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PROJECT SUMMARY In the US roughly in children experience a mental health problem severe enough to warrant intervention of them receive treatment in the education sector However schools are often unable to deliver high quality evidence based treatments The goal of this project is to improve the quality of school based mental health SMH services by leveraging health information te ...

This revised proposal is in response to PAR"BRAIN InitiativeDevelopmentOptimizationand Validation of Novel Tools and Technologies for Neuroscience Research"Our overall goal is to enable positron emission tomographyPETas a practical and effective quantitative tool in understanding brain function and healthIn vivo functional imaging of molecular tracers will play a key role in unraveling the physiol ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Myocardial regenerative therapy is poised to revolutionize the way heart failure is treated but further improvements and enhanced products are needed to make this therapy truly safe and efficacious Our company CardioCreate Inc has pioneered the use of genetic engineering to enhance the regenerative potential of human Cardiac Progenitor Cells CPCs intended for autologous the ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Fragile X syndromeFXSis the most common inheritable form of cognitive impairment and the leading known genetic cause of autismFXS is caused by the loss of expression of the fragile X mental retardation proteinFMRPA major challenge for FXS research is to develop treatment strategies that improve the intellectual capabilities of patientsDysregulated protein synthesis is widely accept ...

SUMMARY Traumatic brain injury TBI is a leading contributor to death and disability in the USA yet widely effective treatments remain elusive and except for a lengthy program of rehabilitation no effective treatment for TBI is available Therefore there is a critical need in new therapeutic approaches which can maximally preserve brain tissue and facilitate functional recovery after TBI In ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Ischemic heart disease IHD is the single largest cause of death worldwide A heart attack or myocardial infarction MI results from limitation of coronary blood flow to the heart causing ischemia and ultimately irreversible death of cardiomyocytes The size of a myocardial infarct correlates with the degree of deterioration of heart function compromise of contractile reserve ...

NARRATIVE This STTR Phase I proposal details the rationale and the research plan for the development of a novel liquid embolizing agent composed of the genetically engineered protein polymerSELPsilk elastinlike proteinKto embolize cerebral aneurysmsThe SELP embolic would reduce the risk of aneurysm rupture while minimizing the risk of recanalization after treatment and providing a platform for del ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Type diabetes T D is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects of population worldwide Exogenous insulin treatment is the standard of care for T D but often negatively affects the quality of life and is ineffective in preventing recurrent hyperglycemia episodes and chronic complications Recent studies show that human islet allografts can restore long term normoglycemia ...

Abstract Acne dysbiosis is defined as microbial imbalance with the over growth of Propionibacterium acnes P acnes in the acne microbiome We have demonstrated that Staphylococcus epidermidis S epidermidis a probiotic bacterium co existed with P acnes in an acne lesion can exploit the carbohydrate fermentation to produce short chain fatty acids SCFAs and rein in the over growth of P ac ...

Project SummaryPost stroke hand impairment is highly prevalent and severely restricts functional ability and independenceIn facteveryseconds a new stroke occursand stroke is recognized as the leading cause of long term disabilityYetthere is no assistive device to help hand function at homeevery dayduring activities of daily livingExisting devices such as hand opening orthoses are expensivee gMyomo ...