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Abstract All therapeutic antibodies and most vaccines critically depend on the ability of antibodies to specifically recognize particular antigens consequently detailed characterization of antibody antigen binding can provide invaluable information to understand and guide development Unfortunately due to the time and expense required atomic resolution structure determination is typically use ...

Development of a DNA Aptamer Based Electrochemical Assay for Acetazolamide in Urine Using a Handheld Biosensor for Compliance Validation in Clinical Drug Trials Thirty to over eighty percent of patients enrolled in pharmaceutical clinical trials do not comply with trial protocols by discarding the drug under investigation or not using the proper dosages This common practice compromises the medica ...

There is an urgent need for more effective mechanisms that leverage current technologies and best practices to both identify capacity and refer patients to drug treatment facilitiesThe applicant organizationOpenBeds Incis partnering with the non profit MESH Coalitionthree of the largest health care systems offering drug treatment in Indiana and the Indiana Division of Mental Health and AddictionDM ...

ImmuNext has identified and developed a putative lead anti VISTA monoclonal antibody mAb that we aim to bring to the clinic for the treatment of human autoimmune disease VISTA is a member of the highly successful negative checkpoint regulator NCR family of drug targets whose members have demonstrated proven efficacy in inducing long term remissions in human cancers We contend that antibodie ...

ABSTRACT Approximately million individuals suffer from traumatic brain injury TBI annually with over expected to die as a result of their injury In these most severe cases patients are typically admitted to the intensive care unit ICU for continuous monitoring and treatment of their injury Standard monitoring includes implantation of an intracranial pressure ICP sensor arterial ...

The increasing incidence of multi drug resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and other bacteria represents a public health crisisTwo thirds of hospital associated Saureus infections andof those acquired in the community are now methicillin resistantMRSAMRSA causes rtinfections in the US each yearand it is responsible for half of all US deaths caused by drug resistant bacteriaThis threat to public he ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisIPFkills aboutpersons in the United States each yearThere are currently aroundAmericans afflicted with this fatal disease that typically results in death withinyearsThis year alone another approximatelyAmericans will receive this devastating diagnosisWhile two recently approved drugs reduce the time to decline in certain lung parametersa ...

ABSTRACT Poor sleep and memory problems are common in older adults and have considerable consequences including decreased productivitydeclines in cognitive abilitiesincreased rate of accidents and traffic fatalitiesand increased health care costsThese sleep and memory problems often occur in midlife and in older adultswhen aging is associated with insomniafragmentation of sleepand impairment of at ...

ABSTRACT TessaTM is validated medical device wearable capable of providing clinical sleep quality metrics for multiple nights to assess the efficacy of a sleep disorder treatment Tessa records the forehead EEG to stage sleep in an automated report that tracks changes in sleep architecture before and after a treatment for many sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia There is ...

Project Summary Our goal is to develop a novel immunotherapy for the treatment of melanomaand potentially a wide array of tumorsAlthough surveillance by the immune system eliminates cancer cells in some instancestumor cells have developed a variety of mechanisms to escape immune recognition often resulting in tumor outgrowthImmune checkpoint inhibitorse gipilimumabnivolumaband pembrolizumaband cel ...