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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over the past sixty years, antibiotics have comprised a key component in both the treatment and prophylaxis of bacterial infections. Since that time the continuous development of new antibiotics has been necessary to limit toxicity, promote broader spectrum therapy, increase convenience of use, and decrease the time to clear the infection. Another driving force ...

Project Summary Abstract Electron beam therapy EBT using MeV beams provides effective radiation treatment for superficial cancers depthandlt cm As many as of radiotherapy patients in USA annually are eligible for electron therapy for some portion of their treatment making it the second most used external beam modality As many as of these electron patients ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term objective of this project is to enable elderly persons to independently live within their own homes later into their lives with the assurance that their safety and well-being can be remotely monitored by health care professionals. A critical component of remote health care monitoring is physically tracking the location of the patient within a livi ...

Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in the United States. This often is attributable to thrombus formation at an atherosclerotic plaque or thromboembolism. Patients who present within 4.5 hours of symptom onset are eligible for thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). This serves andlt;5% of victims. Recently, major advance has been made with proven efficacy fro ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Oxygen plays a significant role in wound healing and maintaining elevated tissue oxygenation levels are an important factor in the dermal healing response Specifically non healing diabetic chronic wounds defined as lasting andgt weeks often show devastatingly low oxygen concentrations as low as mmHg oxygen partial pressure In the USA there are more ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant There is a critical need for a safe and effective vaccine against HIV Decades of work have been invested in understanding the immune response to infection and different approaches have been taken to develop vaccines that are effective in preventing and treating the disease While effective in animal models none have been as effective in humans The immune ...

Project Summary Abstract Acute gastroenteritisAGEinfectious diarrhea is a common condition that is costly in the US and highmortality in developing nationsThe cornerstone of AGE management is oral rehydration therapyORTan evidence based technique that has saved overmillion lives in theyears since its introductionThe problem we aim to address is ORT s underuse in developed countries specifically in ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal involves the development and validation of a novel approach to improve and accelerate the discovery of biopharmaceuticals (i.e. vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and other therapeutic proteins). Biopharmaceuticals are used to treat a variety of infectious and chronic diseases. The proposed research is intended to establish a new paradigm for rapidly ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Methamphetamine (MA) dependence is associated with neuropsychiatric side effects that make the addiction extremely challenging to treat. Patients seeking treatment experience ongoing impairments in cognition, mood, and motivation. Currently, there are no FDA-approved pharmacotherapies for MA dependence. The goal of this proof-of-concept research project is test ...

Abstract RNA editing is a process in which the genome encoded information is altered in RNA RNA editing is an efficient way to increase RNA complexity thereby fine tuning both gene function and dosage Adenosine to Inosine A to I editing is the most common type of RNA editing known in animals The cellular machinery recognizes inosine as guanosine so A to I editing of codons and splicing sign ...