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Project Summary Arch Innotek proposes to develop a sustainablecost effective fermentation process to produce lutein using engineered yeastLutein is an important antioxidant compound that can slow the progression of vision loss caused by age related macular degenerationAMDcataractsand retinitis pigmentosaAside from protecting eyesdietary intake of lutein can reduce risk of skin disordersseveral typ ...

Summary Malaria continues to be a global health prioritywith almost half of the world s populationbillionat risk and arounddeaths each yearOvertreatment is caused by lack of diagnosis and contributes to resistancea huge threat as illustrated by artemisinin resistance in Southeast AsiaLittle progress has been made in the novel methods to diagnose malarialet alone in reliably identifying asymptomati ...

Micro-RDC has developed portable radiation effects test structures that scale to new process nodes.These structures will enable the investigation of the effects of radiation on the new technology from the material processing level as well as the circuit level.Fabricating the chosen structures and the refinement of software to extract the model parameters will be completed in this effort.A suite of ...