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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of the proposed project by Smart Activities of Daily Living, LLC (Smart ADLs) is to develop a device (the Smart Cup) that will improve the health of older adults by managing nutrition using smart health technology. Malnutrition (under nutrition) is a common geriatric syndrome found in older adults across the care continuum. Older adults accou ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Arphion is a company established to develop noninvasive products that will be used to diagnose, prevent, and treat head and neck and other cancers. 41,000 people are diagnosed with head and neck cancer (HNC) every yearin the United States, with 8,000 deaths. Tens of millions of people in the US are at increased risk for HNC due to exposure to the polycyclic ary ...

Objectives and Intellectual Merit: The infrastructure of modern civilization is a set of complex systems1 that dynamically interact across multiple layers of abstraction. Researchers from many disciplines2 are designing analytical tools for predicting the global and local behaviors of these complicated, multi-layer networks. Easily usable, available (open source) and inter-operated tools are neede ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): AuraSense Therapeutics (AST), along with Northwestern University, is applying a recently developed technology using oligonucleotide-functionalized nanoparticles (called spherical nucleic acids or SNAs) to control protein expression. These easily synthesized nanoparticles can have either DNA or RNA shells, and are less than 50 nm in hydrodynamic diameter. SNA co ...

Future vaccine development should focus on rapid upscale production, long-term and broad protection, and sufficient global distribution to prevent and reduce the impact of many infectious diseases and potential epidemics. Agave BioSystems proposes to develop a novel whole-microorganism vaccine inactivation strategy involving high-throughput screen of extensive radio-protectant matrices and radiati ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The primary goal of this study is to develop an automated scoring system of leptomeningeal collaterals based on CT angiography CTA as a quantitative assessment of acute stroke Leptomeningeal collaterals provide an alternate path of blood flow in the setting of a proximal occlusion The presence and effectiveness of leptomeningeal collaterals i e andquot c ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Prostate cancer PCA is the most common non skin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in American men with over new cases diagnosed and over PCA deaths annually in the United States Ultrasound guided biopsy is the standard of care for confirming cancer typically following elevated PSA levels however it has been estimated that ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Pseudouridine is the most abundant post transcriptionally modified nucleoside found in ribonucleic acid RNA Pseudouridine is an enzymatically generated isomer of the canonical base uridine with additional hydrogen bonding capabilities and appears to lead to local structural and biochemical effects within RNAs Pseudouridine has been detected in several type ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this STTR proposal is to develop a 2-D diffusion point-of-care assay (POC) for B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP). The primary goal of the proposed work is to create a test format that will allow patientswith chronic heart failure to quantitatively self-monitor serum levels of BNP. Determination of baseline level of BNP and changes in this level ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Nearly percent of death and disease worldwide is linked to environmental factors WHO therefore it is critical that the general public has basic understanding of how the environment affects their health and how they might protect themselves against environmental exposures Unfortunately environmental health content is typically covered on a very ...