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A cerebral aneurysm is an abnormal enlargement or pouch that forms from a weakened vessel segment in the brain Often going unnoticed and untreated an aneurysm can cause a sudden and catastrophic hemorrhage or stroke Approximately of patients die from an aneurysm rupture even before receiving medical attention and of patients die despite medical treatment Patients that survive typical ...

Project Summary Occidiofungin is a cyclic nonribosomally synthesized antifungal peptide with submicromolar fungicidal activity against a broad spectrum of fungi Occidiofungin is produced by the Gram negative bacterium Burkholderia contaminans From our structural characterization studies occidiofungin was determined to have a unique chemical composition Our studies have also revealed that occi ...

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 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 ...

ABSTRACT Colorectal cancerCRCis the third leading cause of cancer related deaths in the U SBased on numerous epidemiological studies and recent prospective clinical trialsthe use of daily aspirin is associated with a significant reduction in CRC incidencedeaths and metastatic spreadHoweverthe chronic use of this drug is limited due to the side effects of gastrointestinal bleeding ulceration in sus ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Chronic kidney disease CKD is a major public health problem in the US with an estimated prevalence of million patients enter hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis programs yearly A serious complication in of patients with CKD is cachexia or muscle wasting which decreases quality of life and increases morbidity and mortality Unfortunately ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Mucus dysfunction underlies the pathophysiology of a number of common respiratory diseases including asthma cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD Asthma alone impacts of the US population resulting in considerable cost morbidity and occasional mortality caused by mucus hypersecretion Recently it was discovered that Synaptotagmin Syt regul ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Antibody drug conjugates ADCs are monoclonal antibodies mAbs that are covalently linked to cell killing drugs and have emerged as a major modality in anti cancer treatment This approach combines high specificity of mAbs against their antigen targets with highly potent cytotoxic drugs resulting in armed mAbs that deliver the payload drug to tumor cells with enriched levels ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy CIPN is a common prevalence and potentially dose limiting side effect of many cancer chemotherapy drug treatment regimens Clinically CIPN presents with pain that is burning shooting or electric shock like The increase in prevalence of cancer coupled with an increase in the cancer survival rates due to chemotherapy regimens ...

Project Summary Technology advances now enable the cost effective acquisition of Kandgt distinct data types from a common set of N bio samples where i the kth data type is represented by a data matrix with columns containing Pk measurements in N samples for k K and ii at least one of the data types is big i e Pk is much bigger than N for some k The rapid accumulation of such mult ...