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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Dental caries is the single most common affliction across the globe affecting billion people The current process of identifying dental caries involves examining caries formation by naked eyes or X ray during routine checkups Once identified surgical restorative procedures are used to drill out the decay portion of the tooth an filled with synthetic mate ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The groundbreaking discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells iPSCs has opened a new page for developing personalized cell based therapies against various devastating human diseases without ethical concerns of using human embryonic stem cells However the future clinical applications of iPSCs remain in doubt due to potential risks of undesired genomic alter ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Substance use disorders SUDs continue to be one of the most serious public health problems in the US Studies have consistently documented a substantially higher prevalence of SUDs among individuals under criminal justice supervision At year end approximately million adults were under criminal justice supervision in the US of which million i ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This Small Business Technology Transfer STTR Phase I project proposes to develop autonomously bioluminescent human stem cells for continuous reagent free and real time bioimaging to address the National Institutes of Healthandapos s request for new techniques for non invasive long term tracking of stem cell survivability engraftment and migration followi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Latinos Kick Buts Mobile Engagement and Cessation Support for Latino Smokers Latinos are less likely than non Hispanic whites to have access to health to have knowledge of existing smoking cessation resources to receive advice to stop smoking and to participate in smoking cessation programs Mobile technologies can dramatically enhance the reach of effectiv ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Fibroproliferative illnesses leading to organ fibrosis and failure are responsible for approximately of deaths in developed countries whether idiopathic triggered by environmental factors infections or genetics organ fibrosis results in significant morbidity and mortality Organ fibrosis is responsible for health care costs exceeding $ billion year ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Substance use disorders SUDs continue to be one of the most serious public health problems in the US Studies have consistently documented a substantially higher prevalence of SUDs among individuals under criminal justice supervision At year end approximately million adults were on probation or parole in adults African American probationer ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs NSAIDs are among the most widely consumed pharmaceuticals but their prolonged use causes gastric injury and damage to the small intestine Previous work has shown that anandamide an endogenous endocannabinoid substance produced in the gastrointestinal GI mucosa plays an important role in epithelial homeostasis and re ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant There is an unmet need to inhibit the key cancer promoting transcription factor MYC MYC both cMYC and MYCN acts downstream of many cell receptor complexes and signal transduction pathways to activate genes that drive cancer cell growth and proliferation To date small molecule inhibitors of MYC have been elusive An innovative approach would be to indirectl ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant About of serious bacterial infections are biofilm mediated Not only do biofilms provide an anchor and physical protection for bacterial cells but the physiology and genetic programming of bacteria also shifts between the planktonic free floating and sessile stationary states Most notably antibiotic sensitivity differs betwen the two states with ...