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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Thousands of individuals seek refuge in the United States to escape atrocities of war and torture in their country of origin An overwhelming majority of these individuals continue to struggle with Chronic Traumatic Stress CTS the persistence of prior traumatic events e g re experiencing past trauma coupled with daily post migration stressors e g pove ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant KDH Research and Communication KDHRC with the American College of Rheumatology ACR will develop LLPI Latinas con Lupus Promotoras con Informaci n Latinas with Lupus Promotoras with Information a culturally competent unique online professional development course course to improve the ability of promotoras de salud promotoras to raise awareness ...

TDAs proposes to develop a novel RF heating process for rewarming cryogenically preserved tissues and organs. TDAs approach is to optimize the RF frequency and power, along with the chemical composition, size and morphology of infused nanoparticles so that they heat tissue samples rapidly and uniformly. In this manner, the cryoprotectant solutions pass from the vitrified state to the liquid stat ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Phase and Phase clinical trials of a new class of redox active pharmaceutical are proposed in high grade glioma WHO grade III and IV This project will test a compound that crosses the blood brain barrier and which prevents hippocampal stem cell loss and white matter degradation following radiation therapy RT The compound also inhibits tumor regrowth f ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The nontuberculous Mycobacteria NTM are a growing public health concern as the number of opportunistic infections increases Although not a reportable disease there is growing epidemiologic evidence to suggest that NTM cause more infections today in the United States than Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mtb yet unlike Mtb there are few dedicated antimicrobial ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The exponential increase of diabetics and the elderly in the U S has more than tripled the number of cataract surgeries performed in just two decades As many as half of these surgeries will lead to posterior capsular opacification PCO which requires follow up Nd YAG laser capsulotomy surgery Without this additional procedure patients can suffer permanent ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This SBIR project seeks to develop novel technologies for the manipulation and labeling of the interior of living eukaryotic cells for research diagnostic and eventually therapeutic purposes Cell penetrating peptides offer the tantalizing prospect of delivering a broad palette of user defined protein cargoes through the plasma membranes of eukaryotic cells C ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Epigenetic modifications of DNA and histones are stable encryption systems essential for life For example the importance of DNA methylation is underscored by the consequences of its mis regulation which include defects in tissue homeostasis chronic disease and accelerated aging thus epigenetics broadly impacts human health The information stored in the di ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The overall goal of this project is to test a meal replacement beverage that will ultimately preserve muscle loss during calorie restriction weight loss CRWL in obese older individuals We previously developed a meal replacement rich with a proprietary blend of essential amino acids TMR that was more than three times as effective as whey protein in stimulat ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Chronically ill children are an underserved under represented and disadvantaged population with regards to education In addition to the childandapos s medical illness they are also at high risk for psychological problems One of the most common psychological problem areas is educational difficulties or academic and learning problems due to regular school abs ...