Abstract:
Photon-based radiosurgery is widely used for treating local and regional tumors. The key to improving the quality of radiosurgery is to increase the dose falloff rate from high dose regions inside the tumor to low dose regions of nearby healthy tissues and structures. Dynamic photon painting (DPP) further increases dose falloff rate by treating a target by moving a beam source along a dynamic trajectory, where the speed, direction and even dose rate of the beam source change constantly during irradiation. DPP creates dose gradient that rivals proton Bragg Peak and outperforms Gamma Knife® radiosurgery.
Abstract:
The invention provides direct processes and related catalysts for the syntheses of trisubstituted chiral pyrrolidines, piperidines, tetrahydrothiophenes, and thianes by highly enantio- and diastereoselective cascade Michael-Michael reaction of α, β-unsaturatedaldehydes with /ra/25-γ-protected amino α, β-unsaturated esters.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to previously identified inhibitors ofcAMP efflux (ICE) and their use in feaiing/niasking body odor, inhibiting, reducing and/or eliminating hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating), tanning skin or protecting skin before and/or after exposure to the sun as well as.for treating certain skin conditions, in one embodiment, the invention provides a method for inhibiting body odor, a condition that is characterized by an unpleasant odor from the products of the microbial sweat degradation. By inhibiting the efflux of the precursor compounds that are degraded, novel compounds are- capable of preventing unwanted odors. Deodorant compositions that employ this new approach for the control of bodily odor are provided, ICE compounds can also be used as. components, of cosmetic formulations including tanning and after-sun formulations, formulations for skin conditions as described herein and other cosmetic formulations.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to the discovery that Galectins and in particular, Galectin-8 and Galectin-9 control mTor response (Galectin-8 is a mTOR inhibitor and Galectin-9 is modulator/upregulator of AMPKinase) to endomembrane damage and these compositions can be used, either alone or together, optionally in combination with a lysomotropic agent and other bioactive agents as compositions for the treatment of autophagy-related diseases. The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating autophagy-related diseases as described herein.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a system and methods of predicting protein function through a process of encoding protein structural information into a computer readable format and the use of a convolutional neural network designed to recognize such encoded format.
Abstract:
A silicified cell replica includes a silicified cell or a silicified subcellular fragment. The silicified cell replica may be used to induce an immunological response, treat a bacterial infection, or treat a patient with cancer.
Abstract:
Provided is a spectral sensor array, including: a planar waveguide on a substrate; a chirped input coupling grating, wherein the chirped input coupling grating comprises a transverse chirp to provide a spectrally selective coupling of incident light into the planar waveguide; an output coupling grating; and an array of photodetectors arranged to receive the light coupled out of the waveguide.
Abstract:
A detector or sensor including a transistor having a sensor element that generates a current when exposed to a stimulus such as light or a chemical, in one implementation, the sensor element is positioned between a transistor gate and a transistor channel. When the sensor element is not being exposed to the stimulus, the transistor outputs a first voltage on a transistor drain contact when the transistor Inverts. When the sensor element is being exposed to the stimulus, the transistor outputs a second voltage on the transistor drain contact when the transistor inverts, where the second voltage is higher than the first voltage.
Abstract:
An electrically and thermally conductive polymer concrete (made of a polymer and aggregate particles without cement) comprising non-functionalized nanoparticles (e.g. non-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (NF-MWCNTs), non-functionalized carbon nanofibers, non-functionalized nanoalumina) dispersed therein and methods of making same.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to compounds which have been discovered to be potent ligands (inhibitors) of human GLUT5 (glucose transporter type 5), a facilitative glucose transporter that transports fructose, and their use as ligands assays which can uncover additional ligands of GLUT5, having the potential for being used as drugs. In addition, the present invention is directed to compounds, chemical compositions and methods for treating disease states and conditions which are mediated through GLUT5, including such disease states and conditions as GLUT5 deficiency syndrome, diabetes (type I and II), cancer, metabolic diseases including metabolic syndrome and fatty liver disease, among others.