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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nearly two-thirds of all medical imaging procedures in the United States are performed in physician offices, yet few of these small healthcare providers can afford picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) needed to exchange these images with large hospitals. Without online access to previous imaging tests many procedures are repeated, leading to exces ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantProteolytic Imaging of Remodeling Myocardium Abstract Heart attacksi emyocardial infarction or MIoccur in more thanmillion patients annuallyAdvances in interventional and pharmacological therapies have dramatically improved survival following the initial MIand patients are often surviving acute MI with more extensive myocardial injuryConsequentlythe number of patien ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Oxidative damage to mitochondrial is a major source of toxicity in diseases such as Alzheimer's (AD), Parkinson's (PD), and Huntington's diseases (HD). Mitochondria are energy powerhouses of the cell, and decline in their function by oxidative damage is a common feature among neurodegenerative diseases. Despite years of effort, however, generic ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant One of the most complex forms of congenital heart disease hypoplastic left heart syndrome HLHS affects an average of in every newborns with a mortality rate of up to percent during the first year of life The overall goal f our research is to develop safe and effective ways to improve short term and long term survival rates in babies born with HL ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common, yet treatable illness if detected early, but it can also have deleterious effects to the mother and child if left untreated. Routine screening for PPD is considered best practice but does not consistently occur due to time and resource constraints. As a result, therapeutic interventions are initiated late and many PPD cases go undetected alt ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Transplantation of insulin-producing cells in many diabetes patients potentially would restore normal glucose homeostasis and prevent the severe long-term complications of the disease. However, the scarcity of donated pancreata currently limits transplantation of the whole organ or of isolated pancreatic islets to a tiny fraction of those patients who might ben ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The design and evaluation of a handheld digital microfluidic (DMF) bioagent analyzer is proposed by Core Microsolutions (CMSS) and University of Michigan Professor K.-D. Lee (College of Pharmacy) for a two year Phase I research period in the NIH Small Business Biodefense Program. This proposed research will integrate: 1) Electrowetting on Dielectric (EWOD) drop ...

Project Summary Medical imaging technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) have been widely used in studying the underlying mechanisms of mental illnesses and neurological disorders such as brain tumors, Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, and depression, etc. However, PET and MRI scans are almost always ordered as separate studies on separate machine ...

Autism spectrum disorderASDis a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant deficits in reciprocal social interactionsimpaired communication and restrictedrepetitive behaviorswith a prevalence ofinchildren in the USEarly intervention programs have been shown to be effective for improving IQlanguageand social skills for toddlers as young asmonths of ageDiagnosis of ASD is currently bas ...

Abstract Summary Nectome will create technologies to enable whole brain nanoscale preservation and imaging a vital step towards a deep understanding of the mind and of the brainandapos s diseases Current brain processing technologies compromise between whole brain applicability or nanoscale resolution our technologies will achieve both si multaneously Similar to the way that next generation ...