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ABSTRACTProstate cancerPCais one of the most commonly occurring forms of canceraccounting forof all cancer in menMulti parametric magnetic resonance imagingmpMRIhas led to improved capabilities for detectinglocalizingand staging PCaCombined with image guided prostate biopsympMRI has helped to improve diagnosis of clinically significant PCawhich helps to reduce mortality as well as unnecessary biop ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The overall goal of this project is to improve quality of care of patients with diabetes by identifying patients who may have particular difficulty reaching treatment targets and who could therefore potentially benefit from additional resources Investigators propose to achieve this goal by developing a technology to accurately identify patients at high risk f ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantNational surveillance data confirm thatof Abaumannii isolates from US intensive care units are extreme drug resistanceXDRfar higher than other pathogensAt leastandcases of XDR Abaumannii infections occur annually in the US and globallyin developed countriesrespectivelyThese infections result inanddeaths and excess healthcare costs of $million and $million in the US ...

After a breast conserving therapy histology is often performed to check whether the excised tumor specimen is surrounded by a sufficient amount of normal tissue If a positive margin is identified then a second operation will be performed Currently the re operation rate is which raises a need for intraoperative detection of residual cancers The current intraoperative tools for margin ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Ebola EBOV and Marburg MARV viruses belong to the family Filoviridae and can cause fatal hemorrhagic fevers characterized by widespread tissue destruction with an incubation period of days Because of the safety concerns these viruses are designated as biosafety level agents Currently there is no effective vaccine or therapeutic treatment against f ...

Project Abstract Approximatelyof all fractures occur in the small bones of the wristshands and feetamounting to more thanmillion annuallyConsidering functional losses associated with the locations of these injuriesproper reduction and fixation is critical to ensure optimal rehabilitation and recoveryComplex injuries that include irreducible fractures or segmental bone loss require operative fixati ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This Small Business Technology Transfer STTR Phase I project proposes to develop autonomously bioluminescent human stem cells for continuous reagent free and real time bioimaging to address the National Institutes of Healthandapos s request for new techniques for non invasive long term tracking of stem cell survivability engraftment and migration followi ...

Drug discovery is challenging and expensiveespecially in the phase of lead optimization whichpredicts binding to a targetComputational approaches can add substantial valueComputingrelative binding free energiesRBFEbetween congeneric molecules using molecular dynamicsMDgreatly reduces the search space and considerably improves convergenceThe Silicon TherapeuticsSTXINSITE platform uses an RBFE proto ...

Project SummaryThe objective of this supplementation request is to further our recent advances in the development of thewell Immuno CometChip assay results and build a prototypewell preformer giving the assay more utility and increasing commercial viability

ABSTRACT Vaccine adjuvants help stimulate the body to generate an immune response when co injected with an antigenthe compound for which immunity is desiredAlthough the human body is capable of producing antibodies to most injected antigensadjuvants can help boost the body s ability to mount a successful and acquired immune response to the presented targetAdjuvants have been shown to enhance immun ...