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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 ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Crystallization followed by subsequent structure determination is a major step in understanding the structure function relationship of macromolecules Understanding macromolecule structure has become a key part in the development of new pharmaceuticals and is a major area of NIH research Crystallization however is also the rate limiting step despite techno ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant andquot Code blue andquot the term used in hospitals to call for an immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR signals dire emergencies where medical errors can occur and lives can be lost Reviewing CPR performance of the code blue team is a cornerstone for improving outcomes Thorough and accurate recording of code blue events enable detailed reviews to ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Approximately of the population experiences elevated depressive symptoms Kubik et al Despite recent research suggesting that overall population mortality would be reduced by if the effects of subthreshold depression could be blocked completely the majority of individuals with elevated depressive symptoms never receive evidence based treat ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant A Tool for Research on Emotion in Naturally Occurring Speech It is now widely accepted that defects or limitations in emotion processing underlie many disorders such as anxiety depression bipolar and eating disorders If bio behavioral markers of emotions could be found researchers would have the basis for investigating emotions in both normal mental functi ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantEffective early intervention depends on reliable screening of risk for communication impairments as soon as possibleEstablished infant communication risk factors include poor attentiongesturessocial connectednessexploratory playand speechAlthough these risk factors can be detected bymosand reliably predict later language and social disordersattempts to detect simila ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The neurofibromatoses NFs including NF NF and schwannomatosis are a group of autosomal dominant neurogenetic disorders characterized by a predisposition in virtually of patients to develop multiple nerve sheath tumors The determination of tumor burden on magnetic resonance imaging MRI images is crucial for the management of NF patients which is ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Heroin and related opioids are highly addictive drugs known for their analgesic properties Since the number of heroin users in the United States has skyrocketed reaching epidemic levels Abuse of prescription opioid pain relievers oxycodone Oxycotin and hydrocodone Vicodin which are known gateway drugs to heroin has also increased dramatically Beca ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant About of serious bacterial infections are biofilm mediated Not only do biofilms provide an anchor and physical protection for bacterial cells but the physiology and genetic programming of bacteria also shifts between the planktonic free floating and sessile stationary states Most notably antibiotic sensitivity differs betwen the two states with ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Development of novel lung cancer therapeutics targeting the DNA damage response Abstract Lung tissue is constantly exposed to a wide variety of inhaled chemical agents While the majority of these maybe innocuous those that damage DNA have severe consequences Thus the DNA damage response DDR and DNA repair in these tissues is extremely important The vast ...