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Despite the myriad major advances in cardiologythe prognosis for patients with severemedically refractive heart failureHFis exceedingly poorApproximatelydeaths occur annually in patients with HF who have endured an impaired quality of life often accompanied by significant economic and personal losses due to recurrent hospitalizationsAt leastof these deaths were directly related to severe heart fai ...

PROJECT SUMMARY There is need for an artificial oxygenOcarrier to substitute for banked blood in settings wherestored blood is unavailablepre hospital care transportaustere environmentsundeveloped countriesorundesirabletransfusion risk exceeds benefitTo address this needwe developedErythroMerEMa first inclass nano cyte blood substituteEM is a deformablecross linked polymeric nanoparticle that inco ...

AbstractNoise is the number one occupational and environmental hazardand noiseinduced hearing lossNIHLis one common form of sensorineural hearing deficitonly second to age related hearing lossCurrently no drug preventing NIHL is approved by the United States Food and Drug AdministrationFDAOne major challenge for the introduction of such interventions is the need to identify appropriate human popul ...

AbstractSmart Sensor Bandage for Ulcer Monitoring Non healing pressure ulcers result in approximately $billion in additional treatments each year in the United Statesraising in hospital mortality by nearly threefold and lengthening hospital stay by more than double when ulcers are presentThis burden is particularly pronounced in assisted living facilities where occurrence is high and skilled nursi ...

Project Summary Arch Innotek proposes to develop a sustainablecost effective fermentation process to produce lutein using engineered yeastLutein is an important antioxidant compound that can slow the progression of vision loss caused by age related macular degenerationAMDcataractsand retinitis pigmentosaAside from protecting eyesdietary intake of lutein can reduce risk of skin disordersseveral typ ...