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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The ability to culture human embryonic stem cells generated a great deal of excitement about their vast potential for treating a variety of human diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, neurological, retinal and skin disorders to name a few. Unlike adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells have indefinite growth potential and the potential to develop into any t ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Phase 1 STTR project will determine the feasibility of using web services, based on standard SOAP/XML (HL-7) protocols, to exchange Emergency Medical Services (EMS) field data with disparate hospital information systems. It will build upon a pre-hospital software package called iRevive, which consists of a network of wireless, handheld computers linked ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Molecule specific targeting and improving image contrast have been recognized as important research areas in cancer imaging. Goal of cancer diagnosis and prognosis research is to develop new imaging techniques to detect lesions with certainty in early stages so that they can be treated. Developing biomarkers, which will signal the presence and the type of lesio ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A separation method will be tested and evaluated to determine the feasibility of providing no carrier added lutetium-177 (Lu-177) for use in radiotherapeutic applications. An indirect method will be used to produce Lu-177 (neutron capture followed by decay). Separation of the Lu-177 from the target material will enable us to provide carrier-free Lu-177 suita ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this project is to design and build cameras that can efficiently detect and image isotopes that have gamma rays with energies that are typically beyond those effectively accessible with conventional cameras. There are no nuclear medicine clinical cameras, today, that combine high efficiency with the ability to image high-energy gamma rays. ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal outlines a body of research to evaluate the cytotoxicity and therapeutic efficacy of radiolabeled alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (a-MSH) peptide analogs that target a-particle emitting radioisotopes to the nuclei of melanoma cells. The selective targeting of alpha-particle emitting radioisotopes for cancer therapy is emerging as an exciting ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): NIH sponsored cancer researchers have been obtaining promising results using molecules radiolabeled with lead-212 in treatment for metastatic melanoma and disseminated colon and pancreatic cancers. Another isotope, radium-223 is being used in clinical trials in treatment of skeletal metastases. There is no effective therapy for these diseases. Together 199,280 ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Targeted Pb-212 therapy in preclinical animal tests has shown a cure in groups receiving the highest dose of this therapy. Scaling the dose that was most efficacious in animal studies to people would bring the human dose required from 50 to 100 mCi. This application will research an approach that would provide a generator system that would support these require ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall objective of this project is to develop a clinically and commercially viable tissue engineered bone construct using nanocrystalline ceramic scaffolds for proliferating and differentiating adipose-derived progenitor cells into cells of the osteogenic lineage. The use of a nanostructured hydroxyapatite (nano-HAP) scaffold offers several advantages for ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Osteoporosis is a major and growing health care problem that responds inadequately to standard pharmacologic therapy. Because of its low bone mineral density, osteoporotic bone is mechanically weak and fractures more easily than normal bone. Moreover, fracture repair is compromised in osteoporotic patients. The work described in this Phase I STTR proposal aims ...