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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Scarab Genomics was founded to improve E coli as an industrial organism by genome engineering These strains have stable genomes since all prophages transposable and IS elements and the error prone repair systems were removed A recA version has always been provided as an option The goal of the Phase I project was to ascertain whether the changes already in ...

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 ...

Swallowing disorders known as dysphagia are associated with increased mortality and morbidity including malnutrition dehydration pulmonary complications and reduced quality of life More than M adults and millions more children suffer from dysphagia This disorder commonly causes liquids whether overly thin water coffee or overly thickened to be aspirated or misdirected into the air ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Cerebral malaria CM is a life threatening neurological complication associated with malarial infection Malaria affects about million people worldwide and claims lives annually of whom are African children under years of age CM is mistakenly over diagnosed about of the time in which the cases of concurrent non CM diseases with simil ...

Summary VisionQuest Biomedical LLCVisionQuesthas developed a diabetic retinopathyDRscreening systemEyeStarenabled by automated screening softwareDR RACSthat was developed under the EYPhase II SBIR projectOur product provides immediate feedback to the physician on the state of diabetic eye disease without burdening an eye care specialist to review those cases without retinal diseaseDiabetes affects ...

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 ...

Summary The objective of this project is to validate the i RxTherm VisionQuest s patented functional thermal imaging system that produces biomarkers for early detection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy DPN This device is based on the principle that changes in microvascular function are correlated to quantifiable changes in nerve function as expressed in measureable microvascular changes Dia ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Hiltonol poly ICLC is a stabilized dsRNA therapeutic viral mimic or andapos danger signalandapos that activates multiple elements of innate and adaptive immunity It is a standalone immunomodulator but when properly combined with antigen it generates a comprehensive Th weighted immune response best suited for antiviral and antitumor action This project ...

Abstract In humans and animals G protein coupled receptors GPCRs are embedded on cell surfaces and function as key regulators of physiological events by transmitting signals from extracellular stimulants across the cell membrane into the cell Impaired or abnormal GPCR function can result in disordered physiological processes causing a broad and diverse range of diseases For this reason GPCRs ...

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 ...