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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Xenotransplantation with pig organs offers the best near term hope for satisfying the limitation imposed by shortage of human organs. This research project is directed toward producing as a product a genetically modified pig that will be the best potential donor for xenotransplants to humans. Although hyperacute rejection of pig organs in primate recipients ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Newborn screening is currently performed by collecting dried bloodspots from infants and then sending them to a lab for analysis. It is primarily performed to detect disorders which lead to severe physical and mental disabilities. There is an increasing necessity to screen for a number of lysosomal storage disorders for which therapies are becoming available. T ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Respiratory infections have a significant health and economic impact worldwide. Current test products for the diagnosis of respiratory viral infections such as influenza are inadequate for the timely diagnosis needed for successful implementation of antiviral treatment. Unfortunately a test product that can accurately diagnose common respiratory viruses with hi ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 100,000 Americans perish each year due to untreatable bacterial infections. The societal benefits of new antibiotic compounds that are effective against numerous multiple drug resistant pathogens would be significant. The best possible source for new antibiotic structures with potentially novel mechanisms of action is within natural environments, particularly s ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Approximately 500,000 bone-grafting procedures are performed each year in the United States. Autologous iliac crest bone graft continues to be the gold standard, because it provides essential elements for bone formation: progenitor cells, an osteoconductive matrix, and osteoinductive molecules. However, iliac crest harvest is associated with a significant numbe ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Current NIGMS SBIR funding supported InvivoSciences LLCandapos s IVS launch of several product lines in IVS generated revenues from the sales of three dimensional D cell culture tools MC TM and IVS InsertsTM that can grow various hydrogel tissues without any support layers The culture tools enable Palpator TM and Tissue StretcherTM to stretch the ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Current NIGMS-SBIR funding supported InvivoSciences LLC's (IVS) launch of several product lines in 2010. IVS generated revenues from the sales of three-dimensional (3D) cell culture tools (MC-8TM and IVS InsertsTM) thatcan grow various hydrogel tissues without any support layers. The culture tools enable Palpator TM and Tissue StretcherTM to stretch the hy ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Modeling Professional Attitudes and Teaching Humanistic Communication in VR (MPathic-VR) Patients with life-threatening cancer need caregivers who can help them through difficult decisions by understanding their interests, values, and beliefs, and who communicate empathically with the patient's family and friends, and effectively with their medical peer ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over 700,000 surgical hernia repairs are performed each year in the United States and despite recent advances, a significant rate of recurrence persists. Of these surgeries, 100,000 are for incisional or visceral herniarepairs, which cost 1.7B annually and have a recurrence rate that can be up to 60%. The incorporation of biocompatible mesh to strengthen the ab ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Schizophrenia is a chronic and debilitating disorder that impacts nearly 1% of the world's population. The burden on the families and caregivers of patients is immense, with the cost of care in the United States being greater than 60 billion annually. The exorbitant financial strain of schizophrenia arises, in large part, to a lack of innovation that has ...