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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 ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): PharmacoPhotonics (DBA FAST, Inc.) proposes Fast-Track research to determine GFR in its first human Pilot study. The long-term goal of this SBIR project is to test FAST's minimally invasive catheter based fluorescent device in humans and commercialize this device for rapid detection and quantification of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in patients with ac ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Approximately 24 million adults and children in the United States have 1 Diabetes Mellitus (diabetes) and 1.6 million new cases are diagnosed each year. Type 2 is the most common form of the disease accounting for over90% of the diabetics worldwide. The remaining 5 to 10% of diabetics are plagued with the more serious Type 1 condition which is most often diagno ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States. In spite of intensive investigations, clinical therapies for treating acute stroke patients remain limited and unsatisfactory. There are consistent animal and human data that mild to moderate hypothermia (reducing body temperature to 32-34oC) is generally safe and improves outcome after brain ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Heart disease remains the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized world and continues to incur costs estimated at 30 billion per year, despite detailed understanding of the mechanisms governing cardiac function and contractility. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a recently discovered family of tiny regulatory RNAs, act as negative regulators of gene ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Cardiomyopathy has various forms including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy HCM in prevalence could cause sudden cardiac death in athletes Dilated Cardiomyopathy DCM in prevalence results in an enlarge left ventricle Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Cardiomyopathy ARVD C in prevalence causes cardiac fibrosis Yearly over $ ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The present application andquot Novel Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorderandquot addresses the critical need for efficacious treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD A key neural signaling cascade activated by a trauma experience is initiated by the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate Activation of the NMDA receptor a glutamate receptor ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Aptamer Based Detection of Cardiac Biomarker Glycosylation States Using APT SNAP Arrays PIs Christopher L Warren and Mary S Ozers The presence of cardiac related biomarkers in patient biospecimens can provide important insight into diagnosis of cardiovascular disease its progression and optimal therapies for treatment Most of the cardiac biomarkers in cli ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Mass spectrometry based proteomics is an emerging technology that has seen possible applications everywhere The technique can potentially use one drop of our blood to reveal onset and progress of diseases Current Randamp D using plasma serum proteome sample sets however is severely limited by the high complexity and dynamic range of protein concentrations ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite the rise of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, the development of new antibiotics is on the decline. Methicillin-resistant Staphococcal aureus infections (MRSA) in the United States has been increasing, causing 19,000 deaths per year in the United States and contributing to 3 billion to 4 billion of additional annual health care costs. The issue of ...