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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant We propose to develop a non invasive device to enable children with urea cycle disorders and their parents guardians and physicians to actively manage the disorder at home and improve outcomes in the clinic Urea cycle disorders UCD are inborn errors of metabolism that impair oneandapos s ability to convert ammonia NH a neurotoxin into urea which is ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Preeclampsia is a pregnancy specific hypertensive disorder that can lead to multi organ failure seizure and maternal death Preeclampsia is also responsible for as many as of premature births in the United States Although better neonatal care has improved the likelihood of preterm babies surviving many face increased mortality and serious long term mor ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Asthma is the most common chronic illness of childhood but many children have poorly controlled symptoms causing morbidities hospitalizations and costs The first step toward good asthma control is accurate assessment of symptoms Recall of the frequency and severity of symptoms is the cornerstone of asthma assessment Unfortunately recall by parents or ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantIn this Phase II STTR application Rimedion seeks to commercialize a novel treatment for patients suffering from Fanconi anemia and request funding for a Phase I II clinical trialThe product will utilize a HIVbased lentiviral vector expressin the Fanconi anemia A proteinThe strong scientific support for this approached is strengthened by a successful Phase I STTRThe ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Fibroproliferative illnesses leading to organ fibrosis and failure are responsible for approximately of deaths in developed countries whether idiopathic triggered by environmental factors infections or genetics organ fibrosis results in significant morbidity and mortality Organ fibrosis is responsible for health care costs exceeding $ billion year ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Continuous biochemical monitoring has the power to change currently accepted standards of care shifting the emphasis from treating illness to maintaining health Point in time snapshots of a patientandapos s health can miss critical fluctuations or early warning signs that might warrant early interventions or changes in disease treatment and management PROFUS ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The yeast Candida albicans is a normal resident of the human digestive tract It is also the most common fungal pathogen of humans causing both mucosal and systemic infections particularly in immune compromised individuals The majority of new C albicans infections arise from the presence of persistent C albicans cells existing in a biofilm These biofilm b ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The broad objective of this project is to develop an integrated wet lab dry lab kit for high throughput detection of RNA modifications The final product will provide all required molecular biology reagents a set of simple and robust experimental manipulations for facile analysis of modifications and researcher friendly analytic cloud based software requi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The groundbreaking discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells iPSCs has opened a new page for developing personalized cell based therapies against various devastating human diseases without ethical concerns of using human embryonic stem cells However the future clinical applications of iPSCs remain in doubt due to potential risks of undesired genomic alter ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Mucormycosis most commonly caused by Rhizopus oryzae is a life threatening infection that occurs in patients immunocompromised by diabetic ketoacidosis DKA neutropenia corticosteroid use and or increased serum iron Because of the rising prevalence of these risk factors the incidence of mucormycosis has risen Despite disfiguring surgery and aggressive ...