Award Data

Sustainable Bioproducts (SB) proposes to develop an encapsulated biofilm-biomat reactor that will efficiently convert mission relevant feedstocks to usable products under zero gravity conditions. The bioreactor will be based on SB’s proprietary fermentation platform for converting a wide variety of waste streams into a multitude of usable products. SB’s bioreactor platform is simple, does not ...

GTL proposes to further the development of its SNS technology towards adoption into aerospace structures. The SNS technology is an enabler technology for the expanded use of structural health monitoring systems. It allows the large data architectures needed for these types of systems to be implemented with minimal mass and impact to structural performance. GTL will accomplish this by automating th ...

The global contraceptives market was valued at $billion inand is expected to grow at a CAGR offromtoto reach an estimated value of $billion inThe contraceptive market consists of short term methods such as condoms and oral contraceptionlong term methods including implants and IUDsand permanent methods such as tubal ligations and vasectomiesEppin Pharmaandapos s product has a unique set of characte ...

Project SummaryOver $billion is spent annually in the US treating chronicnon healing woundsmany of which face lifethreatening complications due to infectionsWound infections are difficult to treat due to the frequency of antibiotic resistance as well as the formation of biofilmsa community of bacteria covered by an extracellular polymeric substanceBiofilm related infections can result in a substan ...

Abstract This project seeks to develop the next generation pro CARs that are inactive in normal tissues but selectively activated in the tumor microenvironmentTMEThe project is based on our previous development of a novel class of chimeric antigen receptors on the basis of single domain antibody mimics that recognize ErbB family membersSDAErbBon the surface of cancer cellsWe propose two specific a ...

Project Summary A research plan is proposed to engineer goats that produce fully human immunoglobulinThese animals will be evaluated as a candidate platform system for production of both targeted therapeutic immunoglobulin as well as reagent antibodies for standards and controls of serological assays of human clinical samplesPrevious studies have demonstrated that ungulates such as cattle can prod ...

Abstract Currentlyclinically used drug abuse medications exist for treatment of addiction to opiatesalcoholand nicotinebut not cocaineThe objective of the proposed project is to test the hypothesis that the partial kappa agonist PPLcan be effective as a pharmacotherapy for treatment of cocaine abuseBecause of chronic drug induced changes in the kappa opioid receptor systemkappa receptor directed c ...

PROJECT SUMMARY NETosis was identified as a distinct mode of cell death in neutrophils more than a decade agoDysregulation of NETosis has been implicated in the etiology of human pathologies such as preeclampsiasickle cell diseasesystemic lupus erythematosusmultiple sclerosisrheumatoid arthritissepsiscystic fibrosislupus nephritisand coagulopathies that include cancer associated thrombosisThe lite ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT The objective of this proposal is to develop an efficient and robust method to epigenetically reprogram na ve human T cells into regulatory T cellsTregsthat can prevent graft versus host diseaseGvHDOur short term goal for Phase I of the STTR award is to demonstrate that we can epigenetically reprogram na ve T cells using CRISPR Casbased technology into immunosuppressive ce ...

Project Summary AbstractThe objective of this proposal is to perform proof of concept experiments on a new hand held surgical instrument that provides dexterity at the tip of a rigid bronchoscopeThis approach is less invasive than traditional open surgeryand will be safer than the current rigid bronchoscopic approachwhich lacks dexterity in port delivered instrumentsOur new system will feature nee ...