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Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the most rapidly growing waste problems worldwide. Improper handling of e-waste results in vast amounts of toxic waste being sent to landfill and leaching into the water supply. Due to these concerns, e-waste recycling is a rapidly growing industry. Unfortunately, most current e-waste recycling processes rely on either manual hand sorting or differential densit ...

A team at EP Purification has performed research for the development and commercialization of low-cost microchannel plasma reactor modules capable of efficiently producing ozone for water treatment and other environmental applications in a slim form factor and size. The conservation of water resources for human consumption is a growing national priority. Ozone is a unique purification agent as it ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): AuraSense Therapeutics (AST), along with Northwestern University, is applying a recently developed technology using oligonucleotide-functionalized nanoparticles (called spherical nucleic acids or SNAs) to control protein expression. These easily synthesized nanoparticles can have either DNA or RNA shells, and are less than 50 nm in hydrodynamic diameter. SNA co ...

? DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diabetes represents one of the most serious health crises worldwide. It is estimated by the American Diabetes Association that one person is diagnosed with diabetes every 17 seconds, while the International Diabetes Federation states that one person dies every seven seconds from diabetes. Diabetes growth continues to skyrocket, with over 382 million cases ...

Marous, James R. An Eye Bank Endothelial Cell Counter Abstract Procurement of donor corneal tissue for transplant use is an important social service undertaken by largely underfunded eye banks. Tissue is not only harvested, but must be screened for a myriad of issues that may make the tissue unsuitable for transplant or pose a health risk to the tissue recipient. Donor tissue may be rejected for ...

DESCRIPTION: Single-cell studies are essential for biochemical characterization of heterogeneous cell behaviors. However, studying direct correlation between cell input (transfection) and output (biochemical analysis) is still challenging due to lack of high throughpu methodologies with cell selectivity and high enough sensitivity. The tool proposed here is a microwell device that will allow tempo ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-GalNAc comprise the core structures of glycans in glycoproteins and glycolipids. Oligosaccharides containing N-acetyl-hexosamines involved in various biological process, including microbial infection,toxin entry, cancer cell metastasis. They are the key building blocks for human milk oligosaccharides, blood antigens, and other important oligo ...

Project Summary/Abstract Medical students long ago gave up robbing graves for corpses, but students still need access to anatomy resources. While availability of traditional resources (e.g. cadavers, animals, etc.) is dwindling, emerging virtual alternatives are revolutionizing the practice of medicine. Interest in virtual aids derives from decades of success in aviation and the military. These in ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a common autosomal recessive motor neuron disorder is the leading genetic cause of infant mortality. SMA is caused by the loss of the survival motor neuron1 (SMN1) gene. SMN2, a nearly identical paralog, is present in all SMA patients but differs by a critical nucleotide that alters exon 7 splicing efficiency. This results in low ...

DESCRIPTION: The medical misuse and non-medical use of prescription opioid analgesics is a significant problem in USA and its societal effects and cost have been well documented. The emergence of abuse deterrent opioid products into the marketplace is targeted to stem the advance of this complex problem. Although new abuse deterrent opioid products have been introduced which deter manipulation of ...