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The cornea is one of the most important tissues in the eye and its transparency is critical for good visual function in humansCorneal tissue injuries are the most common everyday issue for practicing ophthalmologists and can run the gamut in severityIn severe modelssuch as corneal alkaline burnsextensive healing is needed and often the burn victim is left with reduced visual acuityHealing of large ...

ABSTRACTA staggering number of overbillion individuals worldwide are currently infected with herpes simplex virus typeand or typeHSVandampHSVwhich cause genital herpesMost HSV seropositive individuals are asymptomaticASYMPand never have any recurrent herpetic diseaseIn contrasta small proportion is symptomaticSYMPwith frequentoften lifelong bouts of recurrent herpetic diseasea result of reactivati ...

PROJECT SUMMARY In this Phase I Small Business Technology TransferSTTRprojecta team of researchers at Cincinnati Childrenandapos s Hospital Medical CenterCCHMCwill work with the engineering team at NeoViewIncto design and build novel body coil and incubator prototypes for aTesla Neonatal Intensive Care UnitNICUMRI systemThese components will play a central role in NeoViewandapos s neonatal MRI pro ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Despite advances in surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, the average life span of a patient with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is about 15-months from time of diagnosis. Integrins are heterodimeric receptors found on the surface of GBM cells and angiogenic vasculature; they facilitate invasion into adjacent tissue. Normal brain tissue does not display ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and invariably fatal degenerative dementia and the most common form of dementia that currently affects over 5 million Americans. The quality of life and economic costs are significant with estimated U.S. health care payments of over 200 billion in 2012, plus unpaid care by over 15 million Americans that is valued ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The broad long-term of this project is to develop methods for evaluation of adherence to intravaginal microbicide therapy for the prevention of HIV transmission. Correct determination of adherence to preventative therapies in clinical trials is essential to accurate evaluation of efficacy. A better understanding of the true adherence to a preventative therapy w ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Asthma exacerbations are a major cause of ER visits and hospitalizations with annual direct costs of approximately $billionyear in the USAViral infectionsin particular rhinoviralRVinfectionsare a major precipitant of asthma exacerbations in allergic asthmaticsAs there are overRV serotypes andfor nowno RV vaccinenovel strategies to inhibit RV induced airway inflammation are needed t ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal addresses PHS 2012-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42]). More than 20 million American adults (1 in 10) have some level of chronic kidney disease (CDC), with a growing incidence in the aging population. Nearly 400,000 ESRD patients receive some form of dialysis, with t ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this proposal is to develop and commercialize a novel approach for allergen specific immunotherapy as treatment for severe food allergy. Food allergy affects about 3.5% of the US population and 6% to 8% of young children. It is clearly on the rise. Peanut allergy, which affects around 1% of the population, is among the most severe food allergies, r ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Patient Provider Communications will develop EloquenceTM based on data acquired from research conducted by the University of Michigan School of Nursing addressing the specific aims and hypothesis. This project extends the research team's preliminary findings on the development of technology to improve communication with critically ill patients using patient des ...