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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Fibroproliferative illnesses leading to organ fibrosis and failure are responsible for approximately of deaths in developed countries whether idiopathic triggered by environmental factors infections or genetics organ fibrosis results in significant morbidity and mortality Organ fibrosis is responsible for health care costs exceeding $ billion year ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Continuous biochemical monitoring has the power to change currently accepted standards of care shifting the emphasis from treating illness to maintaining health Point in time snapshots of a patientandapos s health can miss critical fluctuations or early warning signs that might warrant early interventions or changes in disease treatment and management PROFUS ...

Project Summary Crystallization followed by subsequent structure determination is a major step in understanding the structure function relationship of macromolecules Understanding macromolecule structure has become a key part in the development of new pharmaceuticals and is a major area of NIH research Crystallization however is also the rate limiting step despite technological efforts to a ...

PROJECT SUMMARY The process of drug discovery is costly and many promising compounds fail during clinical trials By then expenses upward of $ million dollars per failed drug may have incurred and these financial risks hamper research efforts and ultimately reduce the availability of treatment options In this research proposal we are using systematic approaches to map the relationships be ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantPain management is a significant unmet medical needAnandamide is an endocannabinoid mediator that plays important roles in the regulation of painPrevious work has shown that endocannabinoid receptors located outside the central nervous systemCNSexert a powerful regulatory control over pain initiationThe biological actions of anandamide are stopped by the enzymefatty ...

Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health problem worldwide Neisseria gonorrhoeae Ng the causative agent of the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea has become multidrug resistant and has achieved superbug status Novel therapeutics against Ng are urgently needed Complement C is a key arm of innate immune defenses A mechanism used by several pathogens including Ng to esca ...

Project Summary The Gram positive bacterium Bacillus anthracis is a very strong candidate for potential bioweaponizationand believed to have actually been weaponized by the former Soviet UnionAnthrax spores are readily found in nature or produced in the laboratoryare resistant to harsh conditionsand can survive for a long time in the environmentThe microscopic spores could be formulated in powder ...

Project Summary The exceptional promise of gene therapy for hemophilia has been shown in recent studies that result in long term correction of factor IX deficiency via hepatic transduction with an adeno associated vector AAV In spite of this watershed event in the history of the gene therapy field there presently exist barriers to the fullest implementation of hemophilia gene therapy The li ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Stroke injury is a process that occurs over a long duration with pathologic changes that result in long term neurologic dysfunction For stroke there exists an important need for a strategy that can provide safe and efficacious stabilization to the hypoperfused brain and initialize long lasting endogenous neuroprotection for prevention of long term neurologic dysfunction ...

Summary Nervous systems process information by integrating the electrical activity of neurons in complex networks The alterations in the flow of electrical activity through neuronal networks of the brain play a causal role in the pathogenesis and or the appearance of symptoms of neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases A fundamental goal of BRAIN Initiative is therefore to elucidate how the ...