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University of California



Testing the Epilepsy Drug Perampanel to Prevent Seizures After Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation

Testing the Epilepsy Drug Perampanel to Prevent Seizures After Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Principal Investigator: Dr. Edilberto Amorim​ Condition: Seizures following cardiac arrest resuscitation Research Description: More than 350,000 Americans have a cardiac arrest...

Testing a Repurposed Device to Improve the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women

Testing a Repurposed Device to Improve the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women Principal Investigator: Dr. A. Lenore Ackerman​​ Disease: Chronic pelvic pain Research Description: Myofascial pelvic pain (MPP) is a frequently overlooked cause of chronic pelvic...

Repurposing Bone Marrow Stem Cell Therapy for Vision Loss Caused by Retinitis Pigmentosa

Repurposing Bone Marrow Stem Cell Therapy for Vision Loss Caused by Retinitis Pigmentosa Principal Investigator: Dr. Susanna Park​ Disease: Retinitis Pigmentosa Research Description: Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a rare hereditary form of retinal degeneration that can...

Treating a Group of Rare Blood Cancers, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, with N-Acetylcysteine

Treating a Group of Rare Blood Cancers, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, with N-Acetylcysteine Principal Investigator: Dr. Angela Fleischman​ Disease: Myeloproliferative neoplasms: Polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia and myelofibrosis Research Description:...