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The Health Sciences & Technology Academy – Alabama (HSTA-AL)
Project Summary/Abstract This innovative project will replicate the successful Health Sciences & Technology Academy from West Virginia, with important adaptations for our purpo...
The Health Sciences & Technology Academy – Alabama (HSTA-AL)
Project Summary/Abstract This innovative project will replicate the successful Health Sciences & Technology Academy from West Virginia, with important adaptations for our purpo...
Role of astrocyte-based cholinergic neuromodulation in cognition and in the treatment of cognitive disorders
ABSTRACT Neurons are viewed as the cellular correlate of cognition and only target of clinical therapeutics, in part because manipulating neurons rapidly and directly alters behavi...
Development of Faux-Biotics to combat the spread of hospital-acquired antibiotic-resistant infections
Project Summary The CDC considers the escalation of antibiotic resistance to be one of the biggest public health concerns of our time. Antibiotic resistance is a major issue both h...
State-dependent modulation of retinothalamic axonal boutons
Summary Perception does not depend on environment alone, but also on brain state. Work from our lab and others show that visual responses to certain features are selectively gated...
Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Characterize Cystic Fibrosis
Project Summary/Abstract This proposal details a 5-yr plan to prepare the candidate, Ruobing Wang, MD, for a career as an independent physician-scientist positioned to impact our u...
Targeting lysosome/RPE heterogeneity in AMD pathobiology as a novel therapy
SUMMARY: Vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major, expanding problem due to the aging population. While treatment is available for intermediate AMD and th...
Targeting lysosome/RPE heterogeneity in AMD pathobiology as a novel therapy
SUMMARY: Vision loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a major, expanding problem due to the aging population. While treatment is available for intermediate AMD and th...
State-dependent modulation of retinothalamic axonal boutons
Summary Perception does not depend on environment alone, but also on brain state. Work from our lab and others show that visual responses to certain features are selectively gated...
Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Characterize Cystic Fibrosis
Project Summary/Abstract This proposal details a 5-yr plan to prepare the candidate, Ruobing Wang, MD, for a career as an independent physician-scientist positioned to impact our u...
Evaluating the Role of Sleep in the Development of Intensive Care Unit Delirium
PROJECT SUMMARY More than one third of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) develop ICU delirium, an acute, fluctuating form of cognitive dysfunction that is associated with i...
2021 Central Nervous System Injury and Repair Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar
The goal of this new Gordon Research Conference (GRC) series, entitled ?Central Nervous System Injury and Repair?, together with its accompanying Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), is...
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Palliative Care Services and Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations at End-of-Life in Nursing Homes Nationwide
On any day, approximately 1.6 million Americans live in the nation?s nursing homes (NHs) and 90% of the residents are ? 65-years old.In the last two decades, there has been an incr...
Predoctoral Training in Pharmacological Sciences
Project Summary This is a ?new?T32 grant application seeking support for Training in the Pharmacological Sciences (TIPS) at the Weill Cornell Graduate School (WCGS).If awarded, tha...
Forkhead factor regulation in oral viral infection
The oral cavity is the initial site of infection for many pathogens, including viruses.Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is an oncogenic virus that is shed in sal...
Microbiomal Mediators of TL1A-induced-Fibrosis
ABSTRACT Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) results from a series of complex interactions between susceptibility and severity genes, the environment and the mucosal immune system, pr...
The terminal steps of cortisol and aldosterone biosynthesis
Excess aldosterone and cortisol production from the human adrenal cortex commonly contributes to hypertension, heart failure, obesity, glucose intolerance, and low bone mass.Cytoch...
Unraveling the PTEN Interactome: Modeling Structural and Functional Dynamic Network Architecture for Therapeutic Modulation in Cancer and Autism
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Unraveling the PTEN Interactome: Modeling Structural and Functional Dynamic Network Architecture for Therapeutic Modulation in Cancer and Autism The candid...
Defining PARP Inhibitor Response and Resistance in Prostate Cancer
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The objective of this K01 award is to promote the development of Dr. Alan Lombard into an independent prostate cancer researcher. The proposed project will...
Inducing Mirth to Improve Memory in Depression
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) impacts an estimated 17.3 million adult Americans per year, which places an enormous burden on the affected individuals as well as our healthcare sy...