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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Transplantation of insulin-producing cells in many diabetes patients potentially would restore normal glucose homeostasis and prevent the severe long-term complications of the disease. However, the scarcity of donated pancreata currently limits transplantation of the whole organ or of isolated pancreatic islets to a tiny fraction of those patients who might ben ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This Small Business Innovation Research SBIR Phase I project aims to develop a microfluidic based nitric oxide NO sensor as an early sepsis risk assessment device Sepsis causes significant strain on the U S healthcare system consuming over $ billion annually due to extended hospital stays and significant morbidity and mortality Rapid diagnosis and in ...

This fast track STTR application proposes to synthesize structurally defined heparan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate oligosaccharides for biological researchGlycan Therapeutics is a biotech company specializing in synthesizing sulfated carbohydrates using innovative enzyme based methodsThis proposal is focused on the synthesis of large authentic oligosaccharides in the size range ofmers tomersas w ...

Project SummaryOver $billion is spent annually in the US treating chronicnon healing woundsmany of which face lifethreatening complications due to infectionsWound infections are difficult to treat due to the frequency of antibiotic resistance as well as the formation of biofilmsa community of bacteria covered by an extracellular polymeric substanceBiofilm related infections can result in a substan ...

PROJECT SUMMARYIn this proposalEpiCypher is partnering with DrJian Jina leader in medicinal chemistry and epigenetic drug discoveryto develop the first epigenetics focused chemical library for histone methylationSmall molecule inhibitors that target histone methylation are an emerging class of therapeutics for cancer treatmentThis hot bed of drug development is fueled by the identification of nume ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Polychromatic flow cytometryFCis one of the most powerful analytical techniques used in immunologybasic researchand clinical medicineIn basic researchFC is a primary tool for understanding disease development at the cellular and subcellular levelsIn the rapidly developing field of immunotherapyFC is an indispensable tool for monitoring the effectiveness of new therapies an ...

PROJECT SUMMARY NETosis was identified as a distinct mode of cell death in neutrophils more than a decade agoDysregulation of NETosis has been implicated in the etiology of human pathologies such as preeclampsiasickle cell diseasesystemic lupus erythematosusmultiple sclerosisrheumatoid arthritissepsiscystic fibrosislupus nephritisand coagulopathies that include cancer associated thrombosisThe lite ...

Bloodstream infectionsBSIscaused by Gram negative bacterial pathogens are associated with significant morbidity and mortality due to the antibiotic resistant nature of the pathogensInfections caused by multi drug resistantMDRbacterial pathogens result in substantial health and economic impact due to the lack of effective therapeutic optionsThis lack of treatment options is particularly relevant fo ...

Urinary tract infectionsUTIsare one of the most common hospital acquired infections and are often caused by multi drug resistantMDRbacterial pathogensMDR bacterial pathogens are associated with significant morbidity and mortalitycreating enormous healthcare and economic burdens due to variations in disease natural histories as well as the lack of effective therapeutic optionsTreatment option limit ...

PROJECT SUMMARY The proposed Phase I STTR project is a partnership between a biotechnology company KXTbioIncand the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop an innovative high throughput screening service for identifying new drug candidates that act via G protein coupled receptorsGPCRsThis large protein superfamily has been the most successful source of therapeutic targetsaccounting ...