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Increasingly defined vaccines against infectious diseases are better tolerated but less immunogenicrequiring use of an immunological adjuvant for best effectAdjuvance s semi synthetic saponin adjuvant TiterQuilTQLhas shown remarkable efficacy with a variety of antigens with no detectable reactogenicityWhen combined withof the leading vaccines against influenzaFluzoneFluarix and Flublokstriking aug ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating disease affecting millions of American military veterans and civilians. Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy is evidence-based and effective but limited by high dropout rates and incomplete resolution of symptoms in approximately one-third of patients. A crucial component of PE, as well as interventions for anxiety disorder ...

PROJECT SUMMARYABSTRACTSpinal cord injurySCIaffects an estimatedAmericansDamage to nerves in the spinal cord can result in a loss of voluntary control over bladder and bowel function that often produces both incontinence and retention of urine and stools in the same patientThe standard of care for urine retention is bladder catheterization to void urinewhich may produce urinary tract infectionsUTI ...

PROJECT SUMMARY – Pulvinar Neuro LLC, FROHLICH Transcranial current stimulation is a form of non-invasive brain stimulation that has recently become a key tool in human neuroscience research and has emerged as a potential treatment strategy for psychiatric disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. Yet, many questions about TCS remain unanswered and its clinical potential has not yet been d ...

PROJECT SUMMARYAminoglycosides are one of the cheapest and well-known antibiotics in clinical use for over 70 years, but one of the major limitations in their use is their ototoxicity. We are developing fast and low cost methods to develop aminoglycosides with anti- ribosomal activities and reduced toxicity. In this project, we will identify novel aminoglycoside antibacterials, that show reduced o ...

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 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 ...