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Abstract Over 5,000 lung transplants (LTx) are performed in the US each year to save the lives of patients in respiratory failure due to COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, and other terminal lung conditions. The vast majority of LTx, long-term survival is significantly limited by chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) with a median survival of 6 years ...

Regulatory clearance of the Glide Control Strategy for Upper Limb Prostheses ABSTRACT There is a pressing need to improve control of myoelectric prostheses for individuals with upper limb loss (ULL). To date, only two fundamental control methods have been made commercially available – Direct Control (DC, introduced in 1960) and Pattern Recognition (PR, introduced in 2016). Both have significant ...

Project Abstract In 2020 malaria cases (241M) and deaths (627,000) reached the highest since 2012 emphasizing the urgent need for new tools for prevention, control, and elimination of this disease. Sanaria’s Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoite (SPZ) Vaccine, composed of radiation attenuated PfSPZ administered by intravenous injection, assessed in 1740 subjects aged 5 months to 61 years in 6 co ...

Project Summary Our goal is to develop a novel, immunological-directed synthetic biology-based therapeutic for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). MS is a devastating characterized by an exacerbated immune response that destroy myelin. This disease affects many important aspects of a patient's life, including emotional well-being, quality of life, working ability, and social interactions. In ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness, impacting 80 million people worldwide. The only proven approach to prevent vision loss in glaucoma is the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP), which is most commonly achieved by topical medications. Once daily (QD) prostaglandins are a typical first-line therapy, though the need for adjunctive therapy with other drug clas ...

Project Summary/Abstract Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is the most common infectious cause of death. LRTI affects patients more often in ICUs, especially patients with mechanical ventilators. Early initiation of short-course antibiotic therapy is the cornerstone in managing mechanically ventilated patients with LRTI. However, using the current clinical criteria, a diagnosis of LRTI is t ...

Project summary: It is estimated that 40 to 50% of known enzymes can be characterized as metalloenzymes, while currently only 7% of FDA-approved drugs in the United States target this class of protein. This is despite the fact that there are many dozens of already identified metalloenzyme targets involved in virtually every therapeutic area, including anti-inflammatory, antibiotics, antivirals, an ...

Abstract Status epilepticus (SE) is a common neurologic emergency that fails to respond to first- and second-line anti-seizure medications (ASMs) in about one third of instances, thus progressing to refractory SE (RSE). Patients with RSE are at grave risk for neurological morbidity and mortality. The recently completed NIH-funded Established SE Treatment Trial (ESETT) highlights the need for impro ...

The ebolaviruses (EBOV, SUDV, BDBV) and marburgviruses (MARV and RAVV), cause periodic outbreaks of severe viral hemorrhagic fever with very high mortality rates. The 2013-2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa highlighted the serious nature of a filovirus epidemic and its regional and global implications. This outbreak took an enormous toll on people at the front line of the epide ...

Project Summary/ Abstract Over 600,000 people in the US will die from cancer this year. It is estimated that 25% of these deaths could have been prevented by detection in earlier stages. Implementation of minimally-invasive routine screening, such as pap smears for cervical cancer, has proven to be an effective approach for reducing cancer mortality. However, several challenges prevent successful ...