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PROJECT SUMMARY Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting approximatelymillion Americans that can become debilitating and severely impact quality of lifeWhile an estimatedof patients suffer moderate to severe disease forms that require systemic therapy with immune suppressants and ultraviolet phototherapythe majorityof patients exhibit milder symptomsFor these patientstopical agen ...

Project Summary This SBIR Phase II project will address the need for column chromatography products that can simplify the purification process for therapeutic biologics and increase purification speedThe rapid pace of biologics developmentdriven in part by growth of emerging markets such as personalized medicinehas increased the demand for affordable and fastsmall batch production runs in multi pr ...

ABSTRACTWhile acute stroke is a leading cause of human death and disability in the United Statesunfortunatelyclinical therapies for stroke are limited and unsatisfactoryThe overwhelming failures of stroke treatments in clinical trials strongly indicate thatto battle this multifaceted brain disordernovel strategies that target multiple cell types and afford different mechanisms of protection are ne ...

Project SummaryAn estimatedmillion people worldwide have diabetesincluding overmillion AmericansA major cause of morbidity and hospitalization in patients with diabetes is diabetic foot ulcerationDFUwhich can result in infectionamputationprolonged hospitalizationand costly treatmentsDiabetes treatments cost the American healthcare system$billion annuallyrepresentingof the total healthcare expendit ...

An HXYZ g HR Fast MAS probe for Dramatically Improved Biomolecular Structure Determinations AbstractLiquid state NMR spectroscopy is arguably one of the best tools for structure determination for soluble proteinsThe method provides atomic resolution for modest molecular weight proteins and or their complexesThe method begins to have difficulty when the molecular weight of the system causes slow mo ...

Project Summary Abstract The transfusion of platelets is a major component of the treatment of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and or bone marrow transplantstrauma patientssepsisand battlefield injuriesHoweverdue to a complete reliance upon donors as the only current approved source of plateletsand the strictshort shelf life and storage conditions of donorderived plateletscurrent supplies ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In an effort to reduce the use of animals for toxicity testing companies have developed in vitro skin models or equivalents to replace the Draize skin irritation test This development has been further pushed by the European Union regulation that has prohibited the use of animals for collecting toxicological data on cosmetic ingredients that began Supply ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Some of the most significant therapies that treat disease target nucleic acids Drugs that target nucleic acid include cancer drugs antibiotics and antivirals Combined these classes of drugs have annual sales worldwide of $ billion Antibiotics that target nucleic acids account for $ billion of the $ billion of sales annuall for all antibiotics an ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The mission of CarboNix LLC is the clinically effective abatement of common indoor allergens that cause allergic reactions and frequently induce asthma especially in economically disadvantaged children CarboNix LLC proposes a Phase II SBIR research program that will result in commercialization of a new service business for abating multiple indoor allergens k ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Heart attacks i e myocardial infarction or MI occur in more than million patients annually Advances in pharmacological therapy have dramatically improved survival following the initial MI Consequently the number of patients with previous MI continues to increase and as a result put in jeopardy millions of patients for development of heart failure I ...