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Project Summary Abstract We propose a new approach to the decontamination of central venous catheters and the prevention of central line associated bloodstream infectionsCLABSIan important healthcare associated infectionCLABSIs cost the US healthcare system approximately $billion annuallyPronovostNEJMAdditionallyCLABSIs can be life threateningespecially in the very young and critically illEven whe ...

Overmillion Americans are currently providing unpaid care to a family memberrelativeor friend with Alzheimer s disease or related dementiaWhile caregiving can be a positive experience that brings meaning and an increased sense of purposeit can also take a tollNearlyof Alzheimer s and dementia caregivers rate their emotional distress as high or very highand as many assuffer from depressionCaregiver ...

Although signal transduction inhibitors occasionally offer clinical benefit for cancer patientssignal flux emanating from oncogenes is often distributed through multiple pathwayspotentially underlying the resistance which causes failure of most such inhibitorsMeasuring signal flux through multiple pathwaysin response to signal transduction inhibitorsmay help uncover network interactions that contr ...

Summary At leastpeople in the United States are at high risk for Lynch syndromebased on inheritance of a genetic mutation in the mismatch repairMMRor double strand breakDSBrepair pathwayMore than half of them are unaware of their riskbecause their family history is uninformative or unknownGenetic testing is important for identifying mutations in this pathwaybut in a large number of cases no mutati ...

The melanocortinreceptorMC Ris over expressed on uveal and cutaneous melanoma cellsbut notin healthy normal tissuesWe have developed a proprietary ligandMTIthat binds to MC R inmelanoma cells with high affinity and specificityThrough our SBIR Phase I contractwedemonstrated that MC R targetedAc DOTA MTIlacks of overt toxicity at single doses thatproduce significant efficacy against uveal and cutane ...

Project Summary Metabolic reprogramming plays a critical role in carcinogenesisin part due its ability to promote immune suppressive properties within tumorsHoweverit is unclear whether inhibition of fatty acid metabolism in tumors affects their immunogenicityHerewe show for the first time that inhibition of stearoyl CoA desaturaseSCDthe rate limiting enzyme involved in fatty acid synthesis conver ...

ABSTRACT Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common hematopoietic cancer and while survival rates have slowly increase in the last 10 years, the five-year survival is just over 50%. The high number of patients that become refractory to current therapies is the core reason for the low long-term survival. Therefore, there is a crucial need to develop unique drugs that are active in refractory a ...

The primary goal of this proposed research is to develop a rapid point of care test that assesses the risk of neonatal sepsisNSand or necrotizing enterocolitisNECin infants based on Inter alpha inhibitor proteinsIAIPlevels in bloodThe test is expected to be simpleuser friendlyportable and suitable for use in the NICUNS and NEC are associated with high mortality and morbidityincluding adverse neuro ...

To reach the end user, oil and gas production at the wellhead must be transmitted through the country and distributed to a wide range of customers. This logistical system requires natural gas gathering lines, processing facilities, product storage tanks and lots of other equipment. What results is air pollution caused by industry losses during these operations and the use of continuous or intermit ...

In this Phase I application IsoPlexis proposes to deliver a novel method for targeted profiling of both the transcriptome and secretome from an array ofsingle central and peripheral immune cellsSpecificallywe will deliver a single cellmRNA and secreted protein capture assay with proven sensitivity for detecting the most important predictive biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseasesThere is growing ...