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The goal of medical simulation-based training such as high-fidelity manikin simulators, part task trainers, and screen-based virtual patients, is to approximate real-life treatment experiences without risk to live patients. While the use of sensors has ma

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 ...

Project Summary Enantiopuredisubstituted amino acidsEDAAsare valuable fundamental building blocks for medical research in both academics and industryWhen an EDAA is incorporated into the framework of a peptide or a small moleculeboth substituents attached to thecarbon contribute to the moleculeandapos s shapebiological activity and physical propertiesEDAAs can be used to optimize stabilityclogPand ...

Project Summary Liquid biopsy is a potentially powerfulnon invasive approach for detectingclassifying and monitoring tumors by capturing cell free DNA molecules found circulating in blood and other bodily fluidsAny next generation sequencingNGSbased approach requires an efficient protocol for converting cell free DNA into a sequencing libraryNearly all currently available NGS library preparation m ...

ABSTRACT Chronic perforations of the tympanic membraneTMaffect overpatients in the United States annuallyoften stemming from ventilation tubes inserted in the TM to drain fluid from middle ear infectionsLeft untreatedthese TM perforations can lead to significant morbidities that include recurrent ear infectionconductive and sensorineural hearing lossmastoid bone infectionand cholesteatoma developm ...

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 ...

Project SummaryCurrentlytoxicology studies require a large number of animal testing to identify better and safer drug candidatesIn an attempt to reduce the use of large animals in pharmaceutical industrythere is a need to bridge the gap between the conventional in vitro cell based assay and the non human animal studiesRecentlythreedimensional models are gaining momentum and replacing conventionalD ...

The long range goal of this fast track research application is to improve healthcare quality and reduce healthcare costs nationwide among those at risk for medication related hospitalizationThe specific objective of this proposed research is to develop an algorithm that uses existing electronic health information to efficiently identify patients at risk of medication related hospitalization so tha ...

An estimated 80% of babies born worldwide (approximately 100 million each year) currently do not receive any newborn screening care. Newborn screening (NBS) is an immensely successful testing program that identifies those at increased risk for common, treatable congenital disorders; the pre-symptomatic identification of these disorders in newborns enables the rapid initiation of treatments and red ...