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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 ...

ABSTRACT Approximately million individuals suffer from traumatic brain injury TBI annually with over expected to die as a result of their injury In these most severe cases patients are typically admitted to the intensive care unit ICU for continuous monitoring and treatment of their injury Standard monitoring includes implantation of an intracranial pressure ICP sensor arterial ...

The increasing incidence of multi drug resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and other bacteria represents a public health crisisTwo thirds of hospital associated Saureus infections andof those acquired in the community are now methicillin resistantMRSAMRSA causes rtinfections in the US each yearand it is responsible for half of all US deaths caused by drug resistant bacteriaThis threat to public he ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Persistent disease activity PDA in spite of anti vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF therapy remains a significant clinical unmet need for patients with neovascular age related macular degeneration NVAMD The purpose of this STTR Phase I grant application is to develop novel therapies that will be effective for the treatment of PDA associated with NVAMD The cu ...

Project Summary Occidiofungin is a cyclic nonribosomally synthesized antifungal peptide with submicromolar fungicidal activity against a broad spectrum of fungi Occidiofungin is produced by the Gram negative bacterium Burkholderia contaminans From our structural characterization studies occidiofungin was determined to have a unique chemical composition Our studies have also revealed that occi ...

Abstract Type Diabetes T D affects an ever growing population While this disease typically has been associated with juveniles the disease in adult populations is rapidly increasing The defining clinical component is insulin loss which occurs because of sustained inflammation in the islets At present there is no means to prevent or reverse insulin loss A major inflammatory pathway in T D ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Mekanistic Therapeutics seeks to design discover and develop anti cancer agents that selectively inhibit multiple oncogenic pathways Its lead agent MTX was discovered in collaboration with the Leopold laboratory at University of Michigan MTX is a novel kinase inhibitor showing early promise for its therapeutic potential against solid cancers refractory to current treatm ...