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Combinatorial Androgen Deprivation With An Androgen Receptor Vaccine
The androgen receptor (AR) is a steroid hormone receptor that plays a crucial role in the development of normal prostate tissue, as well as in the progression of prostate cancer. Patients with metasta...
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Douglas McNeel, Brian Olson | P160108US02
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Use of Salate Derivatives to Treat Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting 2.5 million people worldwide. The disease is difficult to manage and there is no cure. The underlying mechanism of MS pro...
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Hector DeLuca, Lori Plum, Steven Marling, Yanping Wang | P160384US02
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Compounds And Methods For Modulating Frataxin Expression
Friedreich’s ataxia (also referred to as FA or FRDA) is a rare but fatal autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease. With an estimated incidence of 1 in every 40,000 people, it causes progressive...
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Aseem Ansari, Graham Erwin, Matthew Grieshop | P160232US05
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Improved Influenza B Virus Replication for Vaccine Development
The epidemiology of influenza Type B viruses differs from Type A; influenza B viruses primarily circulate in humans and do not cause pandemics. However, in some seasons the impact of influenza B infec...
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Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Gabriele Neumann, Jihui Ping | P160181US02
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SIgA Protein as Heath Supplement for Animals, Humans
Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) plays a critical role in immunity. The protein is found in breast milk and secreted in the gastrointestinal system during development and adulthood. Research suggests...
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Mark Cook, Jordan Sand | P120329US01
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More Stable Collagen Mimetic Peptides for Wound Healing
Collagen is the most abundant protein in vertebrates, providing support to virtually every tissue including skin, bone and blood vessel. It is of critical importance in wound healing.
Given its signi...
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Ronald Raines, Ismet Tanrikulu | P140407US02
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Natural Antibiotic to Treat Clostridium Infection and More
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is an escalating problem, especially in hospital settings. The Centers for Disease Control recently identified Clostridium difficile as posing an “urgent” healt...
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Timothy Bugni, Thomas Wyche, Douglas Braun, Jeff Piotrowski, Nasia Safdar | P140428US02
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Mutations That Improve Genetic Stability of Influenza Virus for Vaccination, Gene Therapy & More
The influenza virus is a highly contagious respiratory pathogen that causes annual epidemics and occasional pandemics. Although many studies have looked at how a host responds to infection with the vi...
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Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Satoshi Fukuyama, Shinji Watanabe | P140264US02
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Novel Analogs of Podophyllotoxin May Treat Cancer and Viral Infections
Podophyllotoxin is a natural product derived from a plant. Although two clinically useful glycosylated analogs have been developed for treating cancer, podophyllotoxin is difficult to synthesize, hind...
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Jon Thorson, James Watson, Jr. | P08343US
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Inhibiting Metadherin/SND1 Interaction to Treat Cancer
Metadherin (MTDH; also called AEG1 or LYRIC) is a pro-metastasis gene implicated in many types of cancer. The gene is overexpressed in more than 40 percent of primary tumors and is linked to breast ca...
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Yongna Xing, Liling Wan, Yibin Kang, Feng Guo | P140424US02
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Analogs of Diptoindonesin G for Breast Cancer Drug Development
The natural product diptoindonesin G (Dip G) was first isolated in 2009 from the tree bark of Hopea mengarawan. It has shown antiproliferation effects in murine leukemia as well as immunosuppressant a...
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Wei Xu, Weiping Tang, Jitian Liu, Jill Kolesar | P170010US02
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Enhanced HIV Treatments: Boronic Acid Group Improves Drug Potency
HIV infection, AIDS and AIDS-related complex (ARC) remain serious and ongoing diseases compromising the human immune system. Protease inhibitors, which interfere with the replication cycle of HIV, are...
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Ronald Raines, Ian Windsor, Michael Palte, John Lukesh | P140376US02
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Treatment of Fragile X Syndrome Using Nutlin-3
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited intellectual disability, affecting 1 in 4,000 males and 1 in 6,000 females. It is characterized by severe learning problems, developmental...
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Xinyu Zhao, Yue Li | P150380US02
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Better Living Through Peptides; Improved Approach to HIV Therapy
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects over 1.2 million Americans each year, with approximately 50,000 new infections per year. Current treatment includes HIV combination regimens comprising rever...
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Samuel Gellman, William Horne, Lisa Johnson | P08414US03
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Retinoic Acid: A New Treatment for Sleep Apnea and Hypopnea
Sleep apnea affects an estimated 18 million American adults annually. People with sleep apnea can develop conditions such as systemic and pulmonary hypertension, metabolic syndrome, insomnia, neuro-in...
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Tracy Baker, Gordon Mitchell, Daryl Fields | P150330US02
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Nylon-3 Polymers Active Against Clostridium Difficile
Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, endospore-forming anaerobe that causes life-threatening intestinal infections. These infections result in more than 14,000 deaths and billions of dollars in h...
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Samuel Gellman, Runhui Liu, Bernard Weisblum, Shonna McBride | P150214US02
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New and More Potent UGM Inhibitors for Treating Tuberculosis, Other Microbial Infections
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, is responsible for eight million human infections and two million deaths worldwide each year. M. tuberculosis infections can be treated...
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Laura Kiessling, Valerie Winton, Alexander Justen | P160093US02
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Peptides to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
Amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptides play a crucial role in Alzheimer’s disease – they are a main component of the toxic amyloid plaques found in patients’ brains. Aβ is so dangerous because it can aggr...
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Regina Murphy, Jeffrey Johnson, Patricia Cho, Xiaomeng Lu | P140391US02
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Skin Whitening Agent(s)
The global cosmetics industry is a $460 billion dollar market with the skin whitening sector valued at $381 million in 2014. This growing market is projected to increase at a CAGR of 11.7%, reaching $...
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Cheng-chen Huang, Aaron Monte | T140007WO01
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Warfarin Promoter
Warfarin is a “first-generation” anticoagulant that has been widely used as a multiple feeding rodenticide for more than 60 years. The prolonged use of warfarin as a rodenticide has, according to ...
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David Lewis, Michael Caldwell | T100001US02
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Novel Subtype of Botulinum Toxin for Prolonged Effectiveness
Clostridium botulinum produces botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), which can cause debilitating disease but also is used to treat disorders like chronic headache, spastic muscles and strabismus.
Several di...
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Eric Johnson, Mark Jacobson, Guangyun Lin, William Tepp, Raymond Stevens, Jerome Dupuy, Paul Stenmark | P09050US02
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Long-Lasting, Non-Narcotic Protein for Treatment of Acute or Chronic Pain
Millions of people in the U.S. suffer from chronic pain each year. Narcotic-based medications commonly are given for pain relief, but they are not always effective and can lead to addiction.
Botulinu...
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Eric Johnson, Sabine Pellett, William Tepp, Tony Yaksh, Marc Marino, Qinghao Xu | P130093US02
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Increasing Red Blood Cell Production
Maintaining an adequate supply of oxygen to tissue is necessary for survival. The oxygen-carrying capacity of blood is governed by the concentration of red blood cells (erythrocytes). It is critical t...
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Emery Bresnick, Yoon A Kang, Skye McIver | P130326US02
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Treating Iron Overload with Block Copolymers
Iron overload or hemochromatosis is a disease marked by an accumulation of iron in the blood. It typically occurs in subjects (e.g., anemia patients) receiving chronic infusions of red blood cells. Th...
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May Xiong, Zhi Liu, Yan Wang | P140395US02
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Generic Drug to Treat and Prevent Macular Degenerative Diseases
More than 30 million people suffer from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common cause of permanent vision loss among older adults. Few treatment options are available for AMD, or for j...
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Aparna Lakkaraju, Kimberly Toops, Li Xuan Tan | P140282US02