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X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy is a widely used and extremely sensitive analytical technique for qualitative as well as quantitative chemical analysis. Superconducting Transition Edge Sensor (TES) microcalorimeter detectors have now been developed that achieve an energy resolution of 2 eV (full width at half maximum) for 1.5 keV X-rays, which is sufficient to enable the measurement of the small s ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this Phase II SBIR, Actuated Medical, Inc. (f/k/a Piezo Resonance Innovations, Inc) will complete the development of the Resonance Assisted Insertion Lancet (RAIL ) System to reduce animal pain and stress response during laboratory animal blood sampling. Public Health Problem: Understanding the physiological and biological mechanisms of aging is the focus o ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a well-recognized need to develop vaccines that stimulates humoral immunity as well as a potent T cell immunity in order to achieve protection from infection with pathogens. Although numerous investigations arefocused on developing vaccines that induce protective humoral responses, only a few studies are aimed towards developing specific T cell immunit ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this Phase II NIH SBIR, Piezo Resonance Innovations will further optimize and test the Portable Transdermal Patch (PTP) - a needle-free platform delivery technology for drugs and vaccines that are currently deliveredsubcutaneously. The portable, 200gm (7oz) electronically-controlled transdermal patch for Enfuvirtide delivery employs a patented transducer tec ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Malaria is a global disease causing gt 500 million clinical cases and gt 1 million deaths each year. Moreover, drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum has become a major problem. Therefore, it is crucial to discover new classes of drugs for anti-malarial drug design to combat resistant parasites. We propose that antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) may provide the basis ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this Phase II competitive renewal project is to implement a clinical study to collect data to validate EyeStar(tm), a software system as the basis for comprehensive telescreening for all stages of diabetic retinopathy (DR). According to the CDC, approximately 80 million people in the U.S. have some form of eye disease, including 20 million dia ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposed project is motivated by the fact that comprehensive, broad-scale screening for eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy (DR), including advanced stages, is economically prohibitive without the introduction of computer-assisted diagnosis of retinal images. According to the CDC approximately 80 ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the last decade there has been an explosive growth in the field of ubiquitin research, with approximately 530 human genes predicted to encode enzymes involved in the conjugation and deconjugation of ubiquitin. Of these 95 encode for deubiquitylases (DUBs). In order understand the biology of these enzymes better, there is a need for better assays to measure t ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Improving human health by enabling the development of drugs faster and cheaper is an important part of the NIH mission. This is partially achieved by introducing and constantly improving enabling technologies. One suchtechnology is structure based drug design. Determining the structure of a small molecule (drug candidate or lead compound) to a biological recept ...

Project Summary/Abstract Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for both men and women, accounting for nearly 40% of annual deaths. High levels of LDL-C and low levels of HDL-C are well-known risk factors for heart disease. Although lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels using a number of marketed drugs, of which statins are the leading dr ...