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Project Summary AbstractThe objective of this proposal is to perform proof of concept experiments on a new hand held surgical instrument that provides dexterity at the tip of a rigid bronchoscopeThis approach is less invasive than traditional open surgeryand will be safer than the current rigid bronchoscopic approachwhich lacks dexterity in port delivered instrumentsOur new system will feature nee ...

Project Summary Abstract Mitochondrial dysfunction causes mitochondrial diseases and is tightly linked to aging and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinsonandapos s and Alzheimerandapos sRecent discoveries support that mitochondrial dysfunction can be overcome to treat age related declineCyteGenandapos s hypothesis is that exercise induces the secretion of bloodborne proteins that act system ...

Project Summary Chronic liver disease is becoming a major public health issue with estimates of up to 40% prevalence of non- alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and 12% with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in the U.S. Liver disease and cirrhosis was the 12th leading cause of mortality in the U.S. in 2014. Obesity and metabolic syndrome are important causes of fatty liver disease or steatosi ...

Project Summary The long term goal of this project is to develop a wirelesswearable system to estimate the tension in tendons of the legs during dynamic movementsTendon tension provides an estimate of muscle forcewhich is important information for understanding biomechanical behavior in all types of movementthough it has previously been difficult to measureRecent advances have shown that skin moun ...

PROJECT SUMMARYThe overall goal of this Phase I proposal is to designdevelop and test the feasibility of advanced quantitative magnetic resonance imagingMRIphantoms that mimic the simultaneous presence of fatiron and fibrosisFatiron and fibrosis are three principal histological coexisting features of many important disease statesPhantoms are highly controlled test objects that accurately reflect t ...

Project Summary Abstract Peripheral T cell lymphomaPTCLis a heterogeneous cancer that constitutes up toof all non Hodgkin lymphomaNHLThe World Health Organization classification recognizes a number of distinct subtypes of PTCL but the diagnosis of these different subtypes is challenging even for expert hematopathologistsFurthermoreof PTCL cases are not classifiable into any specific subtype at all ...

TypeDiabetes MellitusT DMis an increasingly prevalent form of diabetes in which the insulin producingcells of the pancreas are destroyed by an autoimmune attackand as a resultno endogenous insulin is producedMost often diagnosed in childrenmillion Americans suffer from T DMandnew cases are diagnosed annually worldwideT DM profoundly impacts patientshealth and quality of life due to the constant ne ...

The goal of this workis to establish a radiation-aware capability in a commercial EDA design flow that will enable first-pass success in radiation resiliency for DoD ASIC designs in much the same way that existing EDA design suites ensure first pass functionality and performance success of complex ASICs destined for commercial applications.Such an integrated capability does not presently exist.The ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This Small Business Technology Transfer STTR Phase I project proposes to develop autonomously bioluminescent human stem cells for continuous reagent free and real time bioimaging to address the National Institutes of Healthandapos s request for new techniques for non invasive long term tracking of stem cell survivability engraftment and migration followi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The human transcriptome is significantly more complex than its cognate genome due to the hundreds of thousands of possible isoforms allele specific expression issues variable RNA editing changes and differential expression patterns spanning cell types developmental stages and physiological stresses Next generation sequencing NGS platforms are fundame ...