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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Directed Chemotherapy Delivery for Leptomeningeal Metastases PI Lad Shivanand and McCabe Aaron Project Summary Leptomeningeal Metastases LM is a condition in which cells from a primary solid or hematological tumor metastasize invade the subarachnoid space and spread throughout the cerebrospinal fluid CSF resulting in seeding of the leptomeninges along ...

Aerosolized pathogenssuch as Influenza virusescan spread rapidly and silently throughout a populationcausing severe outbreaks that can be difficult to controlEarly detection of these airborne pathogens is key to controlling outbreaksespecially among vulnerable populations such as in hospitalstreatment centers or nursing homesYet available methods are neither rapidnor portableCurrent methods rely h ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Alcohol addiction and disorders associated to excessive alcohol use are a serious public health problem in the United States and in other parts of the world Current pharmacotherapies for the treatment of these disorders show limited efficacy Preclinical and clinical findings point to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors nAChRs as an alternative promising target for the developmen ...

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PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal responds to PAR-18-870 titled “BRAIN Initiative: Development Optimization, and Validation of Novel Tools and Technologies for Neuroscience Research (STTR).” This project is a Fast Track STTR with a phase I and phase II. The small business, Applied Universal Dynamics Corp. (AUD) is collaborating with the University of Minnesota (U of MN). The activity patterns of t ...

Methamphetamine use disorder is associated with damage to regions of the brain that control cognitive and psychiatric functionOne third to one half of adults with methamphetamine use disorder experience cognitive impairments and other psychiatric symptoms that significantly impact treatment outcomesincreased relapse and lower treatment retention ratesMounting evidence demonstrates how immune facto ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Preeclampsia, a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, is a leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality around the world, responsible for approximately 76,000 maternal and 500,000 infant deaths per year.As a heterogeneous and poorly understood disorder, its pathogenesis and possible treatments are an area of active research. While the majority o ...

DESCRIPTION: New therapeutic agents are urgently needed for the treatment of sickle cell disease (SCD), the world's most common genetic disease. Our long-term goal is to develop a drug for use in children that prevents the inexorable progression of SCD. SCD affects approximately 100,000 people in the United States and millions worldwide. It kills more children in Africa than HIV, but while HI ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Counteracting the threat of intoxication by organophosphorus nerve agents (OP's) is an important mission for homeland security as well as for treating workers exposed to pesticides. OP's act on acetylcholinesterase to prevent synaptic inactivation, thereby leading to immobilization and death on sustained application. Currently, the most promising stra ...

PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal aims to develop a new small molecule drug to be advanced into human clinical trials for the treatment of cocaine addiction According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse illicit drug use cost the United States more than $ billion annually in expenses related to crime lost work productivity and health care Approximately million Americans aged or older ...