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PROJECT SUMMARY Actively involving informal caregivers in direct patient care at the bedside in the intensive care unit (ICU) has the potential to improve patient, informal caregiver, and health care system outcomes. Practice guidelines call for the liberal inclusion of informal caregivers as active partners in ICU care, but there is a critical, unmet need to develop tools that effectively operati ...

In 2020 alone, pancreatic cancer is estimated to have resulted in 47,050 deaths in the U.S. making it the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) makes up greater than 90% of all pancreatic cancer diagnoses and has an overall five-year survival rate of just 10%. New therapeutic options are needed to improve the poor prognosis for patients with PDAC. Ex ...

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT The goal of this project is to demonstrate the feasibility of a novel technology that is expected to boost yields from pharmaceutical industrial insulin production by greater than four-fold over conventional methods. Higher yields will lower production costs, generating savings that will ultimately be passed onto the millions of diabetic patients who require daily insuli ...

ABSTRACT Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide and comes with a significant economic burden associated with emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Oxidative stress- mediated secondary injury post-TBI is a considerable risk factor for mortality and long-term impairment. Immediately following TBI, a cascade of biological responses leads to i ...

Abstract Unceasing breakthroughs in technology will shape future healthcare diagnosis, treatment, and delivery. Telerehabilitation delivers rehabilitative healthcare remotely to overcome spatial, temporal and economic barriers. Effectiveness of telerehabilitation has been seen for patients with orthopedic and traumatic injuries, degenerative central nervous system disorders, and cardiovascular dis ...

ABSTRACT This STTR Phase I project uses mixed-method formative evaluation strategies to develop, test, and evaluate an alpha prototype of Breezmed, a point-of-care electronic prior authorization web-based platform. Prior authorization burdens the current medical system, hampering a provider’s ability to efficiently prescribe medication and in a timely fashion. This often leads to treatment non-c ...

Abstract: Non-healing wounds affect ~25% of people with diabetes and represent a primary cause of amputation of lower limbs, which is an enormous clinical problem and a substantial economic burden. Given the lack of approved agents that effectively aid in the healing of diabetic wounds, a major need exists for developing novel pharmacological agents for treating diabetic wounds. Chronic diabetic w ...

The long range goal of this fast track research application is to improve healthcare quality and reduce healthcare costs nationwide among those at risk for medication related hospitalizationThe specific objective of this proposed research is to develop an algorithm that uses existing electronic health information to efficiently identify patients at risk of medication related hospitalization so tha ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT SignificanceCell therapy is expected to become an important method to treat chronic diseases such as diabetesrheumatoid arthritisretinal diseases like macular degeneration and certain types of cancersThe cell therapy market in general is projected to become a $billion industry byHuman pluripotent stem cellshPSCsare of particular importance since their utility as a source f ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Therapeutics based on nucleic acids NA promise to revolutionize treatment of multiple diseases but their widespread use is currently limited by the lack of efficient delivery methods We have recently developed a new NA delivery platform based on polymeric CXCR inhibitors PCX suitable as dual function systems for simultaneous NA delivery and inhibition of ...