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This project aims to develop an automated robotic harvester for cilantro and other specialty cropsthat are harvested in bunches. Currently this is a labor-intensive task that takes up to 50% of totalcosts. Automating this task would mean reducing OPEX for farms by 40%-50% and moreimportantly tackling the huge labor shortage currently affecting the agricultural sector. This willpermit to grow produ ...

HERMES: Humanitarian Emergency Response Messenger of Essential Supplies drone payloadattachmentPI: Anthony C. MulliganSmall business: Hydronalix Green Valley AZMore than 95% of U.S. land area is classified as rural but home to just 19% of the population.Rural communities face geographic and demographic obstacles in responding to and preparing forextreme events such as hurricanes tornadoes and floo ...

Project Summary / Abstract Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a major side effect of oxaliplatin, a key drug in 1st line regimens for treating colorectal cancer. Dose-limiting CIPN prevents rt25% of patients from receiving full, maximally effective dose of oxaliplatin. In addition, 10-40% of patients receiving oxaliplatin-based therapy for colorectal cancer with develop chronic C ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT In response to National Institute on Aging's (NIA) strategic plan and PAS-19-317, we propose novel therapeuticsto treat Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRDs). We have developed novel combinations of three natural product compounds, which modulate complementary pathways in multiple types of CNS cells (i.e., neurons, microglia) associated with AD pathology. These c ...

PROJECT SUMMARYLoss of functional mobility associated with aging is the leading cause of dangerous falls and loss of living independence. Approximately 60% of community-residing individuals rt80 years-old have a gait disorder, and abnormal gait patterns are associated with a greater than two-fold increased risk of institutionalization and death in comparison to age-related adults without gait impa ...

Project Summary/Abstract Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability and accounts for 4.6 million disabled people in the United States. Stroke-related costs total over $46 billion in the United States each year.1 Of the nearly 800,000 Americans who have a stroke per year, 87% experience ischemic stroke1, of which 49%-86% are attributed to either large vessel occlusions (LVO) or med ...

The proposed phase-I STTR research is an interdisciplinary effort to develop more effective clinical management of Status Epilepticus (SE) in collaboration with one of the leading neurological institutes in the world, the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. SE is a life-threatening neurological emergency that can occur without warning and is characterized by recurrent seizures witho ...

Abstract There is an unmet need to develop treatments for senile osteoporosis, a disorder characterized by an age-related reciprocal decrease in osteogenesis and increase in bone marrow fat. Senile osteoporosis resembles disuse osteopenia, suggesting its pathogenesis involves impaired bone mechanosensing. We discovered that the polycystin heterotrimeric complex (1PC1+3PC2) functions as a mechanose ...

Project SummaryEpilepsy is one of the most common brain disorders. Current drugs have limited efficacy. Identifying new targeted drugs that can be used as safer, more effective therapies is in urgent unmet need. Selective inhibition of the transient receptor potential canonical 3 (TRPC3) emerges as a novel strategy to impede epilepsy. However, the currently best selective TRPC3 inhibitor, Pyr3, ha ...

Abstract: The objective of this project is to perform the required (and previously approved) IND-enabling experimental work for E1v1.11, a novel drug candidate for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). SMA is an autosomal recessive disorder that is the leading genetic cause of infantile death worldwide, occurring in ~1:10,000 live births. The gene responsible for SMA is called survival motor neuron-1 (SM ...