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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Foot disease complications seriously impact lives of people with Type 1 diabetes. A quantitative method to evaluate efficacy of therapy, or better, to define tissue at risk & prevent initial ulcer formation would be highly beneficial. HYPERMED'S long-term objective is to reduce frequency of foot ulcers & amputation by developing Foot HyperSpectral Imaging (FHSI ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Non alcoholic steatohepatitis NASH is characterized by fatty changes in the liver with inflammation and hepatocellular injury that in advanced stages leads to fibrosis and cirrhosis and high mortality rates NASH is frequently associated with other common metabolic abnormalities such as insulin resistance and visceral obesity Liver transplantation is curren ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Neurodegeneration in Alzheimerandapos s disease AD may result from deposition of A as plaques in brain tissue However less effort has been made to elucidate the role of tau containing neurofibrillary tangles NFTs in AD Accumulating evidence suggests that tau containing NFTs is an important component in the initiation and progression of AD and other neu ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The declining cost of whole exome sequencing WES is nearing the point at which the spread of WES into clinical practice will be limited largely by the cost of interpreting the results and comparing them to the patientandapos s clinical findings This project builds on our demonstrated capability to reduce this interpretation cost by pairing our diagnostic sof ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The proposed project is designed to fill an important yet unmet need by developing an online education program using simulations and scenario based learning to reach all public health and safety emergency responders and students responsible for emergency planning with and response for individuals with disabilities In Phase II the applicant organization P ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Aging is often accompanied by a deterioration of learning and memory processes, a condition now referred to as mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Recent studies have indicated that 12% of patients afflicted with MCI will develop Alzheimer's disease, as opposed to 2% of the general population. Although the causes underlying MCI are not known, there is much evidenc ...

ABSTRACT: Underground facilities can be used by rogue governments to conceal command-and-control and to manufacture weapons of mass destruction, and are an increasingly important operational challenge to U.S. military forces. Our objective is to determine improved methods of detection essential to address this critical intelligence need. Activity below the ground causes seismic surface waves th ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term goal of this project is to identify specific inhibitors of B. anthracis helicase and primase and develop them into novel antibiotics for bio-defense. New antibiotics based on novel chemical scaffolds are vital to the bio-defense armory because they are likely to be effective against both natural and engineered resistant forms of bio-terrorist agen ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Cancer is the second leading cause of death after heart disease in the US Chemotherapy is a mainstay of treatment after surgical removal of tumors but the balance of clinical benefit versus disabling or life threatening side effects is often uncertain Genotyping of cancers to identify mutated oncogenes has enabled an era of targeted therapy Drugs targeting ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The thalassemias and sickle cell disease are serious genetic blood diseases which are WHO designated as a growing global health burden The disorders decrease production or alter structure of the b chain of adult hemoglobin A and are characterized by anemia chronic organ damage and early mortality HbF is another type of normal hemoglobin which is suppres ...