaboration with the Leopold laboratory at University of Michigan MTX is a novel kinase inhibitor showing early promise for its therapeutic potential against solid cancers refractory to current treatm ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy CIPN is a debilitating complication that can arise from use of a number of chemotherapeutics and which limits both the dose and duration of cancer treatments with these agents Up to of cancer patients treated with chemotherapy describe some form of CIPN with sensory neuropathy being dominant Symptoms vary from tingling and numbne ...

Abstract Applications of customizable nucleases such as CRISPR clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats Cas CRISPR associated protein have enabled efficient and precise gene correction in vitro and hold promises for eventually achieving in vivo gene correction therapy However to apply CRISPR Cas in therapeutic settings several major challenges remain to be addressed ...

Project Summary Abstract X ray computed tomography CT has been increasingly used in medical diagnosis currently reaching more than million CT scans every year in the US The increasing use of CT has sparked concern over the effects of radiation dose on patients It is estimated that every CT scans will cause one future cancer i e cases of future cancers from million CT scan ...

Intoxication from marijuana MJ impairs psychomotor performance and at least doubles the risk of motor vehicle accidents The ongoing wave of legalization of MJ has brought increasing prevalence of driving while intoxicated with MJ However there is no quantitative biologic test that can accurately determine whether an individual is acutely impaired from MJ intoxication Assays of the primary in ...

Project Summary Abstract Radiation therapy is one of the primary therapeutic techniques for treating cancer Nearly two thirds of all cancer patients will receive radiation therapy during their illness with an average of radiation treatment episodes Although largely effective radiation therapy like other forms of cancer treatment has difficulty killing hypoxic regions within solid tumors ...