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Project SummaryWe propose developing and validating a novel platform technology that combines the collection and chemical analysis of ultrafine particles using an in-situ multispectral technique. The sample, collected directly onto the analysis substrate, is analyzed via excitation-emission matrix (EEM) spectroscopy. This approach will be validated against laboratory combustion-generated aerosols, ...

ABSTRACT As the population continues to age, degenerative ocular diseases become increasingly common and create tremendous burden on the health care system. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive ocular disease that causes visual impairment and blindness in its most advanced form and is characterized by loss of function and cell death in the macula, a central and critical part of ...

Problem: With a 5-year survival of ~30%, AML is the 6th deadliest cancer, and rt20,000 new patients are diagnosed each year in the United States. Although most patients achieve Complete Remission (CR) with aggressive therapy, most will eventually relapse. The criteria for CR, however, is based on historical diagnostic methods, and patients in CR may carry up to 1010 residual leukemia blasts. Signi ...

ABSTRACTChromosome aberrations are a hallmark of acute myeloid leukemia and offer mechanistic and prognostic insights into disease. As such, a combination of cytogenetic assays are routinely applied as a part of the AML diagnostic workflow. While offering invaluable information on disease severity, most chromosome aberrations fall into the “cytogenetic abnormalities not classified” or “compl ...

Project Summary This proposed project aims to develop a new type of digital PCR platform which eliminates the need for uniform volumes and thereby reduces the complexity, cost, and run time of digital PCR while increasing its dynamic range. The result is a higher performance digital PCR system that matches the simplicity, speed, and low per-assay cost of real-time PCR. Real-time PCR maintains grea ...

Project Summary There have been long-standing discussions about the role of NGS (next-generation sequencing) versus real-time PCR in clinical diagnosis, prognosis, and screening. NGS offers unrivaled discovery power and represents the ultimate in multiplexing capability. NGS, however, is expensive and often requires complex workflows with a long turnaround time. Real-time PCR, in contrast, is comp ...

Project Summary/Abstract Alcohol abuse remains a significant cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the US. Yet only 15% of those with AUD receive treatment. Our group, and others have demonstrated that contingency management (CM) is an effective approach for reducing alcohol use in problematic drinkers. This project seeks to demonstrate the capability of an end-to end CM platform designe ...

ABSTRACT The detection of chromosomal aberrations is a frontline diagnostic for the spectrum of blood neoplasms. Chromosomal aberrations, such as translocations, inversions, deletions and insertions, have been historically identified using cytogenetic methods or more recently through application of long read sequencing or optical mapping technologies. These methods have been less applicable in sol ...

Project Summary Flow cytometry is widely used in basic and translational research and in clinical diagnostic assays. Spectral flow cytometry represents a revolutionary change in the approach to flow cytometry by using full spectral information from each fluorophore—by collecting the emission over the full spectrum and using multiple excitation sources for each fluorophore to obtain a spectral � ...

The goal of this project is to develop a treatment booth with technology that allows opioid treatment programs to remotely dispense, either methadone or buprenorphine, under medical observation through telemedicine to a patient in a treatment booth. We believe that robotic automation is the ideal application to perform the same mechanical functions of the nurse at the dosing window. Specifically, ...