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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Anasys Instruments and Prof Lynne Taylor of Purdue propose to develop nanoscale chemical characterization capabilities for drug formulation research This project will build on successful Phase I research demonstrating feasibility of atomic force microscope based infrared spectroscopy AFM IR in pharmaceutical applications This Phase II research will advance ...

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 ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantNeuron cell culture is widely used for studies in basic researchdrug discoveryand toxicity testingTraditional neuron cell culture approaches result in random growth of processes which prevent the study of their unique polarized morphologyOur goal is to provide robustuser friendlyand cost effective culture platforms to manipulate and access neurons and their subcellu ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The overall goal of this Phase II STTR proposal is to develop a PET CT imaging tool that will help accelerate the development of effective cancer therapies by improving the utility of oncology trials using PET imaging The growing cost time and complexity of clinical trials are driving patient and pharmaceutical company demand for more objective efficient a ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Translational studies are proposed to support the continued development of the JAA F antibody based therapy to address the critical need for a safe and effective treatment for metastatic breast cancer including triple negative breast cancers Building on the success of our Phase I project the overarching objectives of the Phase II application are to advanc ...

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 There is growing awareness that weakness of muscle is a significant biomedical health issue associated with many different chronic diseases and aging There are a variety of different diseases that affect muscle including muscular dystrophy fibromyalgia cerebral palsy amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and myasthenia gravis each of which carries its own uniqu ...

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 ...

This Phase II proposal is a continuation of our successful Phase I grant whose overarching goal is to develop a more robust and accurate method for the deformable fusion of pre operative magnetic resonance images MRI and intra procedure trans rectal ultrasound TRUS images to guide prostate biopsy Prostate cancer is a major cause of death in the U S and biopsy is the gold standard for its dia ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In it is estimated that there will be new bladder cancer cases in the United States resulting in deaths Most cases present with nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer NMIBC Intravesical bacillus Calmette Guerin BCG which elicits a nonspecific local immune response is considered the standard first line treatment However ...