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Micro-RDC has developed portable radiation effects test structures that scale to new process nodes.These structures will enable the investigation of the effects of radiation on the new technology from the material processing level as well as the circuit level.Fabricating the chosen structures and the refinement of software to extract the model parameters will be completed in this effort.A suite of ...

Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathyCIPNcan be a chronicseverely debilitating consequence of cancer therapy for which there are no effective management strategiesMoreoverupwards ofof CIPN patients reported using prescription opioids for pain management despite the fact that there is only weak evidence that long term continuation of opioids provides clinically significant pain relief in these ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Klebsiella pneumoniae is an increasingly prevalent drug resistant nosocomial pathogenCommonlyKpneumoniae isolates are carbapenem resistantwhich are referred to as carbapenem resistant EnterobacteriaceaeCREand present significantly less therapeutic intervention optionsFurthermorecommunity acquired infections associated with hypervirulent isolates of Kpneumoniae have emerged that are ...

Project SummaryChildhood TB is estimated to contributeof the disease burden in high burden settingswith approximately a million cases per year inworldwideExisting gold standard diagnostic culture tools fail to confirm TB in most childrenwho typically have low bacterial counts and cannot produce sputumMore sensitive and child friendly diagnostic tools are urgently needed to diagnose TB in childrenC ...

AbstractLEXEO TherapeuticsLLCis an early stage biotechnology company focused on using gene therapy technologies to protect vulnerable organs from oxidant stressLEXthest LEXEO productis ast in classnext generation gene therapy treatment for alphaantitrypsinAATdeficiencyan autosomal recessive hereditary disorder associated with low serum levels of AATAATSERPINAakDa serine antiprotease produced by th ...

Project Summary As part of the FDA approval process for novel therapeutic drugssafety screening demonstrating that the candidate drug does not have deleterious effects on the human cardiac action potential is requiredHealthy human heart cells are not available for such preclinical drug testingThere is currently no consensus on the best experimental approach to provide the most efficienteconomicala ...

Project Summary Abstract Children with speech sound disorder show diminished accuracy and intelligibility in spoken communication and may thus be perceived as less capable or intelligent than peerseven when they are of average or above average intellectual abilityWhile most speech errors resolve by the late school age yearsup toof individuals will continue to exhibit residual speech errorsRSEthrou ...

AbstractA major shortfall in clinical care for diabetes is a rapid and accurate screen for progression to diseaseCurrent criteria involve HLA haplotypeand the presence of auto antibodiesAAGenome wide associated studiesGWASrevealed only immune associated genes including HLA as T D predictorsThe ability to differentiate from other diseases was very limitedPre typediabetesp T Dis now being identified ...

Psychostimulant abuse is a significant public health problemwithmillion Americans reporting cocaine use andmillion reporting methamphetamine useCurrentlythere are no FDA approved pharmacotherapies to treat stimulant dependencePrevious cocaine medications development efforts have focused on small molecule drugs as they can readily enter the brainThe lack of brain penetrance by large molecules was s ...

ABSTRACTPrematurity is the largest single cause of death in children under five in the world and lower respiratory tract infectionsLRTIare the top cause of hospitalization and mortality in premature infantsClinical tools to predict and prevent severe LRTI in premature pediatric patients are critically needed to allow early interventions to decrease the high morbidity and mortality in this patient ...