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PROJECT SUMMARY The overall goal of the proposed research and technology transfer effort is to develop a low costpoint of caremobile device based technology for automated identification of Stillandapos s murmurthe most common innocentbenign and harmlessheart murmur of childhoodThis novel technology could reduce the current rate of over half a million children unnecessarily referred to pediatric ca ...

Project Summary Abstract Every yearapproximatelysevere mistreatments happen in radiation therapyRadiation therapy lawsuits rank in the top third of all medical specialties with an average of $per claim settled or litigatedThe current method for detecting treatment errors is by a weekly patient chart checkwhere each treatment record is manually reviewed on a weekly basisThis labor intensive and ine ...

Project Summary Bacillus anthracisBais a Gram positive spore forming bacterium that is listed as an agent of highest concernCategory Aby NIAID and CDCBa is easy to growand its spores can be formulated into highly stable powder form and disseminated as aerosol or used to contaminate food or waterInletters laced with powdered anthrax spores were mailed to several US politiciansTwenty two peopleinclu ...

Project SummaryThe objective of this supplementation request is to further our recent advances in the development of thewell Immuno CometChip assay results and build a prototypewell preformer giving the assay more utility and increasing commercial viability

The discovery and commercial development of licensed vaccines often take many years of research followed by years of pre-clinical and clinical development. We propose to assess the feasibility of using a novel irradiation-inactivation technology to develop vaccines more rapidly. The technology utilizes a manganese-peptide complex to protect antigenic proteins from ionizing radiation while allowing ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Low level tumor associated somatic DNA mutations can have profound implications for development of metastasis prognosis choice of treatment follow up or early cancer detection Unless they are effectively detected these low level mutations can misinform patient management decisions or become missed opportunities for personalized medicine Widely used tech ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Respiratory syncytial virus RSV is a substantial threat to human health most severely affecting three large populations infants young children and the elderly Despite the significance of RSV disease in these different populations there are no vaccines available The goal of this Phase II STTR project is to continue preclinical testing of a novel RSV vac ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This project aims to improve the accuracy of tests for early tooth decay dental caries specifically for interproximal surfaces where the posterior teeth abut one another In these regions there is no physical space to visually inspect or probe for caries Instead dentists rely on bitewing X rays BWs But dentists cannot tell whether lucencies observed ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Alcohol misuse continues to pose a major burden for public health Screening and brief intervention for alcohol misuse in primary care settings has been recommended for decades and the evidence base supporting it in primary care is robust However many primary care providers do not intervene in alcohol misuse and those that do often fail to do so systematica ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Our overall goal is to develop a novel computing solution for automatic and accurate registration spatial alignment of dimensional D medical images of any modality and any anatomy rigid or deformable in minute or less Such capability currently does not exist Existing image registration solutions have limited accuracy and or limited applicability p ...