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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 Thyroid cancer is the most common type of endocrine malignancy New thyroid cancers patients are identified daily and most patients live for decades following diagnosis Thyroglobulin TG levels in the sera or in fine needle biopsies of thyroid cancer patients are routinely quantified using various agency approved e g FDA immunoassays for diagnostic and p ...

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 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 ...

Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder FASD are at risk for substance use and abuse Given the dearth of interventions designed specifically for adolescents with FASD there exists a need for evidence based preventive intervention programs for this population Thus the goal of the proposed Phase II application is to complete the product development and evaluate the effectiveness of t ...