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Project Summary Atrophic dry age related macular degeneration AMD is the leading cause of severe loss of vision for those over age Dietary supplements containing lutein and zeaxanthin are recommended by the NEI for those at risk of late AMD There has been a corresponding growth in demand for these two xanthophylls Lutein and zeaxanthin are currently sourced from marigolds grown mostl ...

Age related macular degeneration AMD causes progressive loss of central vision and is the leading cause of blindness in the developed world A major challenge in the development of effective treatments for AMD is the lack of sensitive practical visual function endpoints People with AMD manifest delayed dark adaptation DA recovery and DA tests are a FDA approved method for diagnosing AMD Cu ...

Abstract Chronic kidney disease CKD disproportionately impacts older adults Balance mobility and falls are serious problems for CKD patients due to associated peripheral neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease which also contribute to foot ulcers and other foot problems in this population Among older adults these problems are often compounded by other comorbid conditions leaving older ...

In the proposed study we will develop and evaluate a product called My MESSAGE Multimedia Ecopsychosocial Support System for Alzheimer s within Geriatric Environments which will circumvent the limitations of traditional visual cues and also provide unprecedented flexibility and precision for assisting with wayfinding and reducing other challenging behaviors in PWD The target consumer for MM w ...

Prostate cancer PCa is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men with deaths and new cases estimated in the US in Radiation therapy is one of the standard therapies for high and intermediate risk patients and is a non surgical therapy option for low risk patients A combined chemo radiation therapy CRT approach has been shown in several trials to improve s ...

The binding sites of proteins include smaller regions called hot spots that are major contributors to the binding free energy and hence are crucial to binding any ligand at that site Hot spots can be determined by screening libraries of fragment sized organic molecules for binding to the target protein by X ray crystallography or nuclear magnetic resonance NMR The computational mapping algori ...

Millions of U S adults suffer from a co occurring mental health and substance use disorder COD A COD is often difficult for providers to address and thus clients may experience poor treatment engagement symptom exacerbations homelessness incarceration and often utilize acute and emergency services increasing medical expenditures Currently the healthcare delivery system needs but does ...

This revised proposal is in response to PAR"BRAIN InitiativeDevelopmentOptimizationand Validation of Novel Tools and Technologies for Neuroscience Research"Our overall goal is to enable positron emission tomographyPETas a practical and effective quantitative tool in understanding brain function and healthIn vivo functional imaging of molecular tracers will play a key role in unraveling the physiol ...

We aim to develop a transcranial Doppler TCD ultrasound simulator on a physical mannequin for realistic medical training and professional competence testing The Specific Aims of the project are Develop a prototype TCD simulator The anatomy of the cerebrovascular system CVS will be reconstructed in three dimensional D from a patient s computed tomography angiogram CTA The blood flow ...

Project Summary Chagas disease is a severe inflammatory syndrome caused by infection with a protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi Although transmission occurs mostly through an intermediate insect host the infection is silent and chronic carriers pose a significant risk through the transfer of infected products made from donated blood of these individuals to blood recipients Up to new c ...