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Individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) and pancreatic insufficiency (PI) are prone to fat malabsorption, putting them at risk for caloric, essential fatty acid, and choline deficiency, which, in turn, may lead to growth failure and a poorer clinical course. Many subjects with CF have essential fatty acid deficiency, characterized by decreased levels of linoleic acid and an increased triene/tetraene ...

Project Summary Sanfilippo disease (mucopolysaccharidosis type III; MPS III) is a devastating neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder of childhood whose pathologic features are neurologic: slowing of development, severe behavioral problems, progressive cognitive decline, dementia, and decline in motor skills leading to immobility, unresponsiveness, and death. We have focused on MPS IIID cause ...

Abstract: Femoroacetabular impingement or FAI is a commonly diagnosed condition affecting a younger patient population than the general osteoarthritis (OA) population. Untreated, FAI invariably leads to OA and, ultimately, total hip arthroplasty (THA). The fact that most FAI diagnoses are made in patients under the age of 40, with many in their late teens and twenties, makes FAI all the more clini ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of the proposed project is to develop an advanced, web-based knowledge management system for the creation and distribution of multilingual, patient-oriented documents. The system provides a vast library of pre-translated documents and document templates for medical, educational, and administrative materials used in patient-care. System users will be abl ...

Project Summary/Abstract:Fecal incontinence (FI), the involuntary soiling of various amounts of liquid and solid stool, is often devastating from a social, psychological, and hygiene perspective. Men and women suffer from FI equally with a range of 2 - 6% in people aged 20 - 30 years. The prevalence increases to over 15% in people older than 70 years1. FI may result from an isolated or combined lo ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Under the parent grant award 2R44CA224460, Advanced Chemotherapy Technologies (ACT) developed an Implantable Iontophoresis Chemotherapy Delivery Device (ACT-IOP-003) that facilitates the infusion of a wide variety of chemotherapy agents directly into the cancer they are intended to treat, thereby minimizing systemic toxic exposure. ACT continues to focus specifically on treating pa ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms. Most people recover within two weeks, but RSV is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children under one year of age, and leads to hospitalization of ~177,000 adults aged 65 and older of which ~14,000 die annually. Despite many attempts, a vaccin ...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer of men in the United States with approximately 189,000 new cases and 30,000 deaths in 2002. Recurrent disease can be controlled temporarily with androgen ablation. However, almost all prostate carcinomas eventuall

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Prostate cancer is the most common cancer of men in the United States with approximately 189,000 new cases and 30,000 deaths in 2002. Recurrent disease can be controlled temporarily with androgen ablation. However, alm

PROJECT SUMMARY: This R44 supplement application is focused on the development of a comprehensive publication strategy to meet the company’s long-standing goal of disseminating its findings to the scientific community. The proposed work is designed to create a long term publication plan for the company which will include the writing and publishing of (2) manuscripts during the project term. The ...