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AbstractTreatment of non-resectable recurrent/metastatic solid cancers is currently palliative only and there is an urgent unmet need for novel mechanisms of action and additional paradigm shifting therapeutic options. Antigen- targeting cancer immunotherapies such as bi-specific antibodies (eg Bi-specific T cell engager or BiTE’s) provide a unique approach for cancer immunotherapy. However, app ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Minor injuries to articular cartilage can initiate a catabolic cascade, causing small defects to progress into larger, more symptomatic defects. Pain, lesion progression, and accelerated joint deterioration may be avoided with strategies that repair small defects with hyaline-like cartilage. The repair of chondral defects using arthroscopic techniques, performed in a minimally inva ...

Project summary Currently available optical components limit biomedical imaging. In particular, in neurobiology, standard microscope components limit the field-of-view and speed of imaging of neuronal activity. Through prior work on BRAIN Initiative project, we have developed approaches for new optical components that expand the field-of-view 5 to 50 times over standard microscopes, with no loss i ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which cells of the immune system attack gut tissue leading to diarrhea, fatigue, pain, and weight loss. CD affects up to one million Americans and is a type of inflammatory bowel disease. CD is driven by CD4 T cells with a significant role for TH1 and TH17 cells and additional involvement of B cells. Current therapies for CD ...

United States Air Force S&T identifies five strategic capabilities: 1) Global Persistent Awareness,  2) Resilient Information Sharing, 3) Rapid, Effective Decision-Making, 4) Complexity, Unpredictability, and Mass, and 5) Speed and Reach of Disruption and

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Positron-emission tomography (PET) studies play a critical role in many areas of neurological health by enabling quantitative in vivo measurements of specific neuroreceptor systems (e.g. receptor density, drug occupancy, endogenous ligand occupancy) to (i) evaluate fundamental hypotheses about disease or (ii) aid in the development of novel treatments targeting those rec ...

Project Summary/Abstract Most infants currently rely on infant formula (IF) to meet their nutritional needs. However, existing infant formula is functionally inferior because it lacks breast milk bioactive proteins that are crucial to infant health and development. Consequently, formula-fed infants have increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Current technology limits the ability to add bioacti ...

K2 Space is developing the Giga Class satellite bus, an ultra-high-power spacecraft capable of delivering over 115kW of power and 15,000kg of payload mass to enable previously unattainable capabilities spanning ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconna

Through a previous AFWERX STTR Phase II contract, Advanced Rotorcraft Technology, Inc. (ART) has developed a high-fidelity simulation-based FLight Certification tool (FLiCert) for design, test, and certification support for Vertical Takeoff and Landing (V

Cardiotoxicity is a leading cause of drug discovery attrition across all of preclinical and clinical drug discovery. While the FDA and the Comprehensive in vitro Proarrhythmia Assay initiative (CiPA) are focused primarily on predicting proarrhythmic effects, drug attrition due to cardiomyopathy, or primary cardiac cytotoxicity, may be even more prevalent, is typically currently only carried out vi ...