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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Breast cancer is expected to cause 39,510 deaths of American women in 2012 and 450,000 deaths globally. Once breast cancer has spread, it is essentially incurable. A critical barrier to treating advanced breast cancer is the lack of cancer-specific drugs that are effective in a large percentage of cancer patients and have low toxicity. Sixone Solutions, LLC pro ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Hepatic fibrosis (HF) is a major health problem leading to cirrhosis and death. There is currently no pharmacological treatment for HF, and liver transplantation is unable to meet the needs of all patients afflicted with HF. We have shown that chronic liver injury involves the activation of Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) and TLR9. We further demonstrated that the ...

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 ...

Project Abstract Accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer is essential for individualized treatment decisionsWith more recent advances in multiparametric magnetic resonance imagingmpMRIsuspicious cancer lesions can be identifiedCo registered MRI ultrasound fusion targeted biopsyMRF TBallows the sampling of specific lesions of concern within the prostate has emerged as the preferred diagnostic procedu ...

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 Abstract PreDxion BioLLC is a precision medicine diagnostic company developing an assay platformthe MicroKineassay cartridge and readerthat measures serum proteins in less thanminutes from a single drop of bloodThis fastactionable information allows for the first time individualized precision medicine aimed at reducing pediatric morbidity and mortality in pediatric sepsisthe number ...