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Metabolomics plays an indispensable role in the growing systems biology approaches to identify reliable cancer biomarkers. Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) have been extensively used for high-throughput comparison of the levels of thousands of metabolites among biological samples. However, the potential values of ...

Summary The temperature management market is expected to reach $ billion by yet no pharmaceutical has yet been developed specifically for this market A adenosine A AR agonists are well known to attenuate seizure and protect the brain from injury but development of these drugs has been limited by side effects including hypothermia bradycardia and hypotension Inspired by our discover ...

Project Summary Atrophic dry age related macular degeneration AMD is the leading cause of severe loss of vision for those over age Dietary supplements containing lutein and zeaxanthin are recommended by the NEI for those at risk of late AMD There has been a corresponding growth in demand for these two xanthophylls Lutein and zeaxanthin are currently sourced from marigolds grown mostl ...

Floreo Technology proposes to develop the Police Safety Module PSM an innovative immersive mobile virtual reality VR application designed to train police safety in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder ASD ASD has been increasing in prevalence over recent years While much attention has been paid to the causes and early diagnosis of ASD there remains a clear need for effec ...

PROJECT SUMMARY This application for a Phase I SBIR award represents a collaboration between Clinitech LLC and McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School to develop a wearable biosensor for detecting alcohol in the interstitial fluid of humans who have consumed alcohol Excessive use of alcohol accounts for much of the public health burden related to alcohol use disorders including fetal ...

Abstract This study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of using state of the art interactive technology and social media and to improve adherence with the safe sleep guidelines by young mothers and their families Public health messages which can be effective in older adults are not achieving the same results with young mothers They do not always make choices supported by medical r ...

Under this Small Business Innovation Research SBIR Phase II project Topic the Contractor will produce anditeratively test a virtual reality VR intervention with diverse populations of patients with chronic pain The Contractorwill develop and refine VR content based on patient and clinician feedback develop and implement a plan forusing the VR content as a therapeutic tool in a ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The avian origin H N influenza virus that emerged in humans in China in presents a unique challenge to vaccine development because it is poorly immunogenic Neutralizing antibodies are not detected in acute phase infection Anti H antibody responses are significantly delayed and exhibit low avidity in comparison with antibodies generated following seas ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This project will develop a commercial product that will enable for the first time realtime tumor tracking during radiotherapy at an attractive price point and with minimal interference with standard clinical practice The key novel technology is an optimized multi source X ray tube with focal spots that is placed below the multi leaf collimator MLC of a r ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Smoking kills Americans annually exacerbates myriad diseases and costs billions in healthcare and productivity losses Numerous barriers exist to accessing traditional treatment e g costs traveling to and scheduling appointments other logistics Text messaging is an extremely popular communication method Over of all Americans use text m ...