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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Yearly influenza epidemics affect about of the worldandapos s population and estimates of annual mortality range from including approximately deaths and hospitalizations in the United States In addition the likelihood of a severe pandemic caused by a newly emergent strain of influenza virus is very high given that three such pandemics were recorded in the th centu ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Development of radiological nuclear medical countermeasures to treat Acute Radiation Syndrome ARS is a high priority research area for NIAID Bone marrow is one of the most sensitive tissues to radiation damage and impaired hematopoiesis is one of the first clinical signs of excessive radiation exposure often resulting i death Granulocyte colony stimulating ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Tuberculosis TB disease which results from infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mtb is a leading cause of infectious morbidity and mortality in children andlt years old worldwide In TB endemic regions in which the vast majority of the worldandapos s annual million adult cases of TB disease reside children andlt years old account for ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this project is to develop and evaluate a position tracking and mobility assessment system that will enable the elderly to live longer and more safely at home or in an assisted living facility. The ability to move is a critical function tat underlies the quality of life for the elderly. Changes in mobility such as speed of walking have been shown to ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this multi-phase SBIR research effort is to develop a handheld fall risk assessment instrument for use by health and elder care providers. Falls occur in up to 30% of those over the age of 65 and upto 40% for people over the age of 80. Falls place each individual at risk for dangerous closed head injury and long bone fractures. The mortality ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Falls among the elderly, one of the most common reasons requiring medical intervention and a contributing factor in 40% of nursing home admissions, are a major health problem. Several studies have identified quantifiable gait markers that appear to distinguish between elderly fallers and non-fallers. These studies have relied on data acquired in gait-laborat ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The SHARE Program: Supporting Health, Activities, Resources, and Education is a seven-session early stage intervention for care dyads (the IWD and a family CG) that takes advantage of a time when the IWD can still discuss the diagnosis and plan for the future. Communication and planning offers preventive short- and long-term benefits:1 1) IWDs feel reassured th ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Development of radiological/nuclear medical countermeasures to treat Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) is a high priority research area for NIAID. Bone marrow is one of the most sensitive tissues to radiation damage and impaired hematopoiesis is one of the first clinical signs of excessive radiation exposure, often resulting i death. Granulocyte colony-stimulating ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): MBio Diagnostics, Inc. proposes to develop a low-cost, point-of-care (POC), HIV-1/2 antigen/antibody combination diagnostic device. The goal is for the Ag/Ab combo system to deliver the performance of laboratory based,4th generation antigen/antibody clinical analyzers, in a POC platform with cost and workflow of the widely used HIV rapid tests. Phase I research ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a critical need to improve the accuracy of preclinical drug efficacy and toxicity screening and testing through the development of human hepatocyte (liver) in vitro culture systems that more effectively mimic the human in vivo environment. HemoShear is a biotechnology research company that utilizes patented methodologies to restore in vivo responsivene ...