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Technology validation study of a wearable NIR spectrometer to quantify BAC in real time

Specific AimsIn Phase I of this SBIRwe will complete three specific aimssynthesize stable combination adjuvant formulations that are compatible with an HVLP antigenidentify the combination adjuvant properties that augment the safe and durable immunity to Handdemonstrate the superior protective benefit of the new combination adjuvant over existing adjuvant solutions for pandemic influenza vaccinesI ...

An effective vaccine against HIV offers the best chance to stop the global epidemic but remains elusive to dateResearch has primarily focused on subunit monomerice ggpor gpor trimeric antigensthe former approachoften adjuvanted with alumhas failed in clinical trialsNative like trimers mimic the Env spike but are still poorly immunogenic and require elaborate adjuvant screening efforts to potentiat ...

SignificanceHighly pathogenic avian H Ninfluenzawhich has killedpeople sinceis poised to cause a pandemic in a worldwide population that has no pre existing immunityCurrent Hvaccines are insufficiently immunogenic without the addition of adjuvantsbut responses to these adjuvanted vaccines are not durable and may not be protective against newly emergent viral strainsProposed solutionWe have develop ...

This application is based on ADT Pharmaceuticalsdiscoveries thatthe cGMP degrading phosphodiesterase isozymephosphodiesteraseAPDEis overexpressed during early stages of tumorigenesisgenetic knockdown of PDEresults in selective apoptosis of tumor cells by activating cGMP PKG signalingandsmall molecule inhibitors of PDEinduce apoptosis by PKG phosphorylation of oncogeniccateninthereby suppressing Tc ...

In vivo imaging of cells labeled with fluorescent nanodiamondsFNDsis a new way of monitoring immune cells during cancer immunotherapyFNDs are non toxicinfinitely photostable nanomaterials that are easily conjugated with antibodiesand emit fluorescence in the near infrared spectral regionIn this Phase I SBIRwe will use a murine melanoma model and outline a plan to use FNDs for imaging immunosupress ...

Besides surgeryradiotherapy is the most effective treatment modality for localized prostate cancerThe success of radiotherapy stems from the exploit of a therapeutic window in tumor response and normal tissue tolerance which maximizes the chance of sterilizing the tumor while sparing the surrounding normal tissue from severe damageThis requires an accurate and individualized radiation dose distrib ...

Under the Small Business Innovation Research ProgramSBIRPhase I programTopicthe Contractor will develop a comprehensive approach to allow hospitals gain control of their opioid medicationsThe Contractor approach is totrack opioids from the pharmacy to the patienttrack the amount given to the patientand for opioid waste to track it back to the pharmacybetter administer opioids to patients that offe ...

Principal Investigators for Small BusinessDiscoveryBioMedIncDBMand Nitor TherapeuticsIncNitorProject Summary Abstract The over arching commercial goal for this Nitor TherapeuticsIncNitorand DiscoveryBioMedIncDBMcollaboration is to discover and validate Stimulator of Interferon Genes orSTINGinhibitor ligands in a novel high throughput screeningHTSand validation based Critical Path of bioassaysAberr ...

AbstractThe overall goal of this study is to develop and demonstrate a novelpredictive in vitro organotypicD culture models of the blood brain barrierBBBderived from rodents for chemical toxicity screeningIn contrast with current Transwell based static and microfluidic assaysour commercially available SynBBB model enables real time visualization and quantitation of transport permeation under physi ...