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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Intracerebral hemorrhage ICH is a major public health problem with highest mortality rate of all stroke subtypes and long term disability Since there are no available FDA approved therapies for ICH it is of enormous importance to establish effective treatment for this medical condition Following ICH the deposited blood is damaging initially via compression ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The long term goal of this project is to gain FDA approval for commercialization of a broad spectrum small molecule antiviral agent that is effective in treating Ebola virus EBOV and Marburg virus MARV These pathogens are major biothreat agents for which there are no approved therapeutic options or vaccines The developed drug will inhibit a conserved hum ...

Methamphetamine MA use disorder is a major problem for over million people world wide with no FDA approved pharmacotherapy However anti addiction drug vaccines hold promise by inducing drug specific antibodies that form antibody MA complexes in the blood which are too large to cross the blood brain barrier thus reducing the rate and quantity of MAandapos s brain entry This inhibits MAan ...

ABSTRACT Recent studies of the applicants support the role of the endogenous gaseous biological mediator hydrogen sulfide H S in colorectal cancer In specific the selective upregulation of cystathionine synthase CBS and the subsequent production of H S in colonic cancer cells serves as a pro survival factor by stimulating tumor cell bioenergetics ...

ABSTRACT Current clinical photodynamic therapy PDT is an effective cancer treatment that is non invasive and low cost but it has yet to become a mainstream frontline treatment The clinical efficacy of PDT in solid tumors depends on significant accumulation of the photosensitizer PS at the tumor site availability of oxygen near the photosensitizer and effective dosing of the drug light c ...

Abstract PTI is developing PTI DX a novel quantitative blood based diagnostic candidate for Alzheimerandapos s disease AD A non invasive and inexpensive AD diagnostic is sorely needed particularly one with the ability to detect early pathological changes that precede cognitive symptoms PTI DX measures the ratio of two protein fragments in plasma and is a companion diagnostic biomark ...

ABSTRACT Triple negative breast cancerTNBCis a molecular subtype of breast cancer that is negative for expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors and human epidermal growth factor receptorHERClinicallyit is characterized by aggressive behaviordistinct patterns of metastasisand high rates of recurrence and mortalitySince TNBC tumor cells lack the necessary receptorsthe disease does not respo ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Recent studies of the applicants support the role of the endogenous gaseous biological mediator hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in colorectal cancer: selective upregulation of cystathionine-b-synthase (CBS) and the subsequent production of H2S in colonic cancer cells serves as a pro-survival factor by stimulating tumor cell bioenergetics, growth, proliferation, migratio ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Protein-RNA interactions make a profound contribution to the regulatory logic of post- transcriptional control of gene expression. Tools to decipher this intricate layer of molecular interactions on a global scale are coming to the forefront of molecular biology and genomics. The most wide spread methodology to examine interactions of RNA binding proteins (RBPs ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This proposal is to prepare small molecules that will inhibit the protein protein interaction between a protein called PCSK and the LDLR receptor This is an extremely well validated target for reduction of andquot badandquot cholesterol LDL and therefore controlling coronary artery disease Orally available small molecules are the preferred therapeutic mo ...