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Because of its high sensitivitypolymerase chain reactionPCRis the gold standard for the diagnosis of many infectious diseasesbut generally only implemented in well equipped laboratoriesOne of the major roadblocks for expanding PCR to point of care markets is the lack of simplerobustsingle tube PCR designs which preserve its laboratory based high sensitivity and specificityIn this Fast Track STTR a ...

ABSTRACT Dental implants are a central part of modern dental practice with the overall market for replacement and reconstruction of teeth expected to reach over $billion in the next several yearsIt is estimated that overmillion people in the United States are missing all of the teeth in one or both of their jaws leading to lower quality of lifeMost of these implants will be successful for long ter ...

Project SummaryAbstract Our long term goal is to revolutionize the effectiveness of CT imaging for millions of Americans across a broad range of abdominal diseaseDual energy CTDECTprovides powerful clinical diagnostic potential but remains heavily underutilized despite wide scanner availabilityDECT allows materials to be differentiated based on their relative X ray attenuation at low versus high e ...

Expressing humanized bacterial luciferase in stem cellsMoving beyond firefly luciferase toexpand the informational capacity of animal models for regenerative medicine Project Summary This Small Business Technology TransferSTTRPhase II project proposes to develop complementary autonomously bioluminescentautobioluminescentin vitro stem cell lines and in vivo small animal model systems that enable th ...

There is an unmet need to inhibit the key cancer promoting transcription factor MYCboth c MYC and MYCNthat act downstream of many cell receptors and signal transcription pathways to activate genes for cancer cell resistance and tumor growthTo datesmall molecule inhibitors of MYC have remained elusiveIn our Phase I STTRCAwe developed a lead compoundSFwhich displays potent orthogonal inhibitory acti ...

Project SummaryGlycosylation is one of the most prevalent and important post translational modifications of proteinsyet it is also one of the most difficult to studyNo single method nor analytical platform can give complete information about the glycosylation in a protein sampleand the analytical methods in current use include both ESI and MALDI single and tandem mass spectrometryat least four typ ...

Project Summary Today s clinical learning environments do not provide the level of deliberate practicedirect supervisionand rigorous assessment and feedback needed to develop diagnostic reasoning expertiseClinical performance assessment emphasizes learner evaluation over learner developmentlacks rigor and utility for developmental purposesand clinical teachers have expressed particular difficulty ...

Cost-effective application of advanced commercial electronics technologies in DoD space systems requires early development of radiation-hardened-by-design (RHBD) techniques, and use of simulations is critical to the efficiency of this process. CFDRC has developed an integrated, mixed-mode simulation approach allowing their NanoTCAD device physics simulator to interface with commercial circuit simu ...

At the completion of the research and development effort a Li-foil multi-wire proportional counter (MWPC) neutron detector with more than 625-cm2 of active area will be included in a portable radiation detection system. The system is expected to outperform the standards set by the ANSI N42.53 standards, and gamma-ray rejection ratio (GRR) of 1.0x10-8 or better. A gamma-ray spectrometer for isotope ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Therapeutics is focused on the development of adjuvant systems with desired immune activities for targeted indications The Companyandapos s immune stimulatory adjuvant platform builds on combinatorial use of immune agonists with distinct immune targets and mechanisms of action for the generation of therapeutic immune responses Critical to this platform techno ...