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The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to develop an antimicrobial muscle-regenerating biomaterial into a commercial-ready product and address volumetric muscle loss injuries. In the context of defense medicine, severe muscle trauma often occurs in environments where external factors such as sterility are not well-controlled. Th ...

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will be to develop methods to facilitate the efficient, reproducible insertion of large DNA segments into stable locations on bacterial vectors, viral and non-viral shuttle vectors, and the chromosomes of prokaryotic and eukaryotic host cells comprising novel target sequences plus helper and donor vectors that cou ...

Proposed is robotic lawn mower developed and commercialized by the proposing company – Hire Henry. The focus of this Phase I proposal is to quantify the potential impact for fully autonomous, fully electric robotic lawn mowing on United States Air Force Bases. This proposal lays the ground work for future work, which focuses on developing computer vision models for robotic mowing specifically f ...

Project Summary / Abstract Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a major side effect of oxaliplatin, a key drug in 1st line regimens for treating colorectal cancer. Dose-limiting CIPN prevents rt25% of patients from receiving full, maximally effective dose of oxaliplatin. In addition, 10-40% of patients receiving oxaliplatin-based therapy for colorectal cancer with develop chronic C ...

PROJECT SUMMARYLoss of functional mobility associated with aging is the leading cause of dangerous falls and loss of living independence. Approximately 60% of community-residing individuals rt80 years-old have a gait disorder, and abnormal gait patterns are associated with a greater than two-fold increased risk of institutionalization and death in comparison to age-related adults without gait impa ...

Abstract: The objective of this project is to perform the required (and previously approved) IND-enabling experimental work for E1v1.11, a novel drug candidate for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). SMA is an autosomal recessive disorder that is the leading genetic cause of infantile death worldwide, occurring in ~1:10,000 live births. The gene responsible for SMA is called survival motor neuron-1 (SM ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The mission of Antiger Therapeutics Inc. is to develop novel immunotherapies for transplant recipients to improve long-term graft outcomes and minimize adverse effects. Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a leading cause of graft loss, with over 3000 new cases per year in the United States and estimated market size of $90 million. However, this estimate is likely to under ...

1 ABSTRACT. Urinary tract infections (UTI) are extremely common world-wide, and can lead to serious2 complications, including renal scarring and urosepsis. Standard-of-care treatments rely on antibiotics: empiric3 treatment for uncomplicated UTI (uUTI), broad-spectrum for complicated UTI (cUTI), and long-term prophylaxis4 for recurrent UTI (rUTI). This constant antibiotic exposure not only disrupt ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT. This phase 1 SBIR project proposes development of a new type of drug to improve the treatment of cancer. This new approach offers potential in many forms of the disease, including breast cancer, which is second only to cancer of the lung in terms of mortality. In particular, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is very challenging to treat as there are fewer therapeutic o ...

Project Summary/Abstract Tuberculosis (TB), caused by infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is a leading cause of mortality due to infection, globally. In 2020, 10 million people were newly diagnosed with TB and 1.5 million people died from the disease. As efforts to treat TB expand, the prevalence of infections caused by drug-resistant Mtb strains (DR-TB) that are resista ...