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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this Phase II STTR project, Vestan Medical Imaging, Inc. will complete the development and clinical evaluation of its proprietary formulation of a fluorescent drug and new medical devices for Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) biopsy for the surgical treatment of melanoma and breast cancer. Vestan will partner with the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute (HC ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this Phase II STTR application, we will build upon work conducted in our successful Phase I project which established the technical merit, acceptability and feasibility of developing a Web-based intervention, MyFAP.org, for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). The main research goal of Phase II is to evaluate the eff ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Augmentative and alternative communication devices with voice output (also known as Speech Generating Devices, or SGDs) enable individuals to speak by electronic means. Typical users of SGDs are individuals who have suffered from a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or who have neurodegenerative or neurodevelopmental disorders. In most cases, the user was able to ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Bacterial contamination of dental water lines is a major concern in modern dentistry and may cause infection in dental patients with compromised immune systems. This includes patients with cancer, diabetes, or AIDS; cardiac patients who often require prophylactic antibiotics prior to dental treatment; the elderly, young children, and pregnant women. Bacterial l ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of this project is to develop a biologic therapeutic to treat systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) using a novel human recombinant lactoferrin that contains humanized glycosylation patterns. SIRS is a clinical expression of the action of complex acute-phase intrinsic mediators that precedes sepsis and subsequent tissue damage leadin ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Protein glycosylation plays very important roles in biological processes. However, detecting and differentiating such modifications rapidly is not a trivial issue. Therefore, developing novel tools that allow for the rapid detection of glycosylation patterns is of tremendous importance to the field of glycomics. In this application, we propose to develop a nove ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) used to treat HIV/AIDS has serious side-effects, including metabolic complications from mitochondrial toxicities that can be life-threatening, and limit effectiveness and patient compliance. Adverse metabolic effects are now managed by adept clinicians who monitor patients closely for clinical symptoms and adjust t ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Phase 2 STTR application will allow the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution (FfAME) to complete its transfer of technology to Firebird Biomolecular Sciences LLC, allowing Firebird to commercialize nucleoside triphosphates where the 3'-OH groups are blocked by a 3'-ONH2 group. Triphosphates having this modification are accepted by DNA polymerases and ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Informed consent has become an essential component of the doctor-patient interaction. The informed consent process requires that patients not only be given information about proposed medical treatment, but that it be presented in an understandable way so the patient can make meaningful choices about medical alternatives. At the heart of the informed consent doc ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed project builds upon Phase I proof of concept efforts wherein the basic foundational components of an Internet-based Treatment Fidelity Monitoring System, the ITFMS, were created to assist MTFC consultants and implementing agencies to improve clinical outcomes by moving more efficiently towards and maintaining fidelity of program implementation. I ...