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"Rising sea levels and king tide flooding in coastal areas across America are saturating onsite wastewater disposal systems (OSDS), resulting in the degradation of coastal ecosystems and 200,000+ illnesses annually. Many States are mandating system upgrades, with 88,000 upgrades required by 2050 in Hawaii alone. Unfortunately, existing upgrade options are unaffordable for 97% of Hawaiian homeowner ...

SUMMARY Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) experience low oxygen saturation, shortness of breath, low quality of life, and a short life span (lt10 years) following diagnosis. These patients frequently present to emergency rooms, and many are admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), straining the health care system. Despite therapy with phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors, prostacyclin analogs, a ...

Project Summary The proposed project will develop a breakthrough endovascular sensor technology to allow for real-time quantification of the mitral coaptation force (MCF) of the mitral valve during both open and percutaneous mitral valve repair (MVR). Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most common heart valve disorder in the U.S. population, with over 2 million individuals affected. Current methods ...

Abstract Wearable pulse oximetry sensors are among the most ubiquitous medical technologies used in healthcare. Clinicians rely on pulse oximeters to monitor patient health during disease states and medical procedures. However, numerous studies have shown this technology to be racially biased; hypoxemia is three times more likely to go undetected in patients with dark skin compared to those with l ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Data is a critical and highly valuable commodity, driving meaningful change in our society, especially when it pertains to patient care and biomedical research. Currently, institutions pay inordinate sums to increase, regain, and complement their data panels. As an extra burden, data legislation and privacy protection regulations introduce barriers to forming effective partnerships ...

ABSTRACT SaCas9 is a major gene editing nuclease that is preferred for in vivo applications thanks to its relatively smaller size compared to that of spCas9. One limiting factor for the use of saCas9 is its strict PAM requirement of NNGRRT. In addition, there are limited efforts to reduce saCas9’s off-target editing rates. In Aim 1, we propose a computational approach to relax saCas9’s PAM req ...

Tarn Biosciences, Inc. is a start-up pharmaceutical company headquartered in East Lansing, Michigan. The company is developing new therapies for tuberculosis (TB). The goal of this STTR is to develop the MmpL3 inhibitor, HC2099, as a new treatment for drug susceptible and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). In 2019, 10 million people worldwide fell ill to TB with ~ 1.4 million lives lost. Standard-of ...

Summary Lung diseases, such as interstitial lung diseases including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and acute viral infection are major leading causes of death worldwide. The recent increase due to air pollution, tobacco smoking is and use of E-cigarettes has grown rapidly in the US contributing to a sharp increase in chronic lung diseases. IPF is ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACTUsher syndrome type 3A (USH3A), an autosomal recessive disorder, is characterized by progressive loss of hearing and vision due to a clarin-1 (CLRN1) gene mutation. A person with type 3 Usher syndrome will usually require cochlea implants by mid- to late adulthood and classified as being legally blind. The management of the chronic, progressive, severe vision loss (retiniti ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT A highly effective intervention to prevent perinatal depression, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for perinatal depression (MBCT), exists; however, critical implementation gaps prevent its wide use. And though universally recommended, not all prenatal care clinics effectively screen for perinatal depression (PD). Overcoming current implementation gaps is imperative to a ...