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Influenza A viruses belong to the orthomyxoviridae family with a negative sense segmented RNA genome which can cause seasonal or pandemic flu with high morbidity and significant mortality Vaccination is the most prevalent prophylactic means for controlling influenza infections However an effective vaccine usually takes at least months to develop for the circulating strains Furthermore vac ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Drug resistant bacteria such as MRSA and airborne transmitted microbes such as influenza and TB together present major health issues both in the developed and the developing world with major health care and economic consequences Recent research from Columbia University Medical Center demonstrated that single wavelength far UVC photons can kill bacteria a ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Type diabetes T D is a chronic disease caused by the autoimmune destruction of the insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas Current treatment options for T D are severely limited All patients diagnosed with T DM are placed on life long insulin therapy and the current standard of care for adult patients with T DM is intensive diabetes therapy to avoid ...

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 Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to HIV and account for one quarter of all new infections each year Most new infections among adolescents occur among young men who have sex with men YMSM Transmission of HIV can be virtually eliminated by treatment but testing rates are low and a significant proportion of YMSM are unaware of their HIV status P ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The Cell SafeTM is a fundamentally new approach in replacement of dysfunctional insulin producing cells in patients with diabetes by transplantation of new islets in a three dimensional scaffold embedded in a highly compatible bioengineered perfusion system that continuously supplies tissue fluid blood ultrafiltrate so that the cells ae protected from immun ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Koronis Biomedical Technologies KBT proposes to develop a novel omnidirectional low power miniaturized hearing aid telecoil replacement module TCRM based on tunneling magnetoresistance TMR technology It has been reported that million Americans have hearing loss Hearing loss affects in Americans and in households Modern telecoils assist ...

Ebola EBOV and Marburg MARV viruses belong to the family Filoviridae and can cause fatal hemorrhagic fevers characterized by widespread tissue destruction with an incubation period of days Because of the safety concerns these viruses are designated as the biosafety level agents Currently there is no effective vaccine or therapeutic treatment against filoviral infection and pathogenes ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Directed Chemotherapy Delivery for Leptomeningeal Metastases PI Lad Shivanand and McCabe Aaron Project Summary Leptomeningeal Metastases LM is a condition in which cells from a primary solid or hematological tumor metastasize invade the subarachnoid space and spread throughout the cerebrospinal fluid CSF resulting in seeding of the leptomeninges along ...

There is a fundamental knowledge gap in how to immediately reduce cancer patientsandapos treatment related financial burden Cancer patients pay more out of pocket for their care than those with other chronic illnesses Half of all elderly cancer patients have high treatment related out of pocket financial burden This financial burden has well defined harmful effects even among insured cancer pa ...