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Project SummaryOne of the most glaring yet easily addressable gaps in our current scientific workflow and publication system is improving the way that methods are reportedin particularthe lack of key methodological details necessary for interpreting and reproducing a studyMost authors continue to cite the name of the reagentlike an antibody using the vendorand the city where the vendor is locatedb ...

Code blueis the signal used in hospitals to call for an immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitationCPRfollowing a cardiac or respiratory arrestReviewing the performance of thecode blue teamis a cornerstone for improving outcomesThe current standard of using handwritten records on a papercode sheetdoes not allow measurement of key quality indicators and is subject to human errorIn the Phase I STTR proj ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Genomic instabilityinduced by DNA damageand partly mitigated by DNA repair and antioxidantsplays a critical role in the pathogenesis of many major human diseasessuch as neurodegenerationcancer and cardiovascular diseasetogether with agingThere is a critical need for automated assays that can perform these assessmentsand bring them into greater routine usewhich will help advance our ...

PROJECT SUMMARYABSTRACT Every yearvery low birth weightVLBWandltginfants are born in the U SThe use of surfactant dramatically decreases morbidity and mortality due to respiratory distress syndromeRDSin VLBW infantsCurrent standards for surfactant administration require the infant to be intubatedso that surfactant can be delivered to the trachea and lungsIntubating a VLBW infant is challenging and ...

TypeDiabetesT Daffects an ever growing populationWhile this disease typically has been associated with juvenilesthe disease in adult populations is rapidly increasingThe defining clinical component is insulin losswhich occurs because of sustained inflammation in the isletsAt present there is no means to prevent or reverse insulin lossA major inflammatory pathway in T D that contributes to insulin ...

Project SummaryAbstract Lymphatic filariasisLFcaused by the parasitic filarial worm Wuchereria bancroftiis a disfiguring and debilitating neglected tropical disease that affectsmillion people incountriesThrough the World Health Organization sWHOGlobal Program for the Elimination of Lymphatic FilariasisGPELFbillion drug regimens have been distributed via mass drug administrationMDAtomillion people ...

PROJECT SUMMARY The for profit small business concernTricorder Array Technologies LLCwill developin partnership with the University of Alabama at BirminghamSIDECAReSensing and Integrating Data for Environmental Conditions in Animal ResearchThis device will automate collection of relevant data that will enhance consistency in animal models used to study human health treatment researchOur innovative ...

The importance of large protein drugsbiopharmaceuticalsand their generic counterpartsknown as biosimilarshas created a need for improved analytics to facilitate biopharmaceutical research and to combat adverse drug reactionsThe recombinant protein expression process is inherently prone to low level errors resulting in sequence variants caused by amino acid misincorporationwhich are observed in bot ...

Aerosolized pathogenssuch as Influenza virusescan spread rapidly and silently throughout a populationcausing severe outbreaks that can be difficult to controlEarly detection of these airborne pathogens is key to controlling outbreaksespecially among vulnerable populations such as in hospitalstreatment centers or nursing homesYet available methods are neither rapidnor portableCurrent methods rely h ...

Project Summary OccidiofunginsA Dare cyclic nonribosomally synthesized antifungal peptides with submicromolar fungicidal activity against a broad spectrum of fungiOptimization of the production and isolation of occidiofungins from liquid cultures has been performedThe production and isolation of predominantly one analogcalled occidiofungin BOCFsupports its commercial development as a novel antifun ...