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TuberculosisTBis currently the leading infectious cause of death worldwideTB treatment includes multiple different combinations of antibioticsdosesand long time periodsThe current standard includes an intensive phase ofmonthsfollowed by a continuation phase of eitherormonthsHowevertreatment outcome can be poor due to drug drug interactionsimpaired medication adherencedrug absorption and metabolism ...

TuberculosisTBkilled an estimatedmillion people in the world inOverof the mortalities associated with this deisease occurred in regions of the world where access to reliable TB testing and other suppotive infrastructure is severely limitedUntil there are pivotal technological innovations in the diagnosis of TB for point of carePOCapplicationthe ambitious goals of the WHO s End TB strategyareductio ...

HIV disease continues to be a serious health issue for the whole worldCurrentlyantiretroviral therapyARTis a widely accepted treatment to HIV infected patientswhich reduces morbidity and mortality and the potential for HIV transmission by suppressing viral replicationHowevertreatment outcomes of ART are limited due to the high adherence requirement and occurrence of drug resistanceProteolysis targ ...

CytomegalovirusCMVis a very common intrauterine infectionaffecting approximately one in everychildrenThe overall disease burden in the US with congenital CMV was estimated at $billion annuallyCMV is also a cause of serious morbidity and fatal infections in immunocompromised patientsThere is currently no generally accepted therapy and developing a CMV vaccine is high priorityCurrently CMV trials re ...

Photodynamic therapyPDTutilizes light beam to activate photosensitizers to produce cytotoxic reactive oxygen speciesROSand it has been proposed as a potent treatment to combine with Radiation TherapyRTespecially for the idea of using X ray beam to locally activate PDTXPDTMajority studies about XPDT have used nanoscintillators as the X ray transducer to activate photosensitizersHoweverthe materials ...

Combining both genomic analysis and highEresolution imaging on a cellEbyEcell basis typically relies on customized technology which often requires significant expertise and capital costCell MicrosystemsInchas partnered with Peter SimsPhD of Columbia University to commercialize a novel workflow for integrated imaging and sample preparation for single cell transcriptomic analysisDrSims workflowSingl ...

Under the Small Business Innovation Research ProgramSBIRPhase I programTopicthe Contractor will develop a comprehensive approach to allow hospitals gain control of their opioid medicationsThe Contractor approach is totrack opioids from the pharmacy to the patienttrack the amount given to the patientand for opioid waste to track it back to the pharmacybetter administer opioids to patients that offe ...

Under the Small Business Innovation Research ProgramSBIRPhase I programTopicthe Contractor will develop an integrated device and system for drug detection and deactivation to deter controlled substance theft in hospitals and other healthcare delivery settings

The Contractorwill use modern technology to develop a fully integratedcommercially viable device for controlled pharmaceutical drug detectiondeactivationand disposal to ensure compliance with DEA regulations and deter opioid theft

This application describes the commercialization of the Geodesic Transcranial Electrical NeuromodulationGTENtechnology to achieve noninvasive neuromodulation with improved spatiotemporal precisionThe GTEN system enables both EEG source analysis and configurable electrical neuromodulation with theelectrodes of the Geodesic Sensor NetNow in beta release to selected research customersthe GTEN technol ...