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Because of its high sensitivity polymerase chain reaction PCR is the gold standard for the diagnosis of many infectious diseases but generally only implemented in well equipped laboratories One of the major roadblocks for expanding PCR to point of care markets is the lack of simple robust single tube PCR designs which preserve its laboratory based high sensitivity and specificity In this F ...

Type Diabetes T D results from a breakdown of self tolerance that is characterized by immune cell mediated destruction of the insulin producing cells in the pancreas Ultimately glucose metabolism is interrupted resulting in the development of life threatening complications such as heart disease and renal failure T D affects an estimated million Americans with more than new patie ...

Errors in the planning and delivery of radiation therapy can result in inferior outcomes for patients The magnitude of this problem is now well appreciated from cooperative group trials and other sources At present however there are few concrete tools to reduce the chance of plan errors passing undetected Current practice uses a variety of error mitigation means such as human inspection of th ...

Alzheimer s disease AD is a multifactorial heterogeneous and enormously complex disorder characterized by progressive intellectual deterioration Although remarkable advances have been made in unraveling the biological basis of the disease in the last two decades that immense knowledge has not been translated in to successful therapy With the failure of secretase inhibitors at the clinical tr ...

Project Summary Diabetic retinopathy DR is a leading cause of vision loss affecting about million people worldwide A major breakthrough in DR therapy is the recent approval of vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF inhibitors However anti VEGF therapy has limited efficacy with a number of side effects The critical barrier is how to identify other angiogenic targets for alternative or ...

The metabolic syndrome MetS is a cluster of factors that increases the risks for cardiovascular disease type diabetes mellitus and mortality and currently affects andgt of US adults MetS is associated with endothelial dysfunction decreased circulating endothelial progenitor cells EPCs and a pro inflammatory state We have made the exciting discovery that therapy with allogeneic me ...

Because of its high sensitivitypolymerase chain reactionPCRis the gold standard for the diagnosis of many infectious diseasesbut generally only implemented in well equipped laboratoriesOne of the major roadblocks for expanding PCR to point of care markets is the lack of simplerobustsingle tube PCR designs which preserve its laboratory based high sensitivity and specificityIn this Fast Track STTR a ...

Providing Army combat medics with meaningful experience in treatment of battlefield injuries is a particular challenge. Moulage has the potential to assist in acquiring what could otherwise be very hard-to-come-by preparatory experience for the distressing real-life emergencies medics and soldiers may encounter in the field. However, current approaches to moulage are limited in their ability to re ...

Design Interactive Inc. (DI) and Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) propose to develop an Augmented reality Learning Environment for Refresher Training (ALERT) that provides realistic and relevant Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) scenarios using AR technologies integrated with mannequins for pre-deployment training and humans for deployed training environments. ALERT will facilitate learnin ...

Training can now delivered on a large scale through platforms, but must be engaging to be effectively utilized. Key to providing training that makes a difference in the field is an understanding of how to induce high levels or engagement during learning, and the ability to objectively assess engagement in real-time so that interventions can be tailored during training to optimize engagement and m ...