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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 ...

Summary The proposed DE iRED program consists of university and private sector partnerships to deliver a comprehensive program that will engage and support biomedical innovators in the early stages of technology commercialization by addressing key bottlenecks in the startup process as identified both in the solicitation and by the DRIVEN Accelerator Hub. According to DRIVEN’s Voice of Customer i ...

Project Summary/Abstract Bone marrow aspirates are critical to the diagnosis, staging, and monitoring of hematologic conditions and cancers (e.g., leukemia, aplastic anemia, sickle cell disease, and metastasis of solid tumors), but 8-50% of aspirations are unsuccessful due to operator technique, hemodilution, or underlying pathology. Because this process is manual and error-prone, there is an oppo ...

Project Summary Project Title: Development of a Small Molecule Inhibitor of Fortilin for Atherosclerosis Treatment and Prevention. Atherosclerosis affects more than 18 million Americans and is a major cause of cardiovascular diseases and acute cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke. Current interventions include changes to diet and exercise, smoking cessation, and treatment with st ...

Project SummaryThe overall goal of this SBIR project is to establish the technical feasibility for commercialization of a patent-pending sample preparation technology that concentrates and recovers microbial contaminants from appropriately scaled water samples. The proposed product is affordable, versatile, reusable, portable, and automated device with no moving parts, suitable for on-site or in-f ...

Project Summary/Abstract Evaluation for neutropenia and/or thrombocytopenia requires a 5-part white blood cell (WBC) differential with platelet count. Currently, instruments capable of these measurements must be operated in a CLIA-certified laboratory and rely on complex workflows involving multiple reagents, extensive calibration and maintenance, and operation by highly trained personnel. Turnaro ...

There is a critical need for rapid and cost-effective means for the detection of e.g. infectious diseases at an early stage, drug overdoses, and other health related testing necessities. Thus, significant commercial opportunities exist because of the lack of these capabilities as painfully “demonstrated” in the current pandemic. Mass spectrometry (MS), because of its ability to detect hundreds ...

7. Project Summary/Abstract Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in North America (1). Hepatic steatosis (HS) is the hallmark of NAFLD (2). NAFLD may transition in sub-groups to chronic inflammation (non- alcoholic steatohepatitis, NASH), and ultimately to cirrhosis. HS is prevalent in all stages of NAFLD. 3-10% of all children in the US and 40-70% of obese ch ...

PROJECT SUMMARY In this Direct-to-Phase II SBIR, BioStrategies LC proposes to advance the development of a novel AAV- based gene therapy for mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (MPS IIIA, also known as Sanfilippo A syndrome). In contrast to other gene therapies in development for MPS IIIA, BioStrategies’ approach is designed to achieve a systemic therapeutic effect, including delivery of a functiona ...

Advanced Development of GeminiTM-DHAP Project Summary:The Specific Aim of this Direct to Phase II project is to develop a discrete, low-profile, dual hormone artificial pancreas device, the GeminiTM-DHAP, using SFC Fluidics' enabling microfluidic technologies to deliver both insulin and glucagon as recommended by a dual-hormone algorithm in response to continuous glucose monitor readings. The Gemi ...