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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant SARCOIDOSIS DIAGNOSTIC TESTING LLC is a medical diagnostics company developing a diagnostic blood test for sarcoidosis Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disorder that affects per people per year in the U S and disproportionately affects African Americans and women Sarcoidosis can lead to advanced pulmonary fibrosis pulmonary hyperte ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Energy Research Company ERCo in a collaboration with The City College of New York CCNY and Columbia University Medical Center CUMC proposes developing the Vulnerable Plaque Amplified Optical Analyzer VPAOA a fiber optic catheter instrument based on patented amplified spectroscopy technology for detecting and analyzing vulnerable plaque VP in corona ...

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 The goal of this STTR R proposal is to transfer the technology from Rutgers University to REAL Prevention needed to adapt a substance use prevention media literacy curriculum for web based delivery in community organizations for commercialization Substance use increases in frequency and risk through mid adolescence yet most prevention interventions target ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Recent nuclear accidents and threats have highlighted the growing risk of widespread radiation exposure causing a potentially devastating public health emergency Acute radiation syndrome ARS develops after total body or partial body irradiation at a moderate to high dose and is especially damaging to the immune system Damage to the skin gut and central n ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene resulting in the loss of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex in skeletal muscle Loss of dystrophin results in reduced sarcolemmal integrity progressive muscle damage and compromised muscle function There is currently no cure and limited treatment options for DMD and all affected child ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Eukaryotic elongation factor protein kinase eEF K is a ubiquitously expressed protein that belongs to a family of alpha kinases characterized by an andquot atypicalandquot kinase domain Our recent findings demonstrate that inhibition or genetic inactivation of eEF K protects normal tissues from cytotoxic effects of ionizing radiation and chemotherapeutic ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Clinical trials testing the potential health benefits of immune enhancing dietary supplements have produced inconsistent results A major problem contributing to these inconsistent outcomes is that these studies have used a wide variety of poorly characterized products Attempts to solve this product quality control problem using chemical standardization method ...