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DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantComprehensive bio psychosocial screeningwhich covers not only physical symptoms and psychosocial issuesbut also practical concerns such as transportationfinanceswork and childcareoffers the true opportunity to maximize the benefits of medical care and social support to patients and their families while enhancing operational efficiency and resource management for hea ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Over percent of the U S population is currently overweight or obese percent are obese Obesity is a primary cause of numerous chronic diseases including type II diabetes cancer heart disease and the metabolic syndrome Behavioral weight loss interventions have successfully resulted in significant clinical improvements in weight percent weight lo ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Reverse phase protein arrayRPPAhas emerged as a promising antibody based highly quantitative proteomic technology suitable for profiling proteins in hundreds to thousands of patient samplesThe throughputsensitivityand cost effectiveness of RPPAtogether with its ability to deal with minuscule sample amountshave propelled applications of the technology in basicpreclinical and clinica ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantThe goal of this small business innovation research grant is to develop and commercialize a highly accurateminimally invasive risk stratification technique for colorectal cancerCRCthat is simple enough to be performed by the primary care provider during an annual physical examAlthough existing guidelines recommend CRC screening for all patients over agertmillion Ame ...

PROJECT SUMMARY This Phase II project aims to continue development of a commercial qualityinnovative cloud hosted information management systemcalled Climbthat will increase laboratory efficiency and provide improved capabilities for research laboratoriesClimb is designed to offer integrated laboratory process management modules that include mobile communications tools data monitoring and alert sy ...

Project Summary! This STTR Phase II project continues the development of the Newborn Acuity Cardstm and the Newborn Contrast Cardstm Together these Newborn Cards form a new clinical test of visual acuity and contrast sensi tivity for use on newborn full term and preterm infants The stimuli are square wave gratings which the examiner presents to the infant in a fixation and following protocol ...

Ebola EBOV and Marburg MARV viruses belong to the family Filoviridae and can cause fatal hemorrhagic fevers characterized by widespread tissue destruction with an incubation period of days Because of the safety concerns these viruses are designated as the biosafety level agents Currently there is no effective vaccine or therapeutic treatment against filoviral infection and pathogenes ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The prevalence of Alzheimerandapos s disease AD is poised to increase exponentially with the growing aging population worldwide In the United States total annual costs of AD care are projected to increase from $ billion in to over $ trillion in Paucity of disease modifying therapies capable of slowing the disease progression is an acute unmet ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Stroke the leading cause of disability cognitive impairment and death in the US imposes significant financial and personal burden The residual effects of stroke affect many aspects of life not addressed by traditional rehabilitation treatments In particular persons with mild stroke typically defined as a stroke with no or sligh motor impairment and a high ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The objective of this Phase II STTR grant application is to continue the R Randamp D efforts initiated in Phase I The long term objective for Arrhythmotech is to develop and market an instrument for the simultaneous recording of sympathetic nerve activity SNA and electrocardiogram ECG using electrodes on the skin This method neuECG was discovered in Dr ...