Award Data

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 The global contraceptives market was valued at $ billion in and is expected to grow at a CAGR of from to to reach an estimated value of $ billion in An important high impact driver of this market is the prevalence of unintended pregnancies In the US there are million unintended pregnancies annually through inconsistent or ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This project entails the development of a novel dual component MRI contrast agent formulation for the detecting permeability in the luminal surface of the urinary bladder The purpose of having such a test is ultimately to allow clinicians in certain circumstances to differentially diagnose a chronic non infectious inflammation of the urinary bladder from a ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This proposal will assess the quantitative capabilities of surface enhanced Raman scattering SERS detection of cocaine and marijuana metabolites in urine samples Combining low cost instrumentation and novel chemical sensing provides an innovative new approach for diagnosing illicit drug use Current methods use a colorimetric indicator to screen specimens fo ...

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 ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantBreast cancer is the most common malignancy in women living in the USwith more thannew cases diagnosed each yearand an estimatedwomen dying from the disease inGreater thanof these diagnoses are classified as triple negative breast cancerTNBCwhich is considered among the most aggressive breast cancer sub typeswith the worst prognosisTNBC is difficult to treat because ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Polychromatic flow cytometry FC is one of the most powerful analytical techniques used in immunology basic research and clinical medicine In basic research FC is a primary tool for understanding disease development at the cellular and subcellular levels In the rapidly developing field of immunotherapy FC is an indispensable tool for monitoring the effec ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant By January oncology care providers will be expected to craft Survivorship Care Plans SCPs for all individuals ending active treatment for cancer however there is a lack of systematic study of the impact survivorship planning has on patients providers or healthcare systems The Polaris Oncology Survivorship Transition POST program is a web based sy ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The long term objective of this project study is to develop a monoclonal antibody that inhibits the progression of diabetic retinopathy Insulin like growth factor I IGF I has been implicated in both endothelial dysfunction as well as the proliferative phase of the disease but IGF I concentrations in retina are not increased During hyperglycemia IGF I activa ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant We propose to bring to market a novel regenerative medicine based therapy for fecal incontinence FI FI is the recurrent uncontrolled passage of fecal material The Internal Anal Sphincter IAS is responsible for maintaining anorectal continence Function of the IAS is dependent upon the neuromuscular integrity of both the smooth muscle and the intrinsic en ...