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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant There are parathyroid glands in the neck and they are responsible for the production of parathyroid hormone which maintains calcium homeostasis throughout the body They are difficult to identify relative to the other tissues in the neck such s lymph nodes fat thyroid etc This has resulted in the incidence of accidental parathyroid removal ranging from ...

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 Using mouse monoclonal antibodies mAbs raised against the mediators of quorum sensing QS the Auto Inducing Peptides AIPs researchers at The Scripps Research Institute TSRI have demonstrated that S aureus infections can be prevented in animal challenge models This approach known as quorum quenching QQ is unique in at least two significant ways fi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Chest pain in patients presenting to the emergency department ED present a clinical dilemma transfer for emergent coronary revascularization admit overnight for cardiac telemetry and stress testing or discharge home with medical follow up In this proposal we hypothesize that a novel thrombus specific Spectral Computed Tomography Multicolored CT nanopar ...