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IN COLLABORATIVE STUDIES WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, WE HAVE OBTAINED PRELIMINARY DATA ON THE ANTIVIRAL PROPERTIES OF DERIVATIVES OF THE NATURAL PRODUCT GOSSYPOL. IN PARTICULAR, ONE DERIVATIVE NAMED GIL HAS SHOW PROMISING ACTIVITY IN THE TREATMENTOF DOMESTIC CATS INFECTED WITH FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS (FELV). ALSO NOTEWORTHY IS THE FACT THAT GIL SHOWS PROMISING IN VITRO ACTI ...

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A SMOKE EVACUATION SYSTEM IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF LASER SURGERY, BOTH IN RESEARCH AS WELL AS IN HUMAN SURGERY. CURRENT TECHNIQUES FOR THE REMOVAL OF SMOKE AND DEBRIS GENERATED DURING LASER SURGERY ARE INEFFICIENT, NOISY, AND EXPOSE THE SURGEONS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL TO THE HAZARDS OF PATHOLOGICAL AIRBORNE AEROSOLS. THE AIRBORNE AEROSOLS ARE CURRENTLY REMOVED THROUGH VACUUM ACTION (AIR PUMPS) AND C ...

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from the Applicant's Abstract). It is proposed to develop an IR pulsed laser ablation system for assisted (IVF). The ablation will be used to ablate the zona pellucida (ZP) to assist embryo hatching from the ZP to facilitate reimplantation. A wavelength has been selected (1480nm) that will allow the light to be delivered through a microscope objective, the bottom of the cu ...

THE OVERALL AIM OF THE PROJECT IS TO ESTABLISH A SPEECH/VOICE ANALYSIS LABORATORY TO SERVE IN 1. ASSISTING IN PRESYMPTOMATIC AND/OR EARLY DIAGNOSIS 2. DETERMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF THESE MEASURES IN MONITORING EFFECTS OF MEDICATION; AND 3. DETERMINING THE PROBABILITY OF THESE MEASURES IN PREDICTING THE COURSE OF THESE DISORDERS. IN PHASE I, THE AIMS ARE: 1. TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING N ...

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CYTOSKELETAL AND NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEINS (NMPS) PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE BIO-CHEMICAL EVENTS INVOLVED IN DIFFERENTIATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF MAMMALIAN CELLS. CERTAIN OF THESE MARKERS, F/G-ACTIN AND BLADDER CANCER-RELATED NMPS, PROVIDE A UNIQUE MEANS FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF BLADDER CANCER AS WELL AS ASSESSMENT OF FIELD DISEASE EFFECTS. NEW METHODS OF ISOLATING, PURIFYING REAGENTS AND LAB ...

COMPUTER INFORMATION NETWORKS FORM AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF MODERN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES. HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS WHILE IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CARE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE HIGHLY DISTRIBUTED NATURE OF PATIENT INFORMATION, MATERIALS INVENTORY, AND COST ACCOUNTING DATA IN A HOSPITAL REQUIRES THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS TO REMAIN LABOR INTENSIVE, INEF ...

MAJOR RESEARCH FINDINGS OFTEN QUICKLY FOLLOW THE INVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW OR BETTER METHOD OF MEASURING SOMETHING, THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. HENNESSY'S DEVELOPMENT OF THE LASER OPTOMETER IN 1970 LED TO AN EXPLOSION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS THAT SUBSTANTIALLY REVISED OUR CENTURY-OLD CONCEPTION OF THE VISUAL ACCOMMODATION PROCESS AND ITS FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. LASER OPTOM ...