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Project Summary Abstract Synthetic arteriovenous grafts AVGs can provide life sustaining vascular access for dialysis patients but are subject to multiple modes of failure and complications related to chronic needle cannulation poor graft identification delayed access and bleeding These graft needle cannulation associated complications translate to millions of dollars in health care expense ...

DESCRIPTION: We identified the Myrica cerifera (Southern Bayberry) extract using a systematic screen as a potent reducer of the structural protein tau, which accumulates in a group of diseases called the tauopathies . The most prevalent tauopathy is Alzheimer's disease, for which there is renewed interest in the identification of tau- based therapeutic approaches to treat this devastating d ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Controlled release formulations can improve patient adherence and drug safety or even enable new types of basic medical research. The key to realizing these benefits is the ability to design and produce these formulations in a cost-effectiv and timely manner. Thus far, strategies at improving this process have focused on the development of novel materials and p ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Nucleosomes are the basic building blocks of chromatin and composed of bp DNA wrapped around a core histone octamer Chromatin function is controlled by the dynamic addition removal of histone post translational modifications PTMs Significantly alterations in specific PTMs are associated with changes in gene expression driving the emergence progression of many cancer ...

Project Summary Abstract The goal of this proposal is to develop a novel high throughput platform for understanding gene regulatory elements in order to identify new drug targets for common diseases The human genome encodes approximately genes Understanding how those genes are regulated and how this correlates to complex cell phenotypes has long been a major focus of our team Follow up p ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In nearly million new cancer cases are estimated to occur in the US where nearly two thirds will have treatment by radiation therapy In current clinical practice organ contour delineation on medical images is still performed with low levels of automation due to lack of highly automated commercial contouring software This deteriorates therapy plann ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Optical microscopy is the most commonly used imaging technique in life and material sciences however the spatial resolution of any standard microscope is fundamentally limited by the diffraction of light waves which for visible light restricts spatial resolution to nm Surpassing the diffraction limit significantly impacts several disciplines such as me ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Cell Microsystems Inc is an early stage biotechnology company whose mission is the commercialization of a novel cost effective platform enabling the identification and efficient isolation of viable cells based on morphologic and fluorescence signatures as well as characteristics that change over time The CellRaft technology is based on a unique cell array recently developed ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): SUMMARY This project aims to produce and beta-test a clinical decision support application for end- stage heart failure, titled CHRiSS: Cardiac Health Risk Stratification System. It will be designed for patients with progressive heart failure who may eventually become candidates for ventricular assist device (VAD) therapy. The software will be build upon existi ...

Commercial Polymerases to Create Receptors Ligands and Catalysts on Demand Firebird Biomolecular Sciences LLC University of Texas Steven A Benner Andrew D Ellington ABSTRACT Innovators at Firebird Biomolecular Sciences LLC have created several generations of an artificially ex panded genetic information system AEGIS that adds eight nucleobases that form four additional pairs Z P S ...