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ABSTRACTA staggering number of overbillion individuals worldwide are currently infected with herpes simplex virus typeand or typeHSVandampHSVwhich cause genital herpesMost HSV seropositive individuals are asymptomaticASYMPand never have any recurrent herpetic diseaseIn contrasta small proportion is symptomaticSYMPwith frequentoften lifelong bouts of recurrent herpetic diseasea result of reactivati ...

The cornea is one of the most important tissues in the eye and its transparency is critical for good visual function in humansCorneal tissue injuries are the most common everyday issue for practicing ophthalmologists and can run the gamut in severityIn severe modelssuch as corneal alkaline burnsextensive healing is needed and often the burn victim is left with reduced visual acuityHealing of large ...

Radical prostatectomyRPis a commonly used treatment option for localized prostate cancerUnfortunatelythe procedure carries a risk of post surgical complications including a high risk of erectile dysfunctionEDAccording to The Prostate Cancer Outcomes Studyvirtually all men experience ED after surgeryincluding a profound loss of nocturnal erectionsThe Prostate Cancer Outcomes Study further reveals t ...

Abstract The Specific Aim of this Phase I STTR proposal is to test the feasibility of blocking MCJalso called DnaJCto overcome acute acetaminophen liver toxicityAcetaminophen or APAPfrom acetyl paraaminophenolis a common drug used to address pain and feverIn the US aloneaboutpatients per year are admitted to intensive care units with APAP induced liver injury and close toof these patients undergo ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this project is to develop therapeutic antivirals to treat life-threatening flavivirus infections. Enfuvirtide, a clinically successful peptide HIV fusion inhibitor, is the prototype for a new class of antivirals that inhibit viral envelope protein structural rearrangements essential for viral entry into host cells. In preliminary experiment ...

Xerostomiaor dry mouthaffects approximatelyof the U Spopulationsomemillion people by causing oral discomfort and pain due to chronically dry mucosaThis condition leads to oral disease such as caries and candidiasisand has no cure or adequate treatmentMany remedial approaches have been tried with only limited successincluding the provision of fluid to the mouth via frequent sippingvarious mouthwash ...

Psychiatric disorders give rise to aberrant patterns of activity within the complex neural circuits of our brainsYetthe exact nature of these abnormal patterns is often unknown to developers of new treatmentsThe goal of this project is to enable circuit oriented research of neuropsychiatric diseases using rodent disease modelsThe long term objective is to catalyze the discovery of new therapeutic ...

PROJECT SUMMARYTraumatic Brain InjuryTBIis one of the most significant Public Health trauma diseases of our timeDiagnoses of various TBI forms rely on patient self reportingestablished clinical rating scalesand multimodality imaging to an extentTBI elicits complexheterogeneous pathological eventsincluding mechanical injuryhemorrhageand progressive secondary processes such as central and peripheral ...

New pharmacological treatments for epilepsy will be discovered through the development of new screening platforms that are rapidreliableand can identify novel disease modifying therapiesor anti epileptogenic treatmentsXona MicrofluidicLLCXonais in a unique position to provide such screening tools and services for epilepsy researchXona focuses on the development of microfluidic platforms for neuron ...

Project Summary AbstractThis project designsdevelopsand automates a novel system to process solid tissue into single cellssingle nucleiand high molecular weight DNA using disposable cartridges without user interventionThe system will support downstream single cell RNA or DNA sequencingsingle nuclei RNA or DNA sequencingand long read sequencers and optical mappingThe long term goal of the project i ...