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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The present application andquot Novel Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorderandquot addresses the critical need for efficacious treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD A key neural signaling cascade activated by a trauma experience is initiated by the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate Activation of the NMDA receptor a glutamate receptor ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Janus kinase JAK is an intracellular kinase involved in cytokine and antibody receptor signaling it is frequently over activated during the course of inflammatory autoimmune diseases Therefore suitable JAK inhibitors that modulate the overexpression of JAK may be potential agents for treating autoimmune diseases Logically it is of significant import ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Mass spectrometry based proteomics is an emerging technology that has seen possible applications everywhere The technique can potentially use one drop of our blood to reveal onset and progress of diseases Current Randamp D using plasma serum proteome sample sets however is severely limited by the high complexity and dynamic range of protein concentrations ...

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 ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Leptospirosis a zoonotic disease is an important public health problem worldwide It is caused by spirochete bacteria belonging to nine species and more than serovars of the genus Leptospira In the US there is increasing awareness of the importance of leptospirosis as the cause of disease among inner city populations military personnel and individuals ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Caldera aims to develop an inexpensive stable selective decorporation decorp agent for cesium Cs Cs is easily obtainable by terrorists and treatments for exposures are Project Bioshield priorities for use in radiation nuclear emergencies high priority for DHHS NIH NIAID DAIT and a critical need for the Strategic National Stockpile S ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of this project is address a large unmet medical need by providing more kidneys for transplant For the andgt patients with end stage renal disease in the U S the pool of cadaveric kidneys has remained stagnant over the past decade As a result the dialysis population is expected to reach andgt million patients in the next decade at an aggr ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This proposal seeks to develop a novel vaccine against Lyme disease by targeting Ixodes scapularis proteins critical for Borrelia burgdorferi transmission from the tick to mammalian host Earlier work has identified four tick proteins Salp TRE tHRF and TSLPI that facilitate different steps of spirochete transmission and immunity against these protein ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Adenovirus can be a significant health risk for immune compromised patients both adult and pediatric patients In pediatric patients in particular complications associated with adenoviral infection include pneumonia urinary infections and hepatitis In the military setting adenoviruses are endemic in Department of Defense basic recruit training installation ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The development of vaccine to combat Enterotoxigenic E coli ETEC is vital given the pathogenandapos s global impact on million individuals annually however an entirely new non conventional approach is needed Field studies have suggested that inert antigen based vaccines to combat ETEC have andquot essentially no efficacyandquot Therefore a vaccin ...