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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Hypersecretion of mucus into the respiratory airways is a major contributing factor in several lung diseases, including chronic pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, cystic fibrosis, allergic rhinitis, and bronchiectasis.Despite the obvious medical importance, there presently are no effective therapies to control excess mucus secretion in these diseases, and very ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Hypersecretion of mucus into the respiratory airways is a major contributing factor in several lung diseases including chronic pulmonary disease COPD asthma cystic fibrosis allergic rhinitis and bronchiectasis Despite the obvious medical importance there presently are no effective therapies to control excess mucus secretion in these diseases and very ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term objective of this collaborative research project is to commercialize a prototype photoacoustic computed-tomography (PCT) scanner for conducting preclinical molecular imaging. This scanner has been developed by OptoSonics with funding from a Fast Track SBIR grant from the National Cancer Institute (R44-CA-102891) and additional private funding fro ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In both animal proof of concept studies and preliminary clinical trials there is ample data demonstrating the potential therapeutic benefits o CD blockade for treatment of GVHD organ transplantation and autoimmune diseases However development of CD as a therapeutic has been impeded by antibody toxicity observed in early clinical trials GVHD is a ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Phase IIB SBIR application is responsive to NHLBI RFA HL-13-016, NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Awards to Accelerate the Commercialization of Technologies for Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders and Diseases (R44) . This RFA solicits work on basic, applied, and clinical research on all product and service development related to the mission of the NHLBI. ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This Phase IIB SBIR application is responsive to NHLBI RFA HL andquot NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Awards to Accelerate the Commercialization of Technologies for Heart Lung Blood and Sleep Disorders and Diseases R andquot This RFA solicits work on andquot basic applied and clinical research on all product and service development related to the ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Infection surrounding metal implants is a common and sometimes devastating cause of implant failure in a number of fields including oral, craniomaxillofacial (CMF), orthopedic, and cardiovascular surgery. These infections, which arise from the establishment of biofilms on device surfaces, not only necessitate new surgeries but in themselves present a significan ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mesothelial cells have been found to be pivotal in tumor metastasis, peritoneal dialysis, and inflammatory response. These cells are specialized epithelial cells that line the peritoneal, pericardial, and pleural cavities and internal organs presenting a barrier to invading organisms and physical damage. Ovarian tumor attachments occur through cancer cells bind ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over 6.3 million fractures occur each year in the United States alone (Praemer et al. 1999) and approximately 15% of fractures exhibit delayed or impaired healing. The clinical applications currently used to treat delayed fracture require open surgery to insert an autologous bone graft. If open surgery is confounded by co-morbidity or is deemed otherwise undes ...

DESCRIPTION (PROVIDED BY APPLICANT): Schizophrenia affects roughly 1% of the world's population, with more than two million Americans afflicted in any given year, and an estimated 30-50 million people worldwide. Treatment with available antipsychotic medications often effectively attenuates the positive symptoms of schizophrenia without improvement in the negative symptoms or cognitive deficits. F ...