Award Data

EpiZode: Noninvasive Seizure Screening in Preclinical Models of Epilepsy There is an urgent need for research into treatment options for epilepsy and other seizure disorders. Animal models are increasingly used to understand disease mechanisms and to screen promising therapeutic approaches. Animal epilepsy model use typically requires expensive and labor-intensive experimentation, with invasive EE ...

Project Summary Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly occurring forms of cancer, accounting for 21% of all cancer in men. The Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) aims to standardize reporting of prostate cancer using multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI). However, the in-depth analysis, as demanded by PI-RADS, remains challenging due to the complexity and heter ...

Project Summary Occidiofungins (A-D) are cyclic nonribosomally synthesized antifungal peptides with submicromolar fungicidal activity against a broad spectrum of fungi. Optimization of the production and isolation of occidiofungins from liquid cultures has been performed. The production and isolation of predominantly one analog, called occidiofungin B (OCF001), supports its commercial development ...

Pathological hallmarks of Alzheimerandapos;s disease (AD) include extracellular deposits of Aβ peptides, intraneuronal aggregates of abnormally phosphorylated tau protein and neuroinflammation. Most proposed AD disease modifying therapies have focused on strategies that reduce brain Aβ/amyloid or tau pathological accumulation. However, such approaches have been unsuccessful in late stage AD clin ...

Principal Investigators for Small Business: DiscoveryBioMed, Inc. (DBM) and Monell Chemical Senses Center Project Summary Abstract Bitter taste in foods and medicines presents a barrier to overcoming global public health challenges: food insecurity, poor nutritional health, and poor compliance with medication use, particularly among children and the elderly. Sugar and salt, the mainstays to addres ...

PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal is in response to the parent announcement for Phase II STTR (R42) grant applications. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has become a preferred treatment for hematological malignancies and certain genetic disorders. Umbilical cord blood has become an appealing alternative to bone marrow or peripheral blood as a source of hematopoietic stem cells for transplant. D ...

Summary Technology for studying the higher order structure (HOS) and interactions of biomolecules is a highlighted NIGMS SBIR/STTR research topic. Mass-spectrometric methods for studying HOS include hydroxyl radical footprinting as well as chemical methods to covalently label amino acid side-chain functional groups, and also hydrogen/deuterium exchange (HDX) on protein backbone amides. These metho ...

The adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems is growing at a fast pace in the U.S., and this growth results in very large quantities of patient clinical data becoming available in electronic format with tremendous potential but an equally large concern for patient confidentiality breaches. Secondary use of clinical data is essential to fulfill the potential for high quality healthcare, i ...

Abstract Opioid abuse disorder (OAD) affects 2.1 million of Americans annually resulting in overdoses numbering in the tens of thousands and skyrocketing rates of mortality. In addition to its enormous social impact, OAD carries a multi-billion-dollar price tag that includes $78.5 billion, specifically for health care and other costs related to prescription opioid abuse and misuse. Although effect ...

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most lethal form of adult brain cancers with a median survival of andlt;15 months despite aggressive standard chemoradiation. GBM are formed by GBM stem-like cells (GSCs) - a major contributor to tumor recurrence and a natural focus for therapeutic development. There are two main reasons responsible for treatment failure: 1) high intra- and inter-tumor cellular and molecu ...