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AAV vectors expressing anti-influenza antibodies are provided. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions useful in delivery same for prophylactic or anti-viral purposes. Methods of delivering such vectors are provided.
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The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with expression of a cancer associated antigen as described herein. The invention also relates to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific to a cancer associated antigen as described herein, vectors encoding the same, and recombinant T cells comprising the CARs of the present invention. The invention also includes methods of administering a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAR that comprises an antigen binding domain that binds to a cancer associated antigen as described herein.
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A method for delivering electrical stimulation to alter a cognitive state of a user, the method comprising: monitoring a brain signal from the user via one or more intracranial electrodes implanted in the brain of the user while the user is presented with a stimulus; comparing the brain signal to a testing phase biomarker, wherein the testing phase biomarker is derived from a cognitive test performed on a contributor during a testing phase; delivering electrical stimulation to a brain of the user based on the comparing step to steer the brain of the user towards a high performance cognitive state.
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The subject matter described herein includes a mechanism called time-deterministic replay (TDR) that can reproduce the execution of a program, including its precise timing. Without TDR, reproducing the timing of an execution is difficult because there are many sources of timing variability - such as preemptions, hardware interrupts, cache effects, scheduling decisions, etc. TDR uses a combination of techniques to either mitigate or eliminate most of these sources of variability. Using a prototype implementation of TDR in a Java Virtual Machine, we show that it is possible to reproduce the timing to within 1.85% of the original execution, even on commodity hardware. Several potential applications of TDR are described herein. A study of one of the applications is described in detail: the detection of a covert timing channel. Timing channels can be used to exfiltrate information from a compromised machine; they work by subtly varying the timing of the machine's outputs, and it is this variation that can be detected with TDR. Unlike prior solutions, which generally look for a specific type of timing channel, our approach can detect a wide variety of channels with high accuracy.
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Low activity of angiotensin converting enzyme2 (ACE2) and its product, angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] appear to contribute to pulmonary hypertension (PH). Long-term delivery of ACE2 or Ang-(1-7) require stability and ease of administration to increase patient compliance. Chloroplast expression of therapeutic proteins enables their bioencapsulation within plant cells to protect from acids and gastricenzymes and to facilitate absorption. Rats fed with bioencapsulated ACE2 or Ang-(1-7) exhibited improved heart function. A combination of ACE2 and Ang-(1-7) augmented the beneficial effects. Experiments indicate that this method is suitable for the treatmen or inhibition of experimental uveitis and autoimmune uveoretinitis These studies provide proof-of-concept for transplastomic technology as a novel low-cost oral ACE2 or Ang-(1-7) delivery system.
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The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods and devices for decompressing the lymphatic system. In particular, the present disclosure provides devices for actively or passively decompressing the lymphatic system and methods of their use and deployment within a subject. In certain non-limiting embodiments, a device of the present disclosure can include a pump for actively transferring lymph fluid from the lymphatic fluid into the venous system.
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The present disclosure provides devices and methods for improved hemodynamic monitoring, including devices for characterizing hemodynamic activity within a tissue or region of interest.
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Described herein are methods of generating a protein binding domain that specifically binds to gp120 in a specific conformational state, comprising contacting gp120 with a CD4-mimetic compound, thereby forming gp120 in the specific conformational state; and generating antibodies to gp120 in the specific conformation state. Relatedly, the disclosure also describes methods of neutralizing HIV- 1, comprising contacting HIV-1 with an effective amount of a CD4-mimetic compound, thereby forming HIV-1 having gp120 in a specific conformational state; and contacting the HIV-1 in the specific conformational state with an antibody.
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The invention includes compositions comprising at least one chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR) specific for an autoantibody, vectors comprising the same, compositions comprising CAAR vectors packaged in viral particles, and recombinant T cells comprising the CAAR. The invention also includes methods of making a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAAR (CAART) wherein the expressed CAAR comprises a desmoglein extracellular domain.
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The subject matter described herein includes a modular and extensible approach to integrate noisy measurements from multiple heterogeneous sensors that yield either absolute or relative observations at different and varying time intervals, and to provide smooth and globally consistent estimates of position in real time for autonomous flight. We describe the development of the algorithms and software architecture for a new 1.9 kg MAV platform equipped with an IMU, laser scanner, stereo cameras, pressure altimeter, magnetometer, and a GPS receiver, in which the state estimation and control are performed onboard on an Intel NUC 3rd generation i3 processor. We illustrate the robustness of our framework in large-scale, indoor-outdoor autonomous aerial navigation experiments involving traversals of over 440 meters at average speeds of 1.5 m/s with winds around 10 mph while entering and exiting buildings.