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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Submerged Electro-Spark Deposition (SESD, US patent pending), developed at Advanced Surfaces And Processes, Inc., is a surface modification technique. Any conductive surface can be modified with regards to surface texture and chemical composition. The objective of the present proposal is to use SESD to incorporate appreciable amounts of bone mineral elements, i ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) causes a persistent infection in most humans exposed to the virus. HCV infection in time can lead to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Although the annual number of newly infected patients has dropped significantly over the past decade, about 4 million people are currently persistently infected in the USA. There is presently no un ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the proposal is to develop an automated data acquisition system for non-invasive quantitative cancer detection, screening, and monitoring, based on highly sensitive low volume real time PCR technique and capillary electrophoresis, apply this system for quantitative analysis of the telomerase activity and gene expression in single cancer c ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): About 250,000 Americans a year die of coronary heart disease without being hospitalized, and most of these are sudden deaths caused by cardiac arrest. Due to similarities of cardiovascular physiology and genetic structure to humans, biomedical research has increasingly employed the mouse in models of human disease, which has provided powerful tools for investig ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal degenerative disease affecting motor neurons in the spinal cord, brainstem and cortex. We have previously shown that transplanting neuronal cells into the spinal cord delays the onset of motor symptoms in the G93A mouse model of ALS, but developing a potential treatment strategy around a committed neuronal cell or ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall aim of the proposed project is to develop an interactive computer-based program designed to train mental health professionals in use of an established cognitive-behavioral program for the treatment of adolescent depression. The Adolescent Coping With Depression (CWD-A) course has been empirically validated and adapted for a variety of formats (e.g., ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Phase I: It has become increasingly clear that the metastatic potential of solid cancer best correlates with the nature of the cells emigrating from the primary tumors. These emigrating cells enter the circulatory system and thus can readily be recovered using a simple and minimally invasive procedure. However, molecular analysis of these cells remains technic ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Individuals with disabilities who require the use of wheelchairs for all of their independent mobility often experience problems with chronic seat discomfort in their wheelchairs. In spite of this prevalent problem, very little research has been done and few products have been specifically developed to mitigate chronic wheelchair seat discomfort. Chronic wheel ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Paclitaxel (Taxol) and doxorubicin (DOX, Adriamycin) are chemotherapeutic drugs used in treatment of metastatic breast cancer. When used individually, they produce a 30-40 percent response rate. When combined, using high doses of DOX (450-550 mg/m2), the response rate is increased to 85-95 percent. This represents a significant improvement in tumor responsivene ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cytochlor Technology is about to enter a Phase I trial as a radiosensitizer of tumors of the oral cavity and oropharynx with NCI supervision. Our objective is to demonstrate Cytochlor's safety, selectivity and possible efficacy (although efficacy is not the goal of a Phase I trial). Our goal is to move Cytochlor Technology to a mutliinstitutional Phase II clini ...