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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Periodontal bone regeneration requires attention to a the need of a physical barrier to restrict the entry formation of fibro epithelial tissue b he cause of bone loss that is due to hostandapos s inflammatory response to pathological cause and not due to the causative pathogen directly so along with bone regeneration strategies the process also equally ...

THE TOPIC OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THE DESIGN OF AN ENVIRONMENTALCONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE MORE THAN TWO MILLION INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES WHOSE PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS ARE SO SEVERE THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO FUNCTION IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT IN A NORMAL AND EFFECTIVE MANNER. A TWO-YEAR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EFFORT BETWEEN THE BIOENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE ASSOCIA ...

Project Summary This project proposes further development of a computational discovery platform shown to quantifiably identify and prioritize both targets and compounds for therapeutic intervention, which will accelerate the development of newer, more effective drugs with fewer side-effects. This platform is based on a novel fusion of two state of the art computational approaches (phenolog mapping ...

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AbstractGlaucoma is one of a number of optic nerve diseases which lead to retinal ganglion cellsRGCdegenerationultimately manifesting in a functional loss of vision if left untreatedThere exist a number of therapeutic approaches to treat these conditionsbut there are currently no clinical methods to detect the onset of RGC dysfunctionThe Pattern ElectroretinogramPERGis the only established tool to ...

Salmonella Paratyphi ASParatyphi Ais a major cause of life threatening enteric feverThere is no vaccine available against this pathogenIn the SBIR phase I studieswe have successfully demonstrated the technical feasibility of a novel nanoparticle conjugate vaccine candidate for SParatyphi AIt is based on O polysaccharideOPSantigen conjugated to a novel and highly advantageous nanoparticle protein c ...

SummarySystemic lupus erythematosusSLEor lupus is an autoimmune disease that impacts more thanmillion people worldwideincludingmillion AmericansNearlyof these patients will develop lupus nephritiswhich can cause kidney failureAs a resultits financial burden to individual patient can reach $yearmuch higher than many other diseases because of kidney transplantationAlthough early treatment of lupus n ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Modern day radiotherapy has developed in complexity to the degree that significant treatment errors are both difficult to detect and difficut to completely avoid In the current day radiotherapy department it is common to have a large number of patients being treated with Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy IMRT techniques When treating patients with these tec ...

Therapeutic antibodies have had a profound impact on treatment of many types of cancer and autoimmune diseasesAs a resultfive of the top ten best selling drugs ofwere therapeutic antibodiesMore than seventy therapeutic antibodies have been approvedand over six hundred antibody based products are in clinical developmentHoweverantibodies are extremely expensive to produceand large amounts of antibod ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Genomic instabilityinduced by DNA damageand partly mitigated by DNA repair and antioxidantsplays a critical role in the pathogenesis of many major human diseasessuch as neurodegenerationcancer and cardiovascular diseasetogether with agingThere is a critical need for automated assays that can perform these assessmentsand bring them into greater routine usewhich will help advance our ...