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ABSTRACTBreast CancerBCis the leading cause of cancer death for woman in the USBreast cancer is treated by a combination of surgeryradiationand various types of chemo and targeted therapeutic strategiesApproximately half of patients who have positive sentinel lymph nodes at surgeryand as many asof patients who do noteventually present with metastatic diseaseOverof BC patients eventually have skele ...

Project Summary AbstractFetal alcohol spectrum disorderFASDis a major public health issue resulting from prenatal alcohol exposurePAEimpacting betweenof the US population and perhaps more thanchildren globally each yearWhen assessing for FASD the following facial features must to be evaluated as part of the diagnostic processpalpebral fissure lengthPFLthinness of the upper vermillionand the smooth ...

The importance of large protein drugsbiopharmaceuticalsand their generic counterpartsknown as biosimilarshas created a need for improved analytics to facilitate biopharmaceutical research and to combat adverse drug reactionsThe recombinant protein expression process is inherently prone to low level errors resulting in sequence variants caused by amino acid misincorporationwhich are observed in bot ...

SUMMARY Despite significant advances in the surgical and medical management of congenital heart diseasecongenital cardiac anomalies remain a leading cause of death in the newborn periodMost severe forms of congenital heart disease require multiplestaged surgical interventionsA significant source of the heightened morbidity and mortality associated with these operations is the development of cardia ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal addresses PHS 2012-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42]). More than 20 million American adults (1 in 10) have some level of chronic kidney disease (CDC), with a growing incidence in the aging population. Nearly 400,000 ESRD patients receive some form of dialysis, with t ...

Abstract We propose an ultrasensitive rapid diagnostic testRDTto detect exposure to pulmonary flukes of the genus ParagonimusParagonimiasis affects an estimatedmi l l ion people and remains amongst the most neglected of all neglected tropical diseasesNTDsThis trematode is acquired upon ingestion of raw or undercooked freshwater crustaceans and migrates to the lungs where it forms cystsTreatment is ...

Project SummaryNon adherence with prescribed systemic drugs leads to poor outcomes and increases the cost of healthcareGlaucomathe leading cause of irreversible blindnessaffects more thanmillion people worldwideLowering intraocular pressurethe only proven method of delaying both the development and progression of glaucomais typically done with topical administration of eye dropswhich has notorious ...

ABSTRACT TypeDiabetes MellitusT DMaffectsmillion patients in US withnew patients annuallyLifespan is shortenedyearsdue to kidney and heart diseaseTight glucose control reduces microvascular complications and adverse cardiovascular eventsInsulin therapy is essential for such patientsbut has shortcomingsaonlyinpatients achieve targeted glucose controlHbA c andltbaggressive insulin therapy increases ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The capacity to evaluate the teratoma forming potential of differentiated embryonic stem cell populations represents an urgent need before widespread therapeutic application of these cells is possible. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and BioInVision, Inc. will join together to create platform technologies for validating existing embryonic stem ce ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Identification and Validation of Targets of Phenotypic High Throughput Screening Hits for Chagas Disease Project Summary Nearly 10 million people in Latin America are infected with the eukaryotic parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies Chagas disease as a neglected tropical disease, but C ...