Award Year / Program / Phase:2001 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:HHS
Principal Investigator:Lu Zeng
Award Amount:$170,495.00
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Inappropriate activation or inactivation
of apoptosis (programmed cell death) can have devastating consequences, from
neurodegenerative disease to cancer. This Phase I proposal tests the hypothesis
that we can significantly increase the… More
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The importance of Biofilms in chronic and
treatment-resistant infectious disease, increasingly is clear. Biofilms also
are a major problem in industrial processes. The focus of this proposal is to
develop methods for discovering compounds… More
Award Year / Program / Phase:2005 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:USDA
Principal Investigator:Gary R. Eldridge, President and Chief Scientific Officer
Award Amount:$80,000.00
Abstract:
Preliminary data confirm that novel nematicidal compounds exist in libraries of plant compounds. This project will screen libraries to discover and indentify novel nematicides.
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Treating cancer is clearly a very difficult process, and while progress has been made, much work remains to be done. The failures of many seemingly promising compounds to meet expectations have taught us that we must ag
gressively continue to develop new,… More