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Investigating the Role of Poxvirus Virulence Genes A35 and O1L in the Virus Life Cycle
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-22)
Poxviruses, some of the largest viruses in existence, have a great impact on the human and animal world due to their ability to infect a broad assortment of organisms and cause significant disease. Today, poxvirus infections ...
Neurovascular Mechanisms of Erectile Dysfunction Following Androgen Deprivation Therapy
(East Carolina University, 2019-12-20)
For nearly eight decades, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been a common prostate cancer treatment. Although ADT increases the prostate cancer survival rate, urogenital side effects such as erectile dysfunction (ED) ...
THE MECHANISTIC TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (mTOR) AND ITS COMPLEX 1 ASSOCIATED PROTEIN RPTOR ARE GERM CELL-AUTONOMOUSLY REQUIRED FOR SPERMATOGONIAL DEVELOPMENT & CHAPTER IV: INVESTIGATING CHANGES IN THE TESTICULAR TRANSCRIPTOME DURING THE PROSPERMATOGONIAL TRANSITION
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-26)
Stem, progenitor, and differentiating spermatogonia are formed in the neonatal mouse testis, and they provide the foundation for spermatogenesis and life-long fertility. Currently, the factors that regulate these varying ...
EARLY LIFE STRESS AND PHARMACEUTICAL POLLUTANTS: DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY OF EMERGING AQUATIC CONTAMINANTS IN A MODEL TERRESTRIAL SPECIES
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-18)
Trace amounts of pharmaceutical and personal care products are plaguing water sources around the globe, and with no current regulations, these emerging contaminants pose a threat to environmental and human health. While ...
Apparatus and method for measuring physiological characteristics of an intact trachea in vitro
(2011-03-15)
Apparatus and methods for measuring smooth muscles responses (relaxation and contraction), transepithelial potential difference, and/or transepithelial impedance of an intact trachea in vitro. In particular embodiments, ...
Method for nerve growth induction
(1993-03-16)
A composition comprising nerve growth factor and 2-amino-1,1,3-tricyano-1-propene useful for the induction, stimulation, and maintenance of nerve growth, and methods of potentiating choline O-acetyltransferase and tyrosine ...
Attenuated viruses and method of making the same
(1996-04-18)
Disclosed are attenuated viruses, not naturally occurring, that contain one or more additional methylation sites in the genome of the virus compared to the corresponding wild-type virus. Preferably, the methylation sites ...
I want to survive and thrive: diet and physical activity recommendations for Breast Cancer Survivors
(2018-09)
In this article, we review current diet and physical activity recommendations for long-time survivors of breast cancer. We also hear the voice of a survivor and her response to the diagnosis of a postmenopausal breast ...
Matrix Metalloproteinase 12 is Critical for Granuloma Formation in the Murine Model of Granulomatous disease
(East Carolina University, 2019-08-16)
Matrix Metalloproteinase 12 (MMP12) is a protein produced primarily by alveolar macrophages that degrades elastin in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and enables infiltration of immune cells that participate in the inflammatory ...
Systems, methods and computer program products for creating and maintaining electronic medical records
(2002-07-04)
Systems, methods, and computer program products that generate electronic clinical medical records from patient encounters are provided. An illness for a particular patient is entered into a data processing system via an ...