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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant A Phase II SBIR program of preclinical development is proposed for the development of an active specific immunotherapeutic called Cellariumandquot for treatment of glial cell based cancers Successful completion of this project will confirm therapeutic effect and pre clinical safety of the vaccine in preparation for first in human studies Upon demonstration of ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Pancreatic cancer has the worst prognosis of all cancers and is the fourth leading cause of cancer related deaths in the United States Patients usually present with advanced disease making curative attempts difficult Surgery is the only curative therapy since radiotherapy and chemotherapy remain largely ineffective coupled with undesirable side effects Desp ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Capture Pharmaceuticals Inc is developing a drug called C E initially intended for treatment of individuals who have been contaminated by radioactive actinide elements following a nuclear terrorism event Because of the similarities between actinides and lanthanides it is expected that C E will also be effective in removing gadolinium Gd a lanthanide in ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Despite immense efforts in behavioral interventions to promote safer sexual practices sexually transmitted infections STIs continue to be a pandemic worldwide Unfortunately there are no effective vaccines or microbicides for the majority of STIs A pathogen specific safe effective and discreet vaginal microbicide that does not require daily or sex associ ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant An estimated two million Americans suffer from infections caused by multi drug resistant MDR bacteria resulting in a substantial impact on patientsandapos lives and an extraordinary economic burden Due to the arsenal of antibiotic resistance mechanisms that these bacteria present traditional antibiotic therapies are often ineffective New strategies that u ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Cell Microsystems Inc is an early stage biotechnology company whose mission is the commercialization of a novel cost effective platform enabling the identification and efficient isolation of viable cells based on morphologic and fluorescence signatures as well as characteristics that change over time The CellRaft technology is based on a unique cell array recently developed ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Therapeutics based on nucleic acids NA promise to revolutionize treatment of multiple diseases but their widespread use is currently limited by the lack of efficient delivery methods We have recently developed a new NA delivery platform based on polymeric CXCR inhibitors PCX suitable as dual function systems for simultaneous NA delivery and inhibition of ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Insomnia of sufficient clinical severity to meet diagnostic criteria is present in approximately of older adults nearly million individuals n the US alone If left untreated it can lead to increased rates of depression cognitive impairment and cardiovascular disease Treatment relies on pharmacotherapy such as sedative hypnotic therapy which is ass ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Polychromatic flow cytometry FC is one of the most powerful analytical techniques routinely used by both basic research and clinical diagnostics laboratories for the immunological categorization of cells Dyes used for FC typically exhibit broad fluorescent emission bands with full width at half maximum fwhm values of nm This limits the maximum numbe ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Low level tumor associated somatic DNA mutations can have profound implications for development of metastasis prognosis choice of treatment follow up or early cancer detection Unless they are effectively detected these low level mutations can misinform patient management decisions or become missed opportunities for personalized medicine Widely used tech ...