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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) recognizes the need for low-power high-bandwidth radiation-hard optical interconnects to process more data more quickly and to replace electronic data.Our companys core development in optical communications with semiconductor materials is a unique fit for DTRAs low-power consumption high-bandwidth radiation-hard intra-chip communication components for sat ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACTMillions of children around the globe are afflicted with conditions that can alter neuropsychological developmentincluding human immunodeficiency virusHIVtraumatic brain injuryTBIcerebral malariaand a host of other developmental and acquired diseases and disordersEarly assessment and intervention are critical in overcoming cognitive and developmental deficiencies and are in ...

Packed red blood cellpRBCtransfusions save livesHoweverhundreds of thousands of non hemolytic transfusion reactions occur each year worldwideranging from mild fever and pruritisto serious lifethreatening reactions such as severe hyperkalemiaanaphylaxisand transfusion related acute lung injuryTRALIMild moderate reactions drive patient discomfortdocumentationand testing costs while serious reactions ...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaPDACis a highly lethal form of cancerIn most patientsdetection is at an advanced stage and the outcome is poorThis project is directed towards development of a molecularly targeted ultrasound contrast agent with potential to detect early stage disease while still curableIn Phase I of this projectwe incorporated the engineered human single chain variable fragmentscFv ...

The incidence of heart failureHFcontinues to increase in the United States despite significant advances in pharmacological therapies and novel devicesThere is an acute need for novel treatment strategies for heart failureA key abnormality in HF is defective handling of calcium that has been partially related to abnormal sarcoplasmic reticulumSRfunction in cardiac myocytesReduced expression and alt ...

7. Project Summary/Abstract: Outbreaks of infection caused by contaminated endoscopes are a serious public health problem that has even resulted in patient deaths. Currently, because of the narrowness of the channels and complexity of the endoscope, there simply is no reliable way of achieving this. The existing cleaning protocols also are highly dependent on operator technique. Accordingly, this ...

Project Summary. The Indicator Cell Assay Platform (iCAP) is an inexpensive blood-based assay that can be used for early detection of disease, disease stage stratification, prognosis and response to therapy for a variety of diseases. The iCAP uses cultured, standardized cells as biosensors, capitalizing on the ability of cells to respond to disease signals present in serum with exquisite sensitivi ...

Abstract The Specific Aim of this Phase II SBIR proposal is to develop an affordable commercial quality product for improved metagenomic sequencing and culture free microbial discoveryWith development of high throughput sequencing technologieswe now have the capacity to sequence entire genomes of cultured microorganismsHoweverwe only have a limited capacity to sequence pooled genomesmicrobiomesthr ...

Project Summary Current SARS-CoV-2 molecular diagnosis tests mostly are based on real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR). Digital PCR is a next-generation PCR technology based on limiting dilution, end-point PCR, and Poisson statistics. Digital PCR transforms the exponential, analog nature of qPCR quantification into a linear, digital signal quantification. Compared to qPCR, digital PCR offers several i ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT The National Research Council recognizes that serious computer games can support new inquiry based approaches to science instructionproviding virtual laboratories or field learning experiences that overcome practical and logistical constraints to student investigationsWith the nationally recognized need to encourage and enhance education in the ScienceTechnologyEngineering ...