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AbstractThe treatment of large cartilage lesions is a difficult clinical problem for which there are few good solutionsLeft untreatedthese lesions tend to degenerate to chronic pain and osteoarthritisOAultimately requiring a total joint replacementFor patients suffering from knee OAandin particularunicompartmental OAunicondylar knee arthroplastyUKAis an available first line treatment option that p ...

ABSTRACTHarmful algal bloomsHABsare becoming frequent occurrences off the coasts of the United Stateswith specific instances in the coastal waters of the west coastthe Gulf of Mexicoand the Pacific OceanHistoricallyHABs have been associated with fish kills and marine mammal mortalitieshowevertheir effects on human health and economic loss due to HAB contamination of seafood are becoming more preva ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Clinical Sensors has developed a manufacturable prototype microfluidic sensor for measuring nitric oxide in whole bloodThis STTR Phase II project aims to complete several key aims necessary to commercialize this deviceincluding a clinical study where NO levels will be evaluated clinically in sepsisSepsis is the leading cause of death in non cardiac intensive care unitsICUsEach year ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Persistent disease activity PDA in spite of anti vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF therapy remains a significant clinical unmet need for patients with neovascular age related macular degeneration NVAMD The purpose of this STTR Phase I grant application is to develop novel therapies that will be effective for the treatment of PDA associated with NVAMD The cu ...

Project Summary Abstract Glioblastoma GBM is the most common primary brain tumor and one of the deadliest forms of cancer Standard surgery chemotherapy and radiation fail to eliminate the infiltrative invasive cancer cells Median survival remains only months Drugs that seek out the disseminated GBM cells behind the blood brain barrier will prevent the inevitable recurrence in patients ...

Project Summary Genome editing technologies such CRISPR Cas provide a rapid and targeted means of both knocking out gene expression and knocking in gene modifications However the current workflow required for CRISPR cell line generation relies on several technologies which reduce throughput efficiency and the overall viability of genome edited cells Cell Microsystems has developed a single ...

Abstract Particle tracking PT is a powerful biophysical tool for elucidating molecular interactions transport phenomena and rheological properties in complex biological environments Unfortunately PT remains a niche tool in life and physical sciences with a limited user base in large part due to significant time and technical constraints in extracting accurate time variant positional data fr ...

The ciliopathies are a group of andgt overlapping clinical disorders caused by defects in the primary cilium and its anchoring structure the basal body Although individually rare this group contributes significantly to the population genetic disease burden with some estimates placing their combined incidence to as much as Importantly although some ciliopathies are lethal most pat ...

This Small Business Innovation Research project targets the development of mitigation strategies to decrease mercury and other potential hazardous elements in coal prior to combustion or gasification. The Microbeam team including the University of North Dakota and Envergex, LLC is developing a method of coal beneficiation that not only removes mercury, sulfur and other hazardous trace elements, bu ...

Gray cast iron piping is the most common pipe material in North America. Based on the high carbon content, graphitic needles or flakes are a common feature in these alloys. As a result, these areas of super-saturated carbon will consistently establish galvanic attack of the adjacent iron matrix, especially when in the presence of most ionic liquids. The localized galvanic potentials create microsc ...