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ABSTRACT SUMMARY In previous studies we identified novel non hematopoietic umbilical cord blood stem cellsnhUCBSCsthat could be expanded to high passages and exhibit restorative properties following ischemic brain injury repairWe found that the high passaged cells were equivalentif not even betterthan the low passaged nh UCBSCsThis finding suggests that these cells can serve as a source of highly ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Migraine is a highly prevalent condition with an extraordinarily negative impact on quality of life and represents a heavy socioeconomic burden to the societyprimarily because of decreased working efficiency and workdays lostManagement of migraine has become increasingly pharmacological during recent yearsWhile several therapeutic options existmost of the prophylactic drugs current ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Complete achromatopsia is an autosomal recessive inherited congenital disorder of retinal cone photoreceptors Patients with complete achromatopsia experience extreme light sensitivity and daytime blindness and best visual acuity under non bright light conditions is usually or worse and generally stable over time In addition to poor acuity hypersensit ...

Project Summary AbstractUpwards ofmillion individuals are afflicted by chronic pain in the US alonewithmillion of these individuals suffering from neuropathic painOn a global scalechronic pain affectsbillion individualswithwho endure lower back painFrom a clinical perspectivethe International Association for the Study of Pain approximates thatinpatients present with painand on an annual basisinpat ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Traumatic brain injuryTBIrepresents a significant societal and economic impactTo datethere are no FDAapproved pharmacotherapies to prevent or reverse TBIThe standard of care in an emergency setting focuses first on stabilizing the patient and secondly on management of cerebral hemodynamicsThe patient may undergo surgery to remove hematomasrepair skull fracturesand relieve intracran ...

Project SummaryUltrasonic vocalizationsUSVsare known to reflect emotional processingbrain neurochemistry and brain functionkey observations in animal model studiesCollecting and processing USV data is time intensivemanualand costlyMost importantlyit limits researchersability to employ fully effectiveand nuanced experimental designsand is a barrier to entry for other researchersAutomated tabulation ...

SUMMARYParkinsonandapos s diseasePDis the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimerandapos s diseaseADaffecting more thanmillion people in the United StatesBecause age is the major risk factorthe prevalence of both diseases is steadily increasing as our population agesPD belongs to the group of protein misfolding neurodegenerative diseases that are due to the misfolding and ...

Project Summary Multiple sclerosisMSis a neurodegenerative disease in which myelin of the central nervous systemCNSis destroyed by a self reactive immune responseThis demyelination is accompanied by the death of the myelinating cells themselvesthe oligodendrocytesRepeated bouts of demyelination leave the denuded CNS neurons vulnerable to degradation and is the major cause of neuronal dysfunction a ...

SummaryThis Phase I program will develop TempO Splicea highly multiplexed targeted sequencing assay monitoring RNA Binding ProteinRBPsplicing expression and alternatively splicedASmRNA representatives of coregulated splicing modulesa novel variation of the TempO Seqassay used for high throughput screeningdesigned to address the hypothesis that it is possible to provide a surrogate assay of the who ...

Project Summary In the age of precision medicinegenomic data are being integrated with other health care data to support personalized and calibrated clinical decision makingGenomic sequence data are too large to be stored in electronic health recordEHRsystems and need to be separately storedWhile cloud computing offers a cost efficient and scalable platformthe privacy and security concerns about o ...