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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): RNA interference (RNAi) is a specific post-transcriptional gene silencing pathway mediated by intracellular dsRNAs of 21-23 bp in length known as small interfering RNA (siRNA). Since the recent discovery of effective siRNA-mediated gene silencing in mammalian cells, there has been significant validation and enormous interest in the approach from both academic a ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this grant is to develop fluorescence endoscopy instrumentation to facilitate the surgical management of breast cancer, with possible application to other types of cancer. The specific aims for this project are to develop a combination holographic notch filter adapter and switchable high-intensity LED light source adapter for currently availabl ...

Project Summary Abstract Many pharmaceutical agents are highly potentbut are unable to exert substantial therapeutic activity against disorders of the brainbecause the blood brain barrierBBBeffectively prevents their access to the site of intracerebral diseaseFor examplethe majority of glioblastoma patientsdespite the best efforts of current medical caredie within two years after diagnosisHencethe ...

Abstract For decadesthe treatment of cancer has relied on surgical resectionchemotherapy and or radiotherapyRecentlya number of immune based therapies have provided promising new approaches for cancer treatmentThe two most potent immunotherapies are monoclonal antibodymABbased bi specific proteinseg Bispecific T cell engagersBiTEand engineered Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cellsCAR TBoth act by indu ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT PEEL TherapeuticsIncis a life sciences company created to impact the lives of people with cancerBased on the research efforts of DrJoshua Schiffman and DrAvi SchroederPEEL TherapeuticsPEELhas created liposomal nanoparticles that have been loaded with elephant pEPproteins as a new class of anti cancer protein therapeuticsElephants have an unexpectedly low rate of cancer giv ...

PROJECT SUMMARYABSTRACT Age related macular degenerationAMDis the leadingand due to the aging baby boomersa growing cause of irreversible vision loss in the United Statesand is strongly associated with exposure to cigarette smokeCSand high fat dietsHFDWhile effective treatment is available for neovascular AMDthe AREDS II antioxidant vitamins are the only proven treatment for intermediate dry AMDUn ...

PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal aims to develop a novel caveolae targeting antibody for rapid clinical translationIts long term objective is to develop the caveolae pumping systeman active transendothelial transport pathwayto provide an effective solution to the delivery and toxicity problem of systemically administered chemotoxinsWork will be based on the current proprietary mouse monoclonal antibo ...

Neurodevelopmental diseasesNDDsAutism Spectrum DisorderASDIntellectual DisabilitiesBipolar disordersand Schizophreniaetcare prevalent and due to errors in neurodifferentiation and neurocircuitryWhile NDDsin many casesare due to inherited mutationsevidence is mounting that prenatal exposure to environmental toxicants also cause NDDs via disruption of epigeneticse gmodifications of histoneshistone t ...

Three CDKinhibitors were recently approved to treat breast cancerBrCAin combination regimentsDespite significant clinical activitytreatment of BrCA patients with these combinations does not result in a durable responseHencethere is an unmet medical need to develop targeted therapeutic agents which will augment the activity of CDKinhibitors in BrCA and other CDKcyclin D Myc dependent malignanciesA ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this project our goal is to develop and commercialize a very low cost microarray chip fabrication technology to reduce the cost by as much as a factor of ten and enable the use of microarrays by groups who can not afford the current generation of microarrays. Our technology combines the standard acid labile DMT protection group containing nucleophosphoramidi ...