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DESCRIPTION ( provided by applicant): The ECIS/taxis technology can detect cells that move to a small electrode through an agarose matrix by the resistance that they impart to an electrical circuit as they cover parts of the small electrode. This system is amenable to rapid throughput analysis of cell behavior in the presence of chemokines and other agents that ...

DESCRIPTION ( provided by applicant): The ECIS/taxis technology can detect cells that move to a small electrode through an agarose matrix by the resistance that they impart to an electrical circuit as they cover parts of the small electrode. This system is amenable to rapid throughput analysis of cell behavior in the presence of chemokines and other agents that ...

DESCRIPTION (Scanned from the applicant's description): The proposed study involves an evaluation of the dose response to recombinant human CC10 in the preterm lamb, a surfactant-dependent model of neonatal/infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS). The preterm lamb model was used in the clinical development of artificial surfactants for the treatment of I ...

MiTi proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of developing a high performance oil-free bearings suitable for application to commercial, general aviation and military gas turbine engines. These novel journal bearings are based on compliant foil bearings and magnetic bearings. Key elements of the bearing system are the increase in compliant foil bearings to sizes approaching 150 mm and the ability t ...

MiTi proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of developing a high performance oil-free bearings suitable for application to commercial, general aviation and military gas turbine engines. These novel journal bearings are based on compliant foil bearings and magnetic bearings. Key elements of the bearing system are the increase in compliant foil bearings to sizes approaching 150 mm and the ability t ...

This proposal addresses development of new imaging technology for noninvasive quantitative measurement of apoptosis in vivo. Apoptosis is genetically defined cell death. Understanding the role of apoptosis is critical to the development of new molecular-based therapeutic modalities. An apoptosis-imaging agent could be used to modify therapy for cancer patients, and to monitor cardiac transplant pa ...

The proposed research intends to design and build an instrument of accurately measure centrally located pathological areas of non-vision, or central scotomas, within the 30 to 60 degrees field of vision. The new device is intended to serve as a supplement to commercially available automatic perimeters, which are known to be inaccurate when retinal defects are confined to the central field of visi ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our goal is to produce active recombinant proteins involved in cancer progression and other important cellular processes. Recombinant proteins in biomedical research have now become an essential tool to study many aspects of cellular biology. Genes coding for several important cellular function such as tumor suppres ...

NASA¿s objective for affordable access to space requires inexpensive production of rocket fuel. The key to achieving this objective is the production of hydrogen, since hydrogen accounts for more than 80% of the fuel cost. TDA Research, Inc. (TDA), collaborating with Louisiana State University (LSU), proposes a novel hydrogen production method that offers significant advantages over conventiona ...

NASA¿s objective for affordable access to space requires inexpensive production of rocket fuel. The key to achieving this objective is the production of hydrogen, since hydrogen accounts for more than 80% of the fuel cost. TDA Research, Inc. (TDA), collaborating with Louisiana State University (LSU), proposes a novel hydrogen production method that offers significant advantages over conventiona ...