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ABSTRACT To combat multidrug resistant bacterial infections novel classes of antibiotics with new mechanisms of action are desperately required Genome mining for novel natural products is quickly replacing traditional approaches to antibiotic discovery Warp Drive Bio has sequenced over actinomycete strain genomes from diverse sources worldwide and our proprietary genomic database conta ...

Globally an estimated of the human population is infected with HSV including andgt of the U S adult population Genital herpes is associated with an increased risk of HIV acquisition and transmission of HSV infection can cause neonatal herpes with high infant mortality HSV infection in the adult population has increased substantially in the past two decades despite the availabil ...

Abstract Natural products have outstanding pharmaceutical pedigree approximately of FDA approved small molecule drugs are derived from plant bacterial or fungal sources To discover new natural products Warp Drive Bio has assembled an enormous proprietary and searchable database of microbial genomes and biosynthetic gene clusters To date our database comprises genomes sequenced ...

ABSTRACT Recombinant adeno associated virusrAAVis a promising gene delivery vector for therapeutic and vaccine applicationsbut its low transduction efficacy currently limits its utilityThe primary reasons for low transduction efficacy are as followsiinefficient trafficking of the rAAV genome to the nucleusiiinefficient host cell mediated synthesis of double stranded DNA from the single stranded ge ...

The average lifespan and the number of older individuals is increasing in the US but because age is a primary risk factor for most chronic disease there is an accompanying increase in the burden of chronic disease in the US Diet and lifestyle choices including dietary supplementation may be useful approaches to slowing the aging process and increasing healthspan and also may be the best stra ...

Two of the most promising approaches to cancer immunotherapy are immune checkpoint blockade by monoclonal antibodies and the adoptive transfer of immune cells The recent successes in treating melanoma with anti PD and anti CTLA antibodies as well as the extremely successful application of T cells engineered to express the CAR receptor targeting CD to treat B cell lymphomas initiated a waterfal ...

Photodynamic Therapy PDT is a promising modality for cancer treatment Oxygen molecules in the metastable singlet delta state O are believed to be the species that destroys cancerous cells during PDT Despite the benefit of targeted PDT that kills tumors selectively with minimum effect on surrounding healthy tissues at the present time it is difficult if not impossible to predict the res ...

ABSTRACT A primary challenge in ovarian cancer is preventing tumor recurrence in patients following a resection debulking procedure year survival rate andlt Intraperitoneal IP administration of chemotherapy most notably paclitaxel can improve patient outcomes and prevent local tumor recurrence the principal deterrent to long term survival However despite these modest improvement ...

Abstract The overall goal of this project is to develop an optimized assay design and development process to permit the rapid implementation of sensitive bead based immuno PCR assays for the detection of the major bacterial and fungal toxins that are produced by common contaminants of medicinal cannabis The assay process will be developed and validated in Phase I focusing on one important small ...

Project Summary Marijuana e g cannabis is the most frequently detected drug of abuse Cannabis abuse has a substantial impact on public safety as driving under the influence of cannabis will impair driving skill and the marijuana use in the workplace will increase the risk of adverse events and the loss of productivity With the recent wave of legalization of marijuana use in numerous states ...