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Antibiotic resistant infections are a principal concern for the Department of Defense and society at large due to the current lack of available treatments. Monoclonal antibodies represent a promising drug class that could be applied to antibiotic resistant infections to harness a patients own immune system to effectively combat the invading threat. In this program we continue program development t ...

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The primary objectiveis to develop acommercially-viable prototype of theslopeadaptive prosthesis design and to iteratively improvethe design based on ISO standards testingand rigorous usein human subject field trials. The proposed work will build upon knowledgegained in PhaseI of the project,which established feasibility for this design approach in alightweight, passive hydraulicfoot-anklesystem. ...

The current steam based sterilizers have weight and power related challenges that limits their use to Role 3 environments. Further, due to high temperature of use, these are unsuitable for non-metallic objects such as medical scopes. The proposing team will develop a sterilizer for far forward austere Role 2 environments. The sterilizer uses modalities such that it can be used for sterilization of ...

Problem: Neck/back pain causes extensive losses in time and resources for the US and international allies. Back and neck pain compromise performance of aircrew and resource management in the cabin resulting in exhaustion or pain-related human error mishaps. Medical grounding has severe impact on crew operation and results in expensive medical procedures and loss of the aircrewman to disability-rel ...

Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) is an acute illness caused by irradiation of a significant portion of the body by a high dose of ionizing radiation (IR) in a short period of time. Global proliferation of radioactive and nuclear materials has resulted in increased threat of weaponized exposure or inadvertent exposure resulting from industrial accidents such as the case with the Chernobyl Nuclear Pow ...

Antibiotic resistant infections are a principal concern for the Department of Defense and society at large due to the current lack of available treatments. Monoclonal antibodies represent a promising drug class that could be applied to antibiotic resistant infections to harness a patients own immune system to effectively combat the invading threat. In this program we present an optimized workflow ...

Hyperkalemia is a serious concern in the treatment of combat casualties as it is a common complication of acute kidney injury, which prevents the excretion of excessive plasma potassium released from damaged tissue. The risk of death from hyperkalemia-induced cardiac arrhythmias is significant in the absence of renal replacement therapy (RRT). Rapid evacuation out of Iraq and Afghanistan ensured t ...

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