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Our goal is to develop a firstin class therapeutic agent that directly blocks the metabolism of fructosea key component in sugarIntake of sugarsucroseand high fructose corn syrupHFCSinduces metabolic syndrome and diabetes in laboratory animals and are strongly associated with obesity and diabetes in humansBoth sucrose and HFCS contain fructosewhich stimulates food intake by inducing leptin resista ...

The ISSAC Team propose a novel method to encapsulate legacy models and simulations that allows these components to take advantage of modern, multi-core, multi-processor hardware suites. Encapsulating these legacy codes provides 3 primary advantages to deal with complex systems and systems of systems (Air Force, Navy, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ...

AbstractThe treatment of large cartilage lesions is a difficult clinical problem for which there are few good solutionsLeft untreatedthese lesions tend to degenerate to chronic pain and osteoarthritisOAultimately requiring a total joint replacementFor patients suffering from knee OAandin particularunicompartmental OAunicondylar knee arthroplastyUKAis an available first line treatment option that p ...

ABSTRACTTechnology to deliveron demandmolecules that bind targets or catalyze reactions of choice has been a goal of chemistry foryearsEven todaytheory is inadequate to support de novo design of receptors having useful affinity or catalysts having useful turnoverThusmany have sought to create those catalysts on a DNA or RNAcollectivelyxNAusing the Darwinism to these biomolecules to evolveunder lab ...

ABSTRACTHarmful algal bloomsHABsare becoming frequent occurrences off the coasts of the United Stateswith specific instances in the coastal waters of the west coastthe Gulf of Mexicoand the Pacific OceanHistoricallyHABs have been associated with fish kills and marine mammal mortalitieshowevertheir effects on human health and economic loss due to HAB contamination of seafood are becoming more preva ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Clinical Sensors has developed a manufacturable prototype microfluidic sensor for measuring nitric oxide in whole bloodThis STTR Phase II project aims to complete several key aims necessary to commercialize this deviceincluding a clinical study where NO levels will be evaluated clinically in sepsisSepsis is the leading cause of death in non cardiac intensive care unitsICUsEach year ...

Project Summary Diabetic retinopathy DR is a leading cause of vision loss affecting about million people worldwide A major breakthrough in DR therapy is the recent approval of vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF inhibitors However anti VEGF therapy has limited efficacy with a number of side effects The critical barrier is how to identify other angiogenic targets for alternative or ...

This proposal aims to develop a polymer hydrogel strategy that can be used to improve the clinical care of patients receiving brachytherapy for gynecological cancers The biocompatible hydrogel will form in situ after being injected into the vaginal space and later removed by instillation of water to soften the hydrogel for easy extraction This Phase I proposal focuses on optimizing the polymer ...

ABSTRACT Although arteriovenous fistulae AVFs are the preferred mode of dialysis vascular access over fail to mature in that they do not develop an adequate blood flow or diameter to support hemodialysis This results in a very significant clinical morbidity and economic cost At a pathogenetic level AVF maturation failure is due to a small vessels b bad non laminar hemodynamic pr ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Oxygen plays a significant role in wound healing and maintaining elevated tissue oxygenation levels are an important factor in the dermal healing response Specifically non healing diabetic chronic wounds defined as lasting andgt weeks often show devastatingly low oxygen concentrations as low as mmHg oxygen partial pressure In the USA there are more ...