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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Advanced methods for wirelessly recharging batteries for implanted medical devices are needed The useful lifetime of most implants is constrained by the longevity of the power source The goal of this program is to implement the development of an UltraSound Electrical Recharging system USerTM within a clinically deployed gastric sphincter stimulation system ...

DESCRIPTION Based on the prevailing evidence we believe that a highly effective vaccine for HIV prophylaxis must induce long lasting broadly cross reactive antibody responses to envelope that exhibit antiviral activity as well as multi antigen polyfunctional CD and CD T cell responses that produce antiviral chemokines and cytokines and are possibly biased towards an effector memory phenot ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Despite the advance of antibiotics sepsis remains a major challenge to human health as both survival and incidence of severe sepsis have been largely unchanged in the last two decades It is therefore important to develop new therapeutic approaches We have recently reported that bacterial sialidases may serve as therapeutic targets for polybacterial sepsis H ...

The development of the Zeteo Toxic Agent Detection System (zTADS) is presented here. The system features a multiplexed disposable sample collection and processing system that feeds a handheld biological mass spectrometer.

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The proposed work is directed at the commercialization of a stretchable microelectrode array BMSEEDandapos s sMEA a new tool that provides enhanced capabilities to simultaneously interface mechanically and electrically with cell cultures in vitro The mechanical stretching of neurons in the brain or spinal cord is often te root cause of traumatic brain injur ...

Purpose: Students who fail to achieve proficient levels of literacy are at increased risk for grade retention, referral to special education, and dropping out of high school. The kindergarten through 3rd grade years are particularly important for students to gain a strong foundation in reading as those who continue to struggle with reading are significantly less likely to achieve reading proficien ...

The project team is developing a prototype of a tool for touch-screen mobile devices to support students in pre-kindergarten to grade 6 who have special communication needs. The product will include artificial intelligence software that will adapt the prompts and cues to the needs of individual students. In the Phase I pilot research, the team will examine whether the prototype functions as planne ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Long term anti angiogenic activity of intravitreal ellipsoid particles for NVAMD Niranjan B Pandey Ph D PI Aleksander S Popel Ph D Co I Jordan J Green Ph D Co I Peter A Campochiaro M D Co I of subaward Project Summary Current therapies for wet age related macular degeneration AMD target vascular endothelial growth factors VEGFA and pla ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant There is a strong unmet need for a low cost and convenient technology that can assist researchers and healthcare personnel in gathering vascular data Such vascular imaging technology could assist in the short term clinica research on the diagnostics disease progression and effect of treatment prevention strategies ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram positive human pathogen that causes a wide range of infections from skin and soft tissue infections SSTI to life threatening sepsis and pneumonia The pathogenicity of S aureus is dependent on numerous virulence factors including cell surface proteins and polysaccharides as well as secreted toxins An important group of thes ...