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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a malignant primary brain tumor affecting about 12,000 new cases per year in the U.S. Average survival is only about 14-15 months. Radiation (RT) is most commonly administered as 30 fractions of 2 Gray each over 6-weeks with concomitant temozolomide (TMZ). GBM tumors are hypoxic. The primary mechanism of RT is creation of singlet oxygen; hypoxia within GBM adversel ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantMicroarray technology has dramatically advanced the study of protein interactions leading to discovery and validation of new biomarkers and therapeutic drugsTypicallyprotein microarrays are pre spotted with target molecules in one device and then tested with probe molecules using another deviceDuring each testing cyclethe entire microarray becomes exposed to the pro ...

This proposal aims to develop highly specific rapid and cost effective immunoassays to detect Zika virus ZIKV infection ZIKV is a single stranded RNA virus in the Flaviviridae family that is transmitted to humans through infected mosquitos blood transfusions and sexual contact As of June around Zika Virus disease cases have been estimated in Brazil alone Recently ZIKV has be ...

Targeting the alternative pathway of complement to treat age related macular degeneration Abstract Age related macular degeneration AMD is the leading cause of vision loss in the developed world in people over and is a priority research area for the National Eye Institute It is a progressive degenerative disease that causes loss of the central vision due to destruction of the part of the re ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT There are infants born preterm each year in the United States alone Preterm infants often necessitate care in the neonatal intensive care unit One of the final milestones to be achieved in order to be discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit is oral feeding Oral feeding can be a challenge for infants born preterm as they do not have the maturity that all ...

ABSTRACT Formation of misfolded protein oligomers in neurons is an early and causative event in a variety of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer s Disease amyloid and tau oligomers Fronto temporal lobe dementia tau oligomers and Parkinson s Disease synuclein oligomers These toxic oligomers share a common aggregation mechanism that involves formation of hydrogen bonds betwee ...

Protein kinases are central players in almost every aspect of human physiology and serve as critical mediators of signal transductionThe dysfunction of many kinases is implicated in cancerdiabetesinflammationand cardiovascular diseases and many are validated targets for therapeutic interventionThe human genome encodesprotein kinasesYettheor so marketed protein kinase drugstarget only a small fract ...

A cerebral aneurysm is an abnormal enlargement or pouch that forms from a weakened vessel segment in the brain Often going unnoticed and untreated an aneurysm can cause a sudden and catastrophic hemorrhage or stroke Approximately of patients die from an aneurysm rupture even before receiving medical attention and of patients die despite medical treatment Patients that survive typical ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Pneumococcal pneumonia remains the leading cause of bacterial pneumonia in both children under years of age and adults over years of age The standard preventative therapy is the conjugate vaccine Prevnar which consists of an immunogenic carrier protein covalently attached to one of thirteen pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides Although Prevnar has significantly red ...

Overmillion women suffer from urinary tract infectionsUTIannually in the U Sandof these patients will suffer from recurrent infectionsincluding approximatelypatientsmostly womenwho will suffer from highly recurrentgreater thanepisodes per yearUTIAntimicrobial treatment of UTIs has resulted in increasing antimicrobial resistance among uropathogenic EcoliUPECto first line empiric therapiessuch as tr ...