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Space systems’ cyber vulnerabilities represent the “soft underbelly” of the U.S. satellite infrastructure. USSF SpOC Commander, Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting said governments such as China’s and Russia’s can attack satellites in orbit, but that cyberattacks offer a “lower bar to entry” to lesser powers, such as Iran or North Korea. In response to national security threats such as this one ...

Proposed is robotic lawn mower developed and commercialized by the proposing company – Hire Henry. The focus of this Phase I proposal is to quantify the potential impact for fully autonomous, fully electric robotic lawn mowing on United States Air Force Bases. This proposal lays the ground work for future work, which focuses on developing computer vision models for robotic mowing specifically f ...

Project Summary Development of GenomeBuild as a Universal Method to Synthesize GenomesOpportunity Number: RFA-HG-20-016PIs: Christopher L. Warren and Mary S. Ozers Synthetic biology encompasses the ability to de novo synthesize and assemble large oligonucleotides into genomes of whole organisms, with a broad range of applications in medicine, therapeutics, environmental sciences, and human genomic ...

Abstract: The objective of this project is to perform the required (and previously approved) IND-enabling experimental work for E1v1.11, a novel drug candidate for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). SMA is an autosomal recessive disorder that is the leading genetic cause of infantile death worldwide, occurring in ~1:10,000 live births. The gene responsible for SMA is called survival motor neuron-1 (SM ...

The following contains proprietary/privileged information that Moonlight Therapeutics requests not be released to persons outside the government, except for purposes of review and evaluation Safety and Tolerability of TASIS-Peanut (Targeted Allergen Specific Immunotherapy within theSkin) patch for the Treatment of Peanut Allergy Food allergies affect 30 million people in the USA and 17 million in ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The goal of the proposed project is to evaluate the clinical potential of HBI-002, a novel oral low dose carbon monoxide (CO) drug product, that enables the use of low dose CO to prevent Vaso-Occlusive Crises (VOCs) in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). Numerous studies, both preclinical and clinical, demonstrate that CO has dual mechanisms of action including anti-sickling and an ...

OTHER PROJECT INFORMATION – Unit 7 – Project Summary/Abstract This project addresses the growing need for medications for cannabis use disorder (CUD) which, in the absence of approved medications, is a major focus of NIDA’s mission. Currently available cannabinergic-based treatments for CUD include the directly acting CB1 agonists, e.g., Δ9-THC or nabilone, which have been reported to reduc ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Anemia is characterized by low blood hemoglobin levels and has a high prevalence, affecting over one-third of the world's population of about 2.5 billion people. More than 7% of the world’s population carry hemoglobin gene mutations that result in hemoglobin variants, one of which is Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). SCD impacts about 100,000 Americans. The trait form of SCD is the Sick ...

Project Summary Volume overload (congestion) occurs in patients with heart failure (HF) and is the leading cause of hospitalization in the elderly worldwide. Unfortunately, clinical signs and symptoms; laboratory values; and existing diagnostic tools are unreliable in providing accurate assessment of volume status. Using a unique physiologic signal, Non-Invasive Venous waveform Analysis (NIVA), Vo ...

Project Summary Detection and quantitation of autoantibodies is increasingly prioritized for diagnosis and management of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Assay methods and systems that can achieve clinically relevant performance in detecting and quantitating T1D-relevant autoantibodies—from the standpoint of key performance parameters such as sensitivity, specificity, reproducibility, and quantitative acc ...