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The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will develop methods for space-based detection of orbital debris. This technology may decrease risks of collisions in space through real-time, accurate identification and modeling of objects within the respective orbits of the spacecraft. The system will also assist with potential path deviati ...

In recent years the poultry industry has focused on detecting and eliminating meat quality disorderssuch as wood-breast white-striping and spaghetti-meat. The current industry method for detectionin a production environment is a manual technician-based scoring method that provides unknownaccuracy and limited speed. We propose a method to detect these meat quality disorders in chickenbreast fillets ...

Mass spectrometers the gold standard for chemical analysis with wide ranging applications butare unfortunately limited in deployment by their high cost size weight and power. Currentportable instruments are ~$100k the size of a small suitcase and operate for only a few hours ona single charge. We have invented a patent-pending ion trap geometry with key benefits overexisting designs including the ...

In the coming decades cell-cultured meat is expected to play a significant role in the developmentof sustainable climate-friendly food systems to feed the growing population. Analysis of beefproduction finds that switching from conventional to cultured beef production could result in a 95%reduction in land use and 92% reduction in carbon footprint. However to realize these impacts newinnovations i ...

Summary Lung diseases, such as interstitial lung diseases including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and acute viral infection are major leading causes of death worldwide. The recent increase due to air pollution, tobacco smoking is and use of E-cigarettes has grown rapidly in the US contributing to a sharp increase in chronic lung diseases. IPF is ...

Abstract Nytricx is developing a new class of Nitric Oxide (NO)-releasing intravascular medical catheters to combat infection and thrombosis associated with indwelling vascular catheters. NO gas is a natural anti-infective and anti-thrombotic human product principally released from blood vessels and immune cells. Nytricx NO-releasing technology to the catheter surfaces via a polymer matrix, mimics ...

The following contains proprietary/privileged information that Moonlight Therapeutics requests not be released to persons outside the government, except for purposes of review and evaluation Safety and Tolerability of TASIS-Peanut (Targeted Allergen Specific Immunotherapy within theSkin) patch for the Treatment of Peanut Allergy Food allergies affect 30 million people in the USA and 17 million in ...

Project Abstract Asthma affects 25 million Americans, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects 16 million,together costing 130 billion USD annually to the US healthcare system. Asthma is more prevalent in AfricanAmerican population (10.6%) than white population (7.7%). Poverty level has an impact as well, with twice asmuch asthma incidence in people below 100% of the poverty thresh ...

PROJECT SUMMARY: It is estimated that more than 30 million American adults have chronic kidney disease (CKD), with nearly 800,000 living with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). People with chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease are at a higher risk for CKD. Because their kidneys no longer function, individuals with ESRD often rely on hemodialysis to remove waste fro ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disorder characterized by high blood pressure (hypertension) in the arteries of the lungs (pulmonary artery) for no apparent reason. PAH is a disease of pulmonary vascular endothelial dysfunction with nitric oxide (NO) deficiency and dysregulated glucose metabolism/utilization. It is a heterogeneous disorder likely to be comprised of overlappi ...