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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Chronic gingival inflammation of the soft tissue surrounding the tooth afflicts over half of all American adults In the most severely affected progression of this inflammatory process to the deeper periodontal ligaments and alveolar bone results in tooth loss from loss of mandibular anchorage Gingivitis and periodontitis are initiated by chronic infection o ...

Many activities and technological systems prevalent in today’s society – air traffic control and air travel, the power grids, communications, deep-water drilling operations, human spaceflight – are vulnerable to the effects of sudden flares from our Sun. Because the propagation speed for flare emission is the speed of light, it is necessary to forecast these events in order to mitigate thei ...

In the proposed effort, we will leverage this extensive experience and capabilities to realize a frequency agile mmW radiometer that can cover the range of DC-110 GHz and can be scaled to DC-200 GHz under Phase II. Ours is a photonic system that multiplies and up-coverts a low-frequency reference signal onto an optical carrier (laser) using EO modulation, then uses the modulation sidebands to inj ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Analysis of glycoprotein polypeptide sites of carbohydrate attachment and the structures of the glycans present on these proteins requires the combination of high resolution chromatographic separations and sophisticated mass spectrometry Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography HILIC has great use in separations of glycopeptides and released glycans exhibitin ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The aim of this innovative proposal is to commercialize a non invasive topical product that treats uveitis which is safe and easy to administer Uveitis is the third leading cause of blindness in the United States Heretofore the primary treatment of intermediate and posterior uveitis has been either oral medications with significant systemic side effects or ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Development of radiological nuclear medical countermeasures to treat Acute Radiation Syndrome ARS is a high priority research area for NIAID Bone marrow is one of the most sensitive tissues to radiation damage and impaired hematopoiesis is one of the first clinical signs of excessive radiation exposure often resulting i death Granulocyte colony stimulating ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant With million people living with HIV AIDS including million in the US and million AIDS related deaths annually HIV AIDS remains a formidable global epidemic UNAIDS CDC Modern HIV therapy combines drugs from different classes to form andquot cocktailandquot therapies that have significantly prolonged the lives of many HIV patients However side effects and drug resis ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Meningitis and encephalitis are inflammatory, often infectious, processes of the central nervous system that can result in significant morbidity and mortality. Prompt, appropriate therapy is crucial, but determining theinfectious etiology can be difficult and time-consuming. A wide-range of pathogens can be involved including both bacteria and viruses. Culture ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects approximately 1.3 million adults in the United States and up to 1.5% of the population worldwide. In its progressive form the disease has debilitating effects including painful inflammation and destruction of the joints. This affliction leads to considerable lost work and disability. A hallmark of the RA inflammatory respon ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term goal of this proposal is to develop more effective therapies for cancer, specifically pancreatic cancer. The specific focus of this proposal is to improve upon the anti-cancer activity of the drug gemcytabine. This will be accomplished by synthesizing novel conjugates of gemcytabine in a form that enables increased pathways for uptake into cancer ...