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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of cranial sutures and occurs in approximately one in 2000 live births. It results in cranial malformation that can lead to elevated intra-cranial pressure, brain growth impairment, and developmental deficiency. The most common treatment option for craniosynostosis is surgery. Currently, surgical treatment planning of cr ...

ABSTRACTPrematurity is the largest single cause of death in children under five in the world and lower respiratory tract infectionsLRTIare the top cause of hospitalization and mortality in premature infantsClinical tools to predict and prevent severe LRTI in premature pediatric patients are critically needed to allow early interventions to decrease the high morbidity and mortality in this patient ...

Project Summary AbstractParticle trackingPTis a biophysical tool for elucidating molecular interactionstransport phenomena of diverse speciesand rheological properties of complex materialsPT experiments involve first obtaining high resolution videos that capture time resolved increments of particlesfollowed by extraction of traces of entities of interest from videos in the form of spatial location ...

AbstractLEXEO TherapeuticsLLCis an early stage biotechnology company focused on using gene therapy technologies to protect vulnerable organs from oxidant stressLEXthest LEXEO productis ast in classnext generation gene therapy treatment for alphaantitrypsinAATdeficiencyan autosomal recessive hereditary disorder associated with low serum levels of AATAATSERPINAakDa serine antiprotease produced by th ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract RNA modifications are numerous, and range from simple methylation to complex changes such as addition of aminoacylcarbamoyl moieties. These modifications and, the levels at which are present, are emerging as important regulators of biological processes, and perturbations such as chemical or drug exposure can alter the patterns of specif ...

Abstract This project seeks to develop the next generation pro CARs that are inactive in normal tissues but selectively activated in the tumor microenvironmentTMEThe project is based on our previous development of a novel class of chimeric antigen receptors on the basis of single domain antibody mimics that recognize ErbB family membersSDAErbBon the surface of cancer cellsWe propose two specific a ...

Project Summary The continued spread of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosisMtbinfections has rendered tuberculosisTBa global health pandemic and pressed home the urgent need for new drugsCompounds which inhibit essential components of the Mtb cell wall rapidly cause cell death and are represented clinically by isoniazidIf any drug combination is likely to reduce treatment duration and preven ...

Abstract Prostate cancerCaPis the most common non skin cancer in men and third most common cause of cancer deaths in menBlack men experience a higher burden of incidence and mortality from CaP compared to White menThe Prostate Specific AntigenPSAtesta commonly used biomarker for early diagnosis and management of CaPcannot alone accurately predict the presence of CaPits aggressivenessor the risk of ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Polychromatic flow cytometry [FC] is one of the most powerful analytical techniques routinely used in immunology. Flow cytometry plays a critical role in several growing clinical applications: leukemia and lymphoma immunophenotyping for diagnosis and sub-categorization (now using 8-10 colors); in CD4/CD8 measurement in HIV-positive patients; and in HLA typing f ...

Problem to be Solved: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a deadly disease that accounts for 15-20% of all diagnosed breast cancers worldwide. Metastatic relapse of TNBC carries a poorer prognosis and lower survival rate compared to other breast cancersubtypes. Therefore, identifying novel targets and new therapeutics to treat patients diagnosed with TNBC remains a significant priority of the ...