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Abstract Cancer patients treated with many widely used chemotherapeutic agents including paclitaxel PAC and oxaliplatin OXA frequently develop chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy CIPN that may lead to dose reduction dosing schedule changes and termination of treatment In some patients acute peripheral neuropathy PN can transition into chronic PN lasting well beyond termination ...

Project Summary We are developing a novel tool for disease diagnosis called the indicator cell assay platform iCAP that uses standardized cultured cells as biosensors to detect disease status of patients from blood or cerebral spinal fluid CSF samples Here we propose to establish proof of concept for applying the assay to drug discovery by initiating development of the iCAP for drug selectio ...

Development of a high throughput screen to detect the effects of both preand postbiotransformed compounds for enhanced content drug discovery workflows Project Summary This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will build upon our successful Phase I demonstration that substrate free autobioluminescent signal generation can detect both the preand post biotransformed metabolic impacts ...

Clinical Study of an Extended Patency Dialysis Access Graft PROJECT SUMMARY Objective The goals of this PAR Clinical Studies Fast Track SBIR proposal are to move a novel hemodialysis access graft design to k submission and upon k clearance conduct a patient clinical study to demonstrate improved performance compared to current synthetic grafts which have high rate of clot ...

Large scale electrophysiology recordings are recognized as a powerful tool for systems neurobiology and investigation of normal and pathological brain function Buzsaki Continuous high spatial and temporal resolution intracranial electroencephalography iEEG and single neuron recordings from animals and humans are increasingly being used to investigate both normal and pathologic brain f ...

Because of its high sensitivitypolymerase chain reactionPCRis the gold standard for the diagnosis of many infectious diseasesbut generally only implemented in well equipped laboratoriesOne of the major roadblocks for expanding PCR to point of care markets is the lack of simplerobustsingle tube PCR designs which preserve its laboratory based high sensitivity and specificityIn this Fast Track STTR a ...

PROJECT SUMMARY As the cancer drug industry suffers from the lowest success rate in developing cancer cure drugs cell migration assessment assays that evaluate the transition of cells from a benign to a metastatic phenotype have gained more attention Given the fact that metastatic cancer cells are substantially harder to eradicate than those that are benign migratory propensity is now understoo ...

Project Summary There is an urgent unmet need for simplified and improved blood testing systems that can be utilized outside of centralized clinical settingsBlood cancers are a major health problem in the United Statesrepresenting overof all new cancersAcute myeloid leukemiaAMLis a particularly fast evolving form of cancer with low rates of survivalFollow initial therapy treatmentsAML patients mus ...

Project Summary For modern flow cytometry high throughput multiplexing is extremely important because of the great need in analyzing a large number of biomolecules on and in a single cell The multiplexing performance of flow cytometry is hindered by the probe performance including their fluorescence brightness and emission bandwidth However there is renewed interest and effort to develop high ...

Project Summary Abstract We have developed a nutritional formulation of amino acids called UpBeat that is designed to promote physical function and quality of life in older individuals with heart failureReduced exercise capacity is a prominent clinical feature of heart failureThis leads to progressive muscle weakness and a vicious cycle of sedentary behaviorweight gainand subsequent development of ...