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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Bacterial contamination of platelets is considered the greatest infectious risk of blood product transfusion today at about in platelet units which is several orders of magnitude greater than that of HIV Bacterial contamination at high levels can lead to severe morbidity or mortality in transfusion recipients The American Association of Blood Banks is ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Triple negative breast cancers TNBCs account for of breast cancer deaths and lack targeted therapies Drs Sonenshein Mineva and Romagnoli and their co workers recently identified the non essential cell surface protein ADAM A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease as a pivotal promoter of breast tumor growth and metastasis and validated it as a target o ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Pancreatic cancer has the worst prognosis of all cancers and is the fourth leading cause of cancer related deaths in the United States Patients usually present with advanced disease making curative attempts difficult Surgery is the only curative therapy since radiotherapy and chemotherapy remain largely ineffective coupled with undesirable side effects Desp ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Capture Pharmaceuticals Inc is developing a drug called C E initially intended for treatment of individuals who have been contaminated by radioactive actinide elements following a nuclear terrorism event Because of the similarities between actinides and lanthanides it is expected that C E will also be effective in removing gadolinium Gd a lanthanide in ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Because many people who inject drugs PWID do not receive adequate information about HIV or HCV testing and prevention or overdose prevention and response training we propose to develop a Mobile Intervention Kit to deliver technology based interventions from a library of theory guided video content The first iteration will address overdose prevention and r ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantTriple negative breast cancerTNBCis one of the most aggressive forms of human cancerand currently has no targeted therapyChemotherapy is the only available treatment for TNBC patientsbut is deleterious and not effective once tumor spreadsTNBC represents a major unmet medical needaboutof breast cancer incidenceswomen worldwide inare TNBCTNBC disproportionally affects ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Despite immense efforts in behavioral interventions to promote safer sexual practices sexually transmitted infections STIs continue to be a pandemic worldwide Unfortunately there are no effective vaccines or microbicides for the majority of STIs A pathogen specific safe effective and discreet vaginal microbicide that does not require daily or sex associ ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant An estimated two million Americans suffer from infections caused by multi drug resistant MDR bacteria resulting in a substantial impact on patientsandapos lives and an extraordinary economic burden Due to the arsenal of antibiotic resistance mechanisms that these bacteria present traditional antibiotic therapies are often ineffective New strategies that u ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Cell Microsystems Inc is an early stage biotechnology company whose mission is the commercialization of a novel cost effective platform enabling the identification and efficient isolation of viable cells based on morphologic and fluorescence signatures as well as characteristics that change over time The CellRaft technology is based on a unique cell array recently developed ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Neuropathic pain is a serious health problem that affects millions of people worldwide and occurs in as much as of the general population The management of neuropathic pain in patients is complex with an estimated of individuals refractory to existing analgesic therapies The aging population the diabetes epidemic and the significant cohorts of can ...