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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alcohol abuse is rampant in the U.S., estimates run as high as 1 in 20 adults, and cost tens of billions of dollars in treatment and economic loss. One especially intransigent problem has been alcohol-induced organ disease such as alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. These diseases can currently be diagnosed, but this requires invasive procedures such as liver bi ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of this application is to develop a rapid, easy-to-use, and inexpensive multi-sample diagnostic system to identify sexually transmitted infection (STI) pathogens, such as Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseriagonorrhoeae (NG) in non-traditional healthcare settings. According to the CDC, chlamydia and gonorrhea, caused by C. trachomatis and N. gonorrho ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Dengue is transmitted mainly by the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes which inhabit the tropics, making Dengue endemic to these areas. It is caused by four genetically and serologically related viruses, termed DENV1, DENV2, DENV3, and DENV4. Dengue infection is a leading cause of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal describes development of an immunomodulatory peptide that targets the host defense system for treatment of acute pneumonic melioidosis. The disease is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bps), a non-spore-forming motile saprophytic bacterium that can be transmitted from the soil to humans by inhalation, through cuts in the skin and by ingestion. ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): While organ transplantation is a vital last resort therapy to treat patients with end-organ failure of the lung there is a growing waiting list of patients who are eligible for transplants as the number of suitable donor organs fall far short of the demand for these lifesaving procedures. Improving the preservation of donated organs so that a greater percentage ...

PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal is in response to the NIAID Advanced Technology SBIR (PA-10-123) Funding Opportunity. This Phase I feasibility study is an advanced technology project with a clearly identified product that will result in a clinically relevanttopical AM treatment modality. The award period and amount requested are guided by project needs and are in compliance with the issued guideline ...

DESCRIPTION: There is a growing consensus that protection against HIV infection will require BOTH antiviral antibody responses as well as polyfunctional CD4+ and CD8+ T cells with potent lytic activity. To stimulate the breadth, potency, and rate of response required, Profectus Biosciences intends to utilize its platform technologies based on electroporation of DNA vaccines combined with genetic a ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Recent advances in countercurrent chromatography (CCC) have created novel spiral-design separation columns that hold a very high stationary phase of all the solvent systems, such that now all molecules of any size and water solubility can be successfully separated in high-speed countercurrent chromatography. With spiral CCC there is inherent versatility, more t ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the proposed project is to investigate the feasibility of employing real-time qPCR method for detection of telomeric C-circle DNA in peripheral blood of patients with cancers that utilize Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) as their Telomere length Maintenance Mechanism (TMM). Telomeric C-Circle DNA has been demonstrated to be specif ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Phase I research proposal is to investigate the feasibility of developing a novel Biomarker Breast PapTest for screening Nipple Aspirate Fluid (NAF) and detecting breast cancers at the tumor-in-formation stage before mammographically detectable tumors are developed. Although there is a slight decline in deaths from breast cancer in recent years, it conti ...