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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Polychromatic flow cytometry FC is one of the most powerful analytical techniques routinely used by both basic research and clinical diagnostics laboratories for the immunological categorization of cells Dyes used for FC typically exhibit broad fluorescent emission bands with full width at half maximum fwhm values of nm This limits the maximum numbe ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Sanfilippo syndrome mucopolysaccharidosis type III MPS III is a devastating neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder of childhood for which there is presently no cure or effective treatment available The fundamental cause of MPS III is an inherited mutation in one of the enzymes required to catabolize heparan sulfate HS a glycosaminoglycan which pla ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of cranial sutures and occurs in approximately one in live births It results in cranial malformation that can lead to elevated intra cranial pressure brain growth impairment and developmental deficiency The most common treatment option for craniosynostosis is surgery Currently surgical treatment planning of c ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Stem cell research is an emerging field with the promise of creating dramatic new approaches for disease treatment and drug discovery The research and regenerative medicine market space for stem cells is one of the most dynamic areas in the life science industry today Globally the stem cell market is growing at a CAGR of and will reach an approximate ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Alzheimerandapos s disease AD occurs in one out of eight Americans of age and affects of the elderly over Current FDA approved drugs provide short term symptomatic relief of AD There is a pressing need to discover new disease modifying medications AD is multifactorial in origin and progression A drug attenuating several underlying factors is a p ...

Abstract Neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis Parkinson s disease dementia spina bifida diabetes stroke and spinal cord injury SCI can result in loss of voluntary voiding of urine and require intermittent bladder catheterization for voiding Catheter use is associated with increased incidence of health problems predominately repeated urinary tract infections sepsis ureth ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Atrial fibrillation AF remains the most commonly occurring cardiac arrhythmia It is associated with a lower quality of life and a higher rate of morbidity andamp mortality primarily due to poor hemodynamics and often stroke One of the main options to treat atrial fibrillation is to ablate abnormal sources of electrical activity using percutaneous radiofrequ ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant We propose to bring to market a novel regenerative medicine based therapy for fecal incontinence FI FI is the recurrent uncontrolled passage of fecal material The Internal Anal Sphincter IAS is responsible for maintaining anorectal continence Function of the IAS is dependent upon the neuromuscular integrity of both the smooth muscle and the intrinsic en ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Traverse Biosciences Inc is a pre clinical stage drug development company working to commercialize new chemical entities which act to resolve inflammatory conditions through pleiotropic host modulation of pathologically unrestrained matrix metalloproteinases MMPs and pro inflammatory cytokines The companyandapos s lead drug candidate TRB N is a proprietary chemic ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantThe goal of this project is to develop a commercial software package for rapid Monte Carlo based dose computation in imaging and radiation therapyThe product takes advantage of a desktop parallel computer equipped with emerging hardware originally developed gaming and high performance computingThe project is motivated by the fact that the market is ripe for a produc ...