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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cloning of the hot and cold thermal receptors has advanced the understanding of the molecular basis of thermal sensation. Two important remaining questions to be addressed are the identification of additional thermal receptor genes and the elucidation of the mechanism(s) that enable the receptor proteins to alter gating properties in response to changes in temp ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall aim of this STTR proposal is to take an innovative, successful; laboratory based technology and transfer it to the commercial sector. Specifically, we wish to establish the capabilities within the Company to manufacture reliable, robust and inexpensive ultra-micro oxygen sensors suitable for electrochemical applications related to cellular metabolis ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neuropsychiatric condition characterized by hyperactivity, inattention and impulsivity, typically in school-aged boys. Psychostimulants, including methylphenidate and amphetamines, are commonly used to alleviate symptoms of ADHD. However, these medications are typically associated with undesirable sid ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of phase I and II of this proposal is to develop microarray-based methods for high throughput profiling of proteins. This will be done in two different ways, one based on arrays of 100s of thousands of distinct peptides on 1 cm2 chips that can be used to fingerprint proteins, the other based on thousands or tens of thousands of antibodies again ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this proposal is to evaluate the potential of atiprimod, a drug previously explored for treating rheumatoid arthritis, to treat human multiple myeloma (MM) and other metastatic osteolytic bone diseases. Atiprimod is an orally bioavailable drug that originally completed phase I/lla clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis patients, with patient exposu ...

Interpretation of video imagery is the quintessential goal of computer vision. The ability to group moving pixels into regions and then associate semantic labels with those regions has long been studied by the vision community. Only recently have thecomponent technologies matured sufficiently to make this goal attainable for well-defined scenarios. We propose a system for semantic interpretation o ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Regulation of gene expression by transcription factors is one of the most fundamental biological processes. The pharmaceutical manipulation of this process would open doors toward new approaches to treatment of cancer and other major diseases. We aim to develop a novel, comprehensive technology for manipulation of gene expression based on synthetic analogu ...

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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Molecular profiling of gene expression is a powerful tool that can be used to stage human tumors and categorize them with respect to projected prognosis and therapeutic responsiveness. This technology has been applied most effectively to leukemias and lymphomas for which it is relatively easy to obtain highly enriched pools of tumor cells. Similar approaches ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): Transplantation represents the only therapy for end-stage organ failure caused by a variety of incurable diseases. However, rejection by the host represents a major obstacle to long-term survival of transplants. While acute rejection is currently controlled by immunosuppressive drugs, continuous treatment with these non-selective agents impairs the entire ...