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Spinal cord injurySCIfrequently produces severelife long bladder and bowel dysfunction that result in urinary and fecal incontinenceas well as sphincter dyssynergia that causes urinary retention and fecal impactionCurrent standard of care for incontinence consists of adult diaperswhile bladder and bowel voiding require multiple times daily catheterization of the bladder and regular digital extract ...

ABSTRACT Uveitisthe most common form of intraocular inflammationaccounts forof preventable blindness in the USTreatment options are limited to cortiscosteroids and or immunosuppressantsbut both of these therapies show limited efficacy and are associated with numerous adverse and potentially serious side effectsNew therapeutic targets leading to effective and safe treatments are urgently requiredA ...

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 SummaryAbstract Rheumatoid arthritisRAis a chronic inflammatory disease in which hyperactivated immune cells induce maladaptive persistent inflammation in the jointsleading to synovial inflammation and bone remodelingIn the USRA currently affects roughlyof the population and carries a total annual societal cost burden of approximately $billionIn RAsustained elevations of pro inflammatory c ...

SUMMARY Despite significant advances in the surgical and medical management of congenital heart diseasecongenital cardiac anomalies remain a leading cause of death in the newborn periodMost severe forms of congenital heart disease require multiplestaged surgical interventionsA significant source of the heightened morbidity and mortality associated with these operations is the development of cardia ...

Infertility is a global health problemand in the USmillion women are treated for infertility every yearThere is a strong need to promote patient friendly methods for progesterone supplementation in assisted reproductive technologyARTIntravaginal rings are well tolerated by womenare efficacious for contraception and hormone replacement therapyhave high patient complianceand are now in development f ...

Abstract The objective of this proposal is to validate a new regenerative tissue matrix which studies to date indicate may be possible of redefining the limits of autologous fat graftingThis objective is motivated by the currently limited surgical options available to themillion patients undergoing reconstructive plastic surgery each year to treat body disfigurement and dysfunctionA core component ...

ABSTRACT Rotator cuff repairRCRis a common first line surgical solution to symptomatic rotator cuff injurywith overRCRs performed annuallyand growing at a rate ofUnfortunatelyof the cases are complicated by failure and re tear of the repaired tendonwhich commonly results in a significant reduction in activities of daily livingworkand or sports and recreation for the patient due to pain and restric ...

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 AbstractThe recent rapid expansion of genomic data greatly contributes to the understanding of disease development and progressionTo translate these genetic discoveries into clinical applicationswe need to develop therapeutic platforms that can specifically modulate the expression of disease related genes in vivoSmall RNAssuch as microRNAs and siRNAs function in messenger RNA silen ...