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PROJECT SUMMARY Diabetic retinopathyDRis a complication of diabetes and a leading cause of blindness in the worldAlthough it is widely accepted that DR is driven by ischemiathe current grading of DR severity is based only on structural alterations such as the presence of abnormal retinal microvasculature in non proliferative DR or angiogenesis in proliferative DRAs a resultmost patients have alrea ...

SummaryThis SBIR is to develop a pediatric widefield fundus cameraWFCfor non mydriatic examination of retinopathy of prematurityROPIn coordination with unique eye speculum based trans pars planar illuminatorthis pediatric WFC will be a low cost and portable device withfundus view in single shot imagesIt is known that ROP can affect periphery of the retinaand thus widefield fundus examination is es ...

ABSTRACT Peripheral nerve injuryPNIis a common consequence of trauma or surgeryand the extent of functional recovery is often unsatisfactoryMoreovera particular challenge is the repair ofmajorPNIdefined as injuries where a large segment of a nerve is losti eandgtcmor more proximal injuriese gbrachial plexus or upper armthat necessitate extremely long distances for axonal regeneration to distal end ...

SUMMARY The proposed research focuses on the use of neuroimaging and machine learning to detect and understand the progression of neurodegeneration caused by repetitive brain traumaand to differentiate this from that caused by Alzheimer s diseaseADand other dementiasThe deliverables defined in this Phase I stage will support the development of a commercial software product for use in pharmaceutica ...

Project Summary This Small Business Innovation Research Fast Track project aims to develop a wearable sensor system for hand hygiene compliance tracking and validate its efficacy through a pilot trial in clinical settingsHealthcareAssociated InfectionsHAIsare the most common type of complication for patients who are hospitalizedAccording to the Center for Disease Control and Preventioninthere were ...

ABSTRACT The economic burden of chronic pain in the U Sis staggeringIn the cases of medically refractory chronic neuropathic painneuromodulationsuch as spinal cord stimulationSCSand or dorsal root ganglionDRGstimulationis a non opioid based optionThough neuromodulation is typically electricalhere we examine an alternative with pulsed high intensity focused ultrasoundHIFUDelivering HIFU at lower do ...

While sensitive imaging tools to detectamyloid and tau proteins and other biomarkers for established Alzheimer s diseaseADand other neurodegenerative diseases are availablesimilar tools for detecting presymptomaticetiologic biomarkers of these diseases are notAmong the earliest steps in AD is a failure of the ubiquitin proteasome pathway to respond to misfolded proteins by causing their degradatio ...

Abstract Aoligomers are considered the most toxic structural form of Amyloid betacausing synaptotoxic changes underlying cognitive decline in Alzheimer s diseaseCogRx has developed the world s first highly brain penetrant drug that selectively displaces oligomers from synaptic receptor sites and clears oligomers from the brain into the cerebrospinal fluidCSFThis first in class drugCTallosterically ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Failure of new drugs at late stages of development is an extremely costly event commonly associated with the detection of unexpected arrhythmogenic properties in novel drugs Undetected arrhythmia inducing effects are also a common reason for drug withdrawal from the market As a result the FDA now mandates that all new drugs be tested for potential arrhythmogenic properties which ha ...

Project SummaryAbstract Reia is working to address a prevalent gynecological conditionpelvic organ prolapsePOPwhich affects more thanof women over the age ofPOP occurs when the pelvic floor connective tissue and muscles weakenallowing the uterus or vaginal walls to descendIn extreme casesthe uterus descends through the opening of the vagina and hangs outside of the bodyPOP can be treated non surgi ...