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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Many patients requiring stem cell transplantation for hematological malignancies are unable to find a suitable HLA matched sibling or unrelated donor Transplants using stem cells from umbilical cord blood provide an alternative for these patients allowing transplantation to proceed with less stringent HLA matching requirements Unfortunately in addition to t ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Chikungunya virus CHIKV is an emerging disease of global public health importance Originally identified in sporadic CHIKV outbreaks occurred in Africa and Asia for several decades Beginning with an outbreak on the island of La Reunion in the virus has continued to spread to new regions around the globe CHIKV is now endemic in the Caribbean is present in t ...

Project Summary Abstract Induced pluripotent stem cells iPSCs hold great promise in the areas of disease modeling and regenerative medicine and as a result have unique commercial potential There are currently more than ongoing clinical trials in stem cell therapies including the first in human trial using human iPSC derived retinal pigment epithelial cells to treat ...

Summary channel multimodal ultrathin flexible SFE for cancer diagnosis and therapy Minimally invasive optical imaging is being advanced by molecular probes that enhance contrast using fluorescence The applications in cancer imaging are very broad ranging from early diagnosis of cancer to the guiding of interventions such as surgery The high sensitivity afforded by wide field fluorescence i ...

SUMMARY Cytoplasmic nucleic acids alert the immune system to invading pathogens and trigger a robust type I interferon IFN response via activation of the STING stimulator of interferon genes receptor The sensor for cytoplasmic nucleic acids was recently discovered to be a cyclic GMP AMP synthase which produces a unique cyclic dinucleotide second messenger cGAMP that serves as an agonist fo ...

Summary Optical visualization to efficiently guide coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions We propose to investigate the use of the Scanning Fiber Endoscope SFE during coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions of the coronary arteries CTO CTOs represent the most challenging angioplasties and often have much higher failure rates compared with standard angioplasty Improved ...

The goal of this research is to dramatically improve the ability to clone and analyze large and unstable DNA fragments We propose to develop a novel linear cloning vector to maximize stability of cloned DNA in the bacterial host The vector will use the replication proteins of the phage Phi to achieve the highest accuracy of replication for all DNA inserts including AT rich repetitive or str ...

Multiple myeloma MM is a debilitating and currently incurable hematological malignancy While the median survival has increased to years MM patients ultimately relapse and become resistant to therapy Once they reach this stage it is often a trial and error process until an effective therapy can be found Furthermore the MM bone marrow tumor microenvironment plays a significant role in ...

The chemokine receptors CXCR and CXCR CXCR are validated as having essential roles in the growth survival motility invasion and angiogenesis of human melanoma which secretes abundant amounts of the corresponding chemokine ligands including CXCL Additionally abnormal cancer induced immunosuppressive myeloid derived suppressor cells MDSCs in the circulation and tumor correlate with ...

ABSTRACT The principal business interestiFIT Prosthetics LLCwith STTR fundingcreated a new transtibial prosthetic device and demonstrated its safetycomfortand functionIn contrast to conventionally made prosthetic limbsthe iFIT prosthesis is easily fit and aligned on the residual limb in a single sessionDue to its substantial adjustability and customized inner linerthe iFIT device is a comfortable ...