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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 Malignant primary brain tumors represent the most frequent cause of cancer death in children and young adults and account for more deaths than cancer of the kidney or melanoma Glioblastoma GBM is uniformly lethal and current therapy is non specific and produces a median overall survival of andlt months In contrast immunotherapeutic approaches are exq ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Medical drugs and devices are regulated by the U S Food and Drug Administration FDA based on data from multicenter clinical trials In U S spending on clinical trials was approximately $ billion Over the past decade the efficiency of clinical trials has been improved by electronic data capture EDC systems whose use has increased from to ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Effective communication between patients and healthcare professionals is essential to achieve positive clinical outcomes Patients who are unable to communicate effectively e g patients with limited English proficiency LEP those who are hearing impaired aphasic or have oral tracheal intubation experience extreme frustration panic anxiety sleeplessne ...

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 In Phase I Biocrede developed a completely new urinary tract silicone Foley catheter with a andgt month shelf life made from a proprietary polymeric formulation to effectively reduce catheter associated urinary tract infections CAUTI via nitric oxide NO release for andgt weeks Key features of the new technology include catheters continuously d ...

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 Dentin hypersensitivity is a painful condition affecting from of the population It is caused by the movement of fluid in the dentinal tubules and can be eliminated by occluding these patent tubules Tooth whitening is a $ billion business in America and is predicted to grow both here and abroad In this grant we propose a treatment for dentin hypers ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The founders of Skeletal Tissue Engineering Laboratory Technologies LLC STEL are researchers at the University of Michigan Our research team has developed an innovative and paradigm shifting approach to ligament tissue engineering and a unique methodology for ACL replacement This tissue engineered ligament technology offers the possibility of radical impr ...

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 ...