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This SBIR Program is to complete the development of a novel metalloporphyrin antioxidant compound BMX to be used as a radioprotector in the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiation therapy This drug product has been produced to GMP quality safety toxicology completed in one species and a high degree of efficacy demonstrated for both protecting against radiation ...

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Rapid sensitive and specific diagnosis of the Dengue virus DENV infection is important for both patient care and epidemiologic studies Current Dengue diagnostic tests are either time consuming expensive or lack of sensitivity We propose to develop a novel low cost lateralflow immunoassay LFIA strip capable of sensitive detection of DENV NS antigen The proposed test strip synergically in ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Vaccinations for adolescents in the U S tetanus diphtheria and acellular pertussis Tdap meningococcal conjugate vaccine MCV Human Papillomavirus HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarex remain well below the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC goals and especially so for the HPV vaccines These vaccine deficits are pronounced among minor ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Glycans have several distinct properties that make their development as disease biomarkers appealing Firstly their location on cell surfaces makes them the first point of contact for cellular interactions and thus they are crucial in the control of normal metabolic processes and conversely they function as pathogen adhesion receptors Secondly specific gl ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The ability to accurately quantitate the glycan chains attached to glycoproteins has wide ranging implications Numerous studies over the past years have demonstrated that abnormal glycosylation occurs in virtually all types of human cancers and demonstrate the potential of using glycan markers in either a diagnostic or a prognostic manner The glycosylatio ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Intake of added sweeteners high fructose corn syrup and sucrose independently predicts the development of obesity metabolic syndrome and diabetes Despite recommendations by WHO and the AHA to reduce sugar intake to to percent of total energy intake the mean intake of added sugars remains percent of the diet and percent of the population ingest ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Ocular graft versus host disease O GVHD is a particularly severe and debilitating complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation HSCT O GVHD develops in of patients with chronic GVHD Currently Restasis cyclosporine A is the only FDA approved prescription topical medication to treat O GVHD In Restasis had sales o ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The most common metastatic site for hormone refractory prostate cancer HRPC PCa is bone While docetaxel can prolong the overall survival in patients with metastatic HRPC current treatments do not provide a cure Further complicating the matter HRPC is a disease that affects a variety of patients differently which can be problematic for physicians to prov ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant We present a new family of contrast agents based on targeting the maltodextrin transporter termed maltodextrin based imaging probes MDPs which are designed to image infections associated with implanted medical devices by fluorescent imaging The chemical structure of an MDP is composed of maltodextrins conjugated to a fluorescent dye MDPs have the potentia ...