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Development of a high throughput screen to detect the effects of both preand postbiotransformed compounds for enhanced content drug discovery workflows Project Summary This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will build upon our successful Phase I demonstration that substrate free autobioluminescent signal generation can detect both the preand post biotransformed metabolic impacts ...

Because of its high sensitivitypolymerase chain reactionPCRis the gold standard for the diagnosis of many infectious diseasesbut generally only implemented in well equipped laboratoriesOne of the major roadblocks for expanding PCR to point of care markets is the lack of simplerobustsingle tube PCR designs which preserve its laboratory based high sensitivity and specificityIn this Fast Track STTR a ...

Checkpoint inhibitors towards targets such as PDand PD Lare being developed to activate quiescent T cells embedded in tumors and enable them to recruit the rest of the immune system to fight a cancer massHow these new cures reactivate the relatively few Tumor Infiltrating LymphocytesTILsenabling the release of a complex message of cytokines to recruit the immune systemthus impacting treatment effi ...

ImmuNext has identified and developed a putative lead anti VISTA monoclonal antibodymAbthat we aim to bring to the clinic for the treatment of human autoimmune diseaseVISTA is a member of the highly successful negative checkpoint regulatorNCRfamily of drug targetswhose members have demonstrated proven efficacy in inducing long term remissions in human cancersWe contend that antibodies that suppres ...

This proposal responds to RFA–DC-16-002, in which the NIDCD is seeking to support the development of acoustic signal processing tools that have the potential to accelerate research studies and to facilitate the translation of novel algorithms for hearing aids. Approximately 15% of American adults report some degree of hearing trouble, and 12.7% of Americans aged 12 and over experience bilateral ...

Expressing humanized bacterial luciferase in stem cellsMoving beyond firefly luciferase toexpand the informational capacity of animal models for regenerative medicine Project Summary This Small Business Technology TransferSTTRPhase II project proposes to develop complementary autonomously bioluminescentautobioluminescentin vitro stem cell lines and in vivo small animal model systems that enable th ...

Adoptive transfer of autologous T cells engineered to express chimeric antigen receptorsCARshas emerged as a promising immunotherapy for patients with hematologic malignanciessuch as CDCARs in leukemias and lymphomasHoweverchallenges remain in terms of manufacturing consistency and the functional profile of the CAR T cell productsince infused cellsasliving drugscan be activated and release a varie ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACTCairnSurgical LLCa Dartmouth spin off companywill optimize and test multi site clinical feasibility of a new image guided intervention devicethe Breast Cancer LocatorBCLin breast conserving surgeryBCStoieliminate wire localizationa moderately effectivesomewhat costly and certainly inconvenient procedure for patients and surgeonsand concomitantly toiireduce positive margin r ...

With this PhasesubmissionIsoPlexis proposes to deliver a single cell proteomic solution for ultra sensitive detection of unique correlative biomarkers in pre clinical mouse modelsin an automated system that can be used to accelerate the discovery of potential immune therapeuticsThe recent revolution in new basic science discovery is failing to translate into improved patient treatmentThe reduction ...

Project Summary AbstractThe objective of this proposal is to transform a hand held surgical robotic system for transurethral laser prostate surgery from a lab prototype into a commercial productThe system will feature needle sized arms deployed through the endoscope port and will enable independent tissue manipulationlaser aimingand visualizationmaking surgery more accurate and ef cientClinical si ...