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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this project is to develop broad-spectrum antibiotics against Yersinia pestis and other important human pathogens. The potential use of engineered, multi-drug-resistant strains as agents of bioterrorism necessitates the development of new anti-Y. pestis therapies. This is a challenging goal, since the last novel class of broad-spectrum antib ...

The Advanced Electronic Development Program (AEDP) will develop prototypes of photonic and digital components. Under AEDP, electronic equipment will be developed and prototyped, with components integrated for a capability demonstration. This work will be performed under the Phase II SBIR program.

During Phase I, we experimented with several transition approaches and ran into three hurdles: 1) No matter how good the method for transitioning technology, if the development process has not been well-managed, there will be no technology to transition; 2) Transition does not happen without an incredible amount of expertise and data; 3) Good technology does not matter if no one is aware of its e ...

Abstract Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisALSis a universally fatal neurodegenerative disease that afflicts overout of everyindividualsProtein aggregation has been implicated as a primary driving force in ALS and multiple other neurodegenerative illnessesTDPis the principle component of the protein aggregates in ALSand TDPalso stands out as the only genetically defined ALS mutant gene that is also the ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bioterrorist threat. With the best current therapies, lethality is typically as high as 40%. The overall goal of this proposal is the development of new drugs against this organism. In Phase I, the high sequence similarity between 8. pseudomallei and its less virulent relative Pseudomonas aeruginosa was exploited to build innovati ...

Preceding Award: NCI Award 1R44CA192875-02 Project Summary: According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, about 50,000 people in the US will be newly diagnosed with oral cancer (OC) in 2017, causing 9,700 deaths[1]. OC is a severely neglected orphan disease with a lack of significant treatment advances in 4 decades[1]. Historically, OC has been present in heavy smokers and drinkers. However, more recen ...

Chiliad's Phase II effort will implement and test enhancements and extensions of automated metadata generation capabilities designed in Phase I, and the tight integration of those capabilities with other software systems and applications. Some of the results of Chiliad’s SBIR funded efforts have already been deployed in operational production systems across the FBI, within new releases of the Bu ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Heart failure (HF) represents an enormous clinical problem demanding effective therapeutic approaches. Despite advances in traditional approaches to its treatment, including pharmacological management, myocardial revascularization, mechanical assist devices, and transplantation, heart failure remains a leading cause of death worldwide. Therefore, a novel therap ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a resubmission in response to AA-04-002 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to continue our STTR (Phase I and II) study on the development of NPI-031G (Puerarin), an Isoflavone-C-glycoside isolated from Puerira lobota (Kudzu), as a botanical anti-craving agent for the treatment of alcohol drinking problems. In STTR ...

Aortic coarctation is a common congenital heart condition that is usually recognized during the neonatal period early after birth The usual treatment is open surgery Non surgical catheter based stent therapy is not available to treat neonatal aortic coarctation because children outgrow commercially available metallic stents Absorbable stents might revolutionize the treatment of aortic coarctation ...