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ABSTRACT Fungal keratitisprimarily caused by CandidaFusariumor Aspergillus speciesis a leading cause of blindness among corneal diseasesAmphotericin BAmBremains the gold standard in the treatment of Candida keratitis and is also the fallback option for other corneal fungal infectionsAlthough widely used off label in ocular infectionsophthalmic AmB formulations are not available commerciallyThe com ...

Development Process for Production of Natural THC and CBD AbstractTetrahydrocannabinolTHCand cannabidiolCBDare two major constituents of the cannabis plant that have pharmacological properties with potential therapeutic value in several disease conditionsWhileTHC has already been in use clinically for two indicationsnausea and vomiting in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and appetite stimula ...

Major depressive disorder is a debilitating mood disorder that affects ~7% of US adults in their lifetime, costing the U.S. economy more than $200 billion a year. Drugs that increase monoaminergic signaling are the mainstay of depression therapy, but have a delayed onset of action and are only effective in about 50% of affected patients. Aberrant brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT SignificanceCell therapy is expected to become an important method to treat chronic diseases such as diabetesrheumatoid arthritisretinal diseases like macular degeneration and certain types of cancersThe cell therapy market in general is projected to become a $billion industry byHuman pluripotent stem cellshPSCsare of particular importance since their utility as a source f ...

Myasthenia gravis is a severe neuromuscular disease primarily caused by complement activating autoantibodies directed towards the skeletal muscle acetylcholine receptor. Present treatments are ineffectiveand uniformly have adverse effects, which negatively impact quality of life. Despite being a rare disease, myasthenia gravis is a costly one with a hospitalization expense of half a billion dollar ...

Project Summary/Abstract Every year, approximately 1,200 severe mistreatments happen in radiation therapy. Radiation therapy lawsuits rank in the top third of all medical specialties with an average of $313,000 per claim settled or litigated. The current method for detecting treatment errors is by a weekly patient chart check, where each treatment record is manually reviewed on a weekly basis. Thi ...

The diseases caused by dengue virusesDENVmosquito borne members of the family Flaviviridaehave emerged as the most important arthropod borne viral diseases of humansThe frequencygeographical distributionand severity of DENV epidemics have increased dramatically over the past decadeDENV is spread by mosquito species that also harbor Zika virusZIKVand yellow fever virusAlthough these viruses are end ...

Project SummaryNovel High Resolution Scintillation X ray Detectors for Digital Dentistry The transition from traditional film to digital X ray detectors has resulted in significant improvements across many areas for dental X ray imaging ranging from decreased wait timesimproved logistics and even lower radiation dose ratesOne significant drawback remains with digital X ray imaging howeverwhich is ...

Excessive alcohol use is the third-leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. with young adults ages 18-29 showing the highest rates of hazardous alcohol use. Community colleges serve over 12 million students, comprising 45% of all U.S. college students. Community college students (CCS) show rates of heavy alcohol use similar to students at traditional four-year residential (FYR) colleges, but ...

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 ...