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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Severe loss of vision occurs due to age related macular degeneration AMD and approximately million people in the US have some form of AMD which is expected to double by Most of the current clinical treatments are primarily focused on slowing down the progression of the disease as there is neither a cure that can stop the degeneration nor a therapy ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation tDCS with weak currents is a non invasive low cost and well tolerated technique producing lasting functional changes in the central nervous system There is increasing evidence supporting the use of tDCS to improve stroke rehabilitation Behavioral and therapeutic outcomes of tDCS depend on the brain areas being targe ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence among College Students This Fast Track SBIR proposal is designed to address the urgent need for an effective primary prevention approach to the problem of sexual violence among college students It is estimated that in every college women has been sexually assaulted while in college There is a dearth of primary preven ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant PTI is a novel compound with a novel target designed to treat and slow the progression of Alzheimerandapos s disease AD PTI works by binding extremely tightly to a particular site on filamin A FLNA a protein we recently demonstrated to be critical to beta amyloidandapos s toxicity Beta amyloid A exerts its toxic effects by binding and h ...

This project focuses on developing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent that may increase the detection of tagged cells by a factor of 10-100. The ability to noninvasively track specifically labeled (tagged) cells, enables a researcher or medical treatment professional to dynamically monitor the delivery and targeted application of medicinal and bio-reactive agents.

Standards and specifications are widely used in government and industry to define requirements for products and processes and insure interoperability, safety, and quality of industrial and domestic products. Specifications and standards documents almost always cross-reference other standards and specification. Taken together, the web of interdependent standards forms an immensely important knowled ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This proposal is in response to a specific approved topic area as defined by the NEI in Appendix A National Institutes of Health SBA Approved SBIR STTR Topics for Awards over Statutory Budget Limitations from the PHS Omnibus Solicitation for SBIR STTR Grant Applications This Phase I feasibility study is an advanced technology project with a clearly id ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant An estimated in people over age are physically unable to cut their own toenails and of those surveyed admit to difficulty in performing this essential task for routine podiatric health On average shoulder abduction and hip flexion decrease to degrees per decade from age and over a degree per year from age This reduced flexibility combi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Innovative Design Labs IDL in collaboration with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago RIC and Ekso Bionics proposes to create a D Imaging and Classification System for Exoskeleton Systems Recent research has found that million Americans require wheelchairs and the number has been increasing annually by an average annual rate of per year Wh ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Smoking remains the number one avoidable cause of death in the United States and costs the economy tens of billions of dollars every year Current therapies include nicotine replacement with a patch or gum inhibition of the dopamine system with bupropion and partial activation of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor nAChR with varenicline Non ...