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SUMMARY Chronic skin wounds associated with various diseasese gdiabetesand aberrant healing from acute woundinge ghypertrophic scarringare a major health care burdenThis health burden increases in aging populationsThe cost to treat these conditions exceeds $billion annuallyCurrentlyREGRANEXa cream containing a biologic based on human PDGFPlatelet Derived Growth Factoris the only FDAFood and Drug A ...

AbstractA major shortfall in clinical care for diabetes is a rapid and accurate screen for progression to diseaseCurrent criteria involve HLA haplotypeand the presence of auto antibodiesAAGenome wide associated studiesGWASrevealed only immune associated genes including HLA as T D predictorsThe ability to differentiate from other diseases was very limitedPre typediabetesp T Dis now being identified ...

Sickle cell diseaseSCDis the most common inherited blood disorder in the U Sand disproportionately affects African Americans and HispanicsApproximatelyU Schildren are born with SCD annuallySCD results from abnormal hemoglobin and causes red blood cellsRBCsto become misshapedsickle shapedSickled cells can block the flow of blood in small arteries causing tissue and organ damage and other lifethreat ...

Driving while intoxicatedDWIremains a substantial and preventable source of morbidity and mortality in the United StatesA variety of sanctions and interventions have been attempted to reduce DWI in the U Sincluding enhanced DWI enforcement effortsstricter drunk driving lawsresponsible alcohol beverage service trainingand alcohol treatmentThe Ignition Interlock DeviceIIDwhich requires a driver to b ...

Health disparities are high among LatinasThey are more likely to be overweightdiagnosed with diabetesand physically inactive compared to their non Hispanic White counterpartsThusinterventions that target improving health access and ameliorating chronic diseases among Latinas are of high public health importanceAvailable data suggest that community focused interventions produce improvements in phys ...

Native American Cancer InitiativesIncNACIis a woman ownedminorityAmerican Indianbusiness with fewer than three full time equivalent employeesThis for profit companyfounded inhas the mission to provide technical assistance and products on Native Americanscultural issuesevaluationprogram development and assessment and cancer care across the continuumoutreach through end of life careto communitiespat ...

Project SummaryAbstract Dental caries are the most common childhood disease in the United StatesDental sealants are materials that are applied to the pits and fissures of healthy teeth to prevent dental caries or other forms of decayThis method prevents bacteria ingress and acid dissolution and targets the portions of the tooth surface whereof the decay developsSealants are safe and effective in p ...

PROJECT SUMMARY This Phase II Lab-to-Marketplace proposal aims to commercialize a new remote focusing technique that can change the focus of a microscope by as much as 500 μm in less than 40 μs, 3 orders of magnitude faster than other discrete focus change techniques. Our initial market is neuroscience imaging, where the ability of researchers to step between focal planes at the millisecond time ...

Project Summary Microscopy with spatial light modulatorsSLMsenables use of optical techniques to simultaneously monitor and manipulate the activity of neuronal ensemblesin vitro and in vivoAs a result of successful worldwide research in this fieldsuppliers of commercial two photon microscopes feel there is extensive product potentialAs suchthree commercial microscope suppliers have licensed patent ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Nearly half of all college students have a diagnosable mental health problem Blanco et al College counseling centers CCCs are faced with increasing demands for services from Universities students and parents to meet the treatment needs of their students Kay and Schwartz in the context of increasingly severe cases and declining resources ...