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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 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 Diabetes mellitus DM in dogs is characterized by a rapid onset of bilateral cataracts that results in vision loss that can only be restored by costly cataract surgery We have developed a topical aldose reductase inhibitor ARI formulation called KinostatTM that prevents the development of diabetic cataracts and thus eliminates the need for cataract surgery ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Clean water is one of the most basic societal needs in the world Few situations incite more public outcry than when a community learns that their drinking water has been tainted Two of the biggest threats to groundwater quality in the U S are contamination from either chlorinated solvents or petroleum Left unattended the size and scope of the problems asso ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Poor eating habits sedentary behavior and deficient sleep quality are problematic for many college students Surrounded by numerous unhealthy food choices and physical activity barriers students are vulnerable to overweight and chronic diseases such as diabetes heart disease and cancer Todayandapos s college students are more technologically connected tha ...

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 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 Personal Exposure Monitoring of Air Pollutants as an Educational Tool in the GO Treks project launched by the Phase I grant students at schools throughout the U S used personal monitors to measure the air pollutants black carbon and ozone along treks of their own design The treks were uploaded to blogs in the GO website where they were displ ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Expressing bacterial bioluminescence in human cell lines Engineering autobioluminescent reporter cells to screen for endocrine disruptor chemicals Project Summary This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project proposes to build upon our successful Phase I demonstration of autonomous endocrine disruptor chemical EDC detection using human cell lines ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Nonlinear optical microscopy techniques and particularly multiphoton fluorescence microscopy have become popular tools for visualizing the three dimensional cellular architecture residing hundreds of microns and up to one millimeter deep in living organisms This is particularly valuable in neurobiology where multiphoton techniques have become widely used fo ...