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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Approximately of the population experiences elevated depressive symptoms Kubik et al Despite recent research suggesting that overall population mortality would be reduced by if the effects of subthreshold depression could be blocked completely the majority of individuals with elevated depressive symptoms never receive evidence based treat ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Treatment for depression is a core health disparity for Latinos in the U S Although U S Latinos are more likely than non Hispanic Whites to experience depression Alegria et al U S Latinos are less than half as likely as Whites to receive evidence based care for depression Lagomasino et al Latinos with elevated depressive symptoms are mos ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Retinal diseases including age related macular degeneration AMD diabetic retinopathy DR diabetic macular edema DME and retina vein occlusion RVO are the leading causes of vision loss and blindness in people over years old According to the NEI in nearly million people in the U S suffered from some form of these diseases whose prevalen ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The knockdown of targeted genes by anti sense oligonucleotides ODNS and genetic medicines collectively G MEDS holds promise for a variety of therapies The delivery of effective quantities of ODNS to specific cells however has proved to be challenging We propose here a novel approach to ODN delivery that involves enveloped virus like particles EVLPs ...

Project Summary Antibiotic resistance has become a pressing public health concern due to the rise of pathogenic bacterial strains with mutations that reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of drugs to treat infections Beta lactamases produced by some bacteria provide resistance by degrading beta lactams one of most widely used class of antibiotics Originally restricted to penicillins mutant bet ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Altered cellular energetics contributes to human disease in general physiological aging and chronic diseases in particular including cancer neurodegeneration ischemic heart disease and type diabetes Pathological changes affecting the individual may arise only in specific cells of a tissue and potentially in a heterogeneous manner To advance basic resea ...

PROJECT SUMMARYABSTRACTBreast cancer is the second leading cause of death in females with cancerInapproximatelynew cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosedwhere an estimate ofwas expected to succumb to their diseaseIt is estimated that one in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetimeBreast cancer is classified into subtypes based on the expression of estrogen receptorERprogest ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant There is growing awareness that weakness of muscle is a significant biomedical health issue associated with many different chronic diseases and aging There are a variety of different diseases that affect muscle including muscular dystrophy fibromyalgia cerebral palsy amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and myasthenia gravis each of which carries its own uniqu ...

In the United States in an estimated million people suffered from Alzheimer s disease AD with as many as being undiagnosed Alzheimer s Association Three stages of AD are proposed National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer s Association preclinical AD mild cognitive impairment MCI due to AD and dementia due to AD The preclinical stage is proposed to begin ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The increasing output of new integral membrane protein IMP structures is partially due to the availability of an increasing number of chemical variables such as detergents detergent like molecules lipids and solubilizing stabilizing additives It is clear that specific combinations and concentrations of these different variables are often necessary to impr ...