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In phase II work, we will collaborate with Prof. Dennis W. Prather in UD and continue to develop broadband, low VÏ€, high linearity, thin-film lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) modulators that are fully compatible with silicon photonic integrated circuits (PIC) foundry processes. We will demonstrate a low VÏ€, broadband, small footprint LNOI modulator with hybrid Si/LN or SiN/LN waveguide ...

Abstract Life sciences research and other critical bioanalytical applications would strongly benefit from faster and higher efficiency sample preparation processes Sample preparation before high resolution analytical methods such as HPLC or LC MS can require effort and cost nearly equivalent to the actual sample analysis and data reduction Often sample preparation for proteomic glycoproteom ...

Autoimmune disease AD affects up to million Americans which costs approximately $ billion on health care annually and accounts for one of the leading causes of death in women T cells and cytokine function play an important role in autoimmune diseases such as Type Diabetes Multiple Sclerosis Rheumatoid Arthritis RA and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus SLE The most successful auto i ...

Adoptive transfer of autologous T cells engineered to express chimeric antigen receptorsCARshas emerged as a promising immunotherapy for patients with hematologic malignanciessuch as CDCARs in leukemias and lymphomasHoweverchallenges remain in terms of manufacturing consistency and the functional profile of the CAR T cell productsince infused cellsasliving drugscan be activated and release a varie ...

Abstract Primary central nervous system lymphoma PCNSL is an aggressive brain tumor with a dire unmet therapeutic need It has an overall incidence of per person years and is regarded as an orphan disease with potential for fast track approval Our group made a discovery via gene expression analysis that osteopontin OPN is the most upregulated gene in PCNSL compared to its non CNS ...

Summary Approximatelymillion women in the United States are at high risk for developing breast cancerbased on inheritance of a germline mutation in a gene in the double strand breakDSBrepair and cyclin checkpoint pathwaysMany are unaware of their genetic predispositionsbecause their family history is uninformative or unknownGenetic testing is important for identifying mutations in these genesbut i ...

Viruses from the human herpesvirus family are estimated to infectof the adult population worldwide and are responsible for lifelong debilitating and congenital infectionsSome members of this family are associated with human cancers and age related cognitive declineHerpes simplex virusHSVhas infected more thanbillion people under the age ofof the populationHSVcauses significant disease during acute ...

Checkpoint inhibitors towards targets such as PDand PD Lare being developed to activate quiescent T cells embedded in tumors and enable them to recruit the rest of the immune system to fight a cancer massHow these new cures reactivate the relatively few Tumor Infiltrating LymphocytesTILsenabling the release of a complex message of cytokines to recruit the immune systemthus impacting treatment effi ...

ABSTRACT Modulation Therapeutics is developing a first in class cyclic peptide coined MTI for the treatment of multiple myeloma The company currently has a license for the parent molecule which has been awarded a patent covering the intellectual property for both composition of matter and use in cancer in the US and Europe Modulation Therapeutics is now poised to further advance this class ...

MyelofibrosisMFbelongs to a group of closely related chronic blood diseasesmyeloproliferative disordersMPDMost MF patients have no symptoms or present with nonspecific constitutional symptomsweight lossfatigueas such an early stage diagnosis of MF is challengingMF is clinically suspected when patients present with an enlarged spleen and or with anemiathrombocytopeniaor leukopenia leukocytosishowev ...