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PROJECT SUMMARY The lack of a means to quantify soft tissue manipulation (STM) motion and dose as delivered in the clinic is a critical problem in the reproducibility and therapeutic potential of this non-invasive and non-pharmacological modality. STM is a form of manual therapy used to evaluate and treat musculoskeletal pain, inflammation, and dysfunction. Different soft tissue forces have differ ...

Abstract Aggregation of mutated myocilin (MYOC), a protein found in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of trabecular meshwork (TM) cells, disrupts the outflow of aqueous humor from the eye, causing increase in intraocular pressure (IOP), progressive retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death, and degeneration of the optic nerve, leading to primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), characterized by irreversible visio ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a chronic, recurring condition that if left untreated, poses a significant and ongoing public health threat. OUD is associated with significant impairments in physical and psychological health including increased mortality and high utilization of emergency medical care as well as increased risk of Hepatitis C and HIV infection and Neonatal Abst ...

PROJECT SUMMARY FOR PREDICATE STTR PHASE I GRANT Perioperative and prescribed opioids often result in costly and unpredictable adverse effects, including life threatening respiratory depression and long-term opioid use/misuse in vulnerable patients. The US FDA warns against the use of codeine and tramadol in children due to postoperative anoxic brain injuries and deaths, and in nursing mothers due ...

Mekanistic Therapeutics seeks to design, discover, and develop anti-cancer agents that selectively inhibit multiple oncogenic pathways. Among Mekanistic’s portfolio are dual and highly selective inhibitors of EGFR and PI3 kinase, which were rationally designed to only target these two critical oncogenes. The PI3 kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mTOR pathway plays a central role in driving tumor cell survival a ...

This project aims to create a general-purpose readout architecture that will allow the rapid deployment of next generation detection systems. The system will be based on the development of a programmable general-purpose integrated circuit (GPIC) that has the front-end electronics required to read out signals from a variety of radiation detectors, especially next generation scintillators and semico ...

ABSTRACT Many clinical situations, including stroke, expose the brain to insufficient cerebral blood flow (CBF) that cannot maintain normal cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption (CMRO2) requirements, thereby leading to cerebral ischemic/hypoxic stresses and neurological disorders. Effective interventions are dependent on the findings of CBF/CMRO2 improvement and eventually neural recovery. ...

Abstract Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is the biggest killer among infectious diseases. TB is also responsible for a quarter of all deaths associated with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). It is projected that by 2050, 75 million people, or one person every 12 seconds, will die due to AMR associated with TB. Long treatment times and increasing resistance to TB drugs ...

Project Abstract An estimated 5.7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia (ADRD) and one in ten people age 65 or older show symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. As ADRD progresses so does the level of dependency on others. As the disease progresses, higher levels of dependence in people with Alzheimer’s disease are associated with significantly increased burden and costs ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Pediatric opioid use is a public health crisis. In children, prescription opioids are the primary source of non- medical abuse as well as opioid-associated hospitalizations and deaths. Early opioid use in childhood is a known “gateway” to adulthood dependence and substance abuse disorders. Despite years of research, opioids remain the most commonly prescribed pain medi ...