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ABSTRACT This supplement project will expand on our current STTR Phase I project in which we partnered with University of Rochesterandapos;s Environmental Health Sciences Center to develop three Science Take-Out vaping education kits. Our vaping education kits involve students in using hands-on activities and real-life scenarios to investigate the harmful effects of chemicals used in e-cigarette f ...

Project Summary Abstract Acute gastroenteritisAGEinfectious diarrhea is a common condition that is costly in the US and highmortality in developing nationsThe cornerstone of AGE management is oral rehydration therapyORTan evidence based technique that has saved overmillion lives in theyears since its introductionThe problem we aim to address is ORT s underuse in developed countries specifically in ...

ABSTRACT SUMMARY In previous studies we identified novel non hematopoietic umbilical cord blood stem cellsnhUCBSCsthat could be expanded to high passages and exhibit restorative properties following ischemic brain injury repairWe found that the high passaged cells were equivalentif not even betterthan the low passaged nh UCBSCsThis finding suggests that these cells can serve as a source of highly ...

Project Summary Abstract The advent of the Zika virusZIKVepidemic around the world has and will cause problems for the correct diagnosis of flavivirus infectionsFor many yearsDENV serological diagnosis was relatively straightforwardHoweverafter the recent ZIKV epidemiccross reactive antibodiesAbsgenerated after ZIKV infection will bind to DENV even if the patient has never had DENVThe only FDA app ...

PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal responds to PAR-18-870 titled “BRAIN Initiative: Development Optimization, and Validation of Novel Tools and Technologies for Neuroscience Research (STTR).” This project is a Fast Track STTR with a phase I and phase II. The small business, Applied Universal Dynamics Corp. (AUD) is collaborating with the University of Minnesota (U of MN). The activity patterns of t ...

Fluorescent nanoparticlesFNPare becoming increasingly popular in biomedical imaging and taggingCompared to molecule based fluorophoresFNP are typically brighter and more photostableThey can be functionalized with more than one tagging moleculeused for the tagging and tracing of specific moleculescellstissuesBrighter fluorescence facilitates more sensitive labelingand in many casesa lower limit of ...

AbstractThe pathogenesis of Sickle cell diseaseSCDcomprises a complex interplay of factors associated with vascular endothelial activationintense inflammationand increased sickle cell adhesionMicrovascular occlusion in SCD is initiated by adhesion of sickle red blood cellsRBCsto the endotheliumleading to acute painful vasoocclusive crisisVOCand the clinical morbidity in SCDTreatment strategies inc ...

Aerosolized pathogenssuch as Influenza virusescan spread rapidly and silently throughout a populationcausing severe outbreaks that can be difficult to controlEarly detection of these airborne pathogens is key to controlling outbreaksespecially among vulnerable populations such as in hospitalstreatment centers or nursing homesYet available methods are neither rapidnor portableCurrent methods rely h ...

Methamphetamine use disorder is associated with damage to regions of the brain that control cognitive and psychiatric functionOne third to one half of adults with methamphetamine use disorder experience cognitive impairments and other psychiatric symptoms that significantly impact treatment outcomesincreased relapse and lower treatment retention ratesMounting evidence demonstrates how immune facto ...

Project Summary While studies support the efficacy of comprehensiveschool wide interventions in reducing bullyingthese types of programs can require significant time and financial resources for implementationresulting in barriers to providing school based bullying preventionespecially in low income and rural communitiesAdditionallyalthough training bystanders to act asdefenderson behalf of targets ...