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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Hepatocellular carcinoma HCC is the most prevalent cancer in human population and will lead to over deaths in the United States this year alone However the molecular mechanisms driving hepatocellular carcinoma HCC growth and metastasis remain elusive and there is a huge unmet medical need to find new therapeutic targets We performed an unbiased ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Infectious bone disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide Successful treatment often requires surgical intervention with longer term antibiotic therapy Bacterial biofilm pathogens are associated with most osseous infections and represent a major target of therapy The biofilm pathogens associated with chronic bone infections bind to and co ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Trichomonas vaginalis is the causative agent of the most common non viral sexually transmitted infection with million new cases reported annually in the world and million cases in the U S In addition to infections of the urogenital tract trichomoniasis increases the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and HIV transmission and increases the incidence ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Due to the rapid advances in science technology engineering and mathematics STEM the United States has been at the forefront of innovation and technology development in the science health and biomedical fields However these continuing advances are in jeopardy as there is a growing national shortage of trained STEM workers While the need for a STEM li ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Aberrant neuronal connectivity is associated with a number of neuropathological and neuropsychiatric diseases disorders Inefficient developmental connectivity misdirected connectivity or disrupted and degenerated connectivity can account for losses of normal neuronal communication and subsequent losses of mental or physical health Altered expression of axon ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Gene correction therapy is one of the most important application directions in regenerative medicine Scientists are exploring various approaches to introduce targeted mutations corrections to pluripotent stem cells PSCs to establish disease models and or to develop therapeutic agents Emerging technologies such as Zinc Finger Nucleases ZFNs Transcription ...

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 ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Current treatment options for a number of skin diseases generally aim for symptomatic relief and fail to address underlying pathophysiological changes leading to skin disease In the case of genetic mutations that cause loss of function mutations supplementation of the missing protein is a viable approach to treatment However delivery of functional protein to the target keratino ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT As people age they steadily lose bone mass and their bones become fragile and increasingly prone to hip and other fractures and this can prove fatal The American College of Radiology therefore recommends that assessment of bone mineral density BMD be performed in post menopausal women and all people over the age of every two years If indicated preventive measure ...

The goal of this Phase I STTR grant proposal is to stabilize live attenuated influenza vaccine LAIV using a temporary silica coating that is removed in vivo In so doing we will establish a broader technology to eliminate the cold chain required for transport of heat and cold labile vaccines Many vaccines are unstable under ambient environmental conditions Currently vaccines are either stabil ...