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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Because many people who inject drugs PWID do not receive adequate information about HIV or HCV testing and prevention or overdose prevention and response training we propose to develop a Mobile Intervention Kit to deliver technology based interventions from a library of theory guided video content The first iteration will address overdose prevention and r ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantTriple negative breast cancerTNBCis one of the most aggressive forms of human cancerand currently has no targeted therapyChemotherapy is the only available treatment for TNBC patientsbut is deleterious and not effective once tumor spreadsTNBC represents a major unmet medical needaboutof breast cancer incidenceswomen worldwide inare TNBCTNBC disproportionally affects ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Therapeutics based on nucleic acids NA promise to revolutionize treatment of multiple diseases but their widespread use is currently limited by the lack of efficient delivery methods We have recently developed a new NA delivery platform based on polymeric CXCR inhibitors PCX suitable as dual function systems for simultaneous NA delivery and inhibition of ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Sanfilippo disease type B also called mucopolysaccharidosis type III or MPS III is a devastating neuro degenerative genetic disorder of childhood that is fatal There is no cure or effective treatment MPS IIIB is caused by the lack of a lysosomal enzyme called NAGLU alpha N acetylglucosaminidase that is required to degrade heparan sulfate glycosaminoglyca ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Insomnia of sufficient clinical severity to meet diagnostic criteria is present in approximately of older adults nearly million individuals n the US alone If left untreated it can lead to increased rates of depression cognitive impairment and cardiovascular disease Treatment relies on pharmacotherapy such as sedative hypnotic therapy which is ass ...

Project Summary Abstract Autism spectrum disorder ASD is a continuum of neurodevelopmental characteristics that includes deficits in communication and social interaction as well as restrictive repetitive interests and behaviors ASD is an increasing public health concern with about in American children diagnosed with ASD in a fold increase in prevalence over the past years T ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant We propose new probes for correlative super resolution fluorescence and electron microscopy that use biorthogonal reactions Click SNAP and HALO tags to label targets in living cells To minimize quenching of the fluorophores by the gold particles the small Undecagold gold atoms gold cluster label will be used this has minimal absorption at wavelengt ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Adolescents face combined problems of increased HIV risk infrequent testing inconsistent linkage to care and a lack of prevention related knowledge We propose to address this by developing a Mobile Augmented Screening MAS tool that will increase youth HIV testing through the use of a tablet based intervention in clinica settings and then use text message ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of this project is to develop a commercial software package for rapid Monte Carlo based dose computation in imaging and radiation therapy The product takes advantage of a desktop parallel computer equipped with emerging hardware originally developed gaming and high performance computing The project is motivated by the fact that the market is ripe for ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Antiviral drugs are a crucial countermeasure for influenza A virus IAV particularly in circumstances of increased IAV incidence or if a vaccine is unavailable e g virulent H N IAV However the emergence of IAV strains that are resistant to current antivirals H N underscores the need for new treatment strategies particularly those that modify the host response IAVs ...