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ABSTRACT The goal of this Fast Track STTR project is to develop a Deterministic Lateral DisplacementDLDmicrofluidic device that can enrich white blood cellsWBCsfrom a typical leukapheresis unit inhrfor use in manufacturing cancer cellular immunotherapyChimeric antigen receptor T cellCAR Ttherapy has been recommended for FDA approval to treat relapsed or refractory pediatric and young adult patient ...

Neonatal hypoxia ischemia is a known cause of cerebral damage resulting from inadequate blood flow and or oxygen delivery to the infant brain beforeduringor after birthThe occurrence among hospital deliveries isperfull term births with a drastic increase among premature newbornsThe deficit in oxygen delivery to the brain results in extensive damage and severe disabilitiesRestoration of blood flow ...

Project summaryThis project is designed to evaluate a new class of anti cancer agents for treatment of invasive melanomapancreaslungand colon carcinomasThe study compounds are smallsynthetic molecules that have not previously been used in peopleand bind to a surface receptor on tumor cells that has not previously been targeted in cancerStrong preliminary results indicate that the study compounds p ...

State of the art techniques in Developmental and Reproductive Technology use slowexpensive testing of pregnant female rodentsor of embryonic stem cellsESCsthat are cultured to lose stem cell qualities and differentiate into organ tissuesThis only produces toxicological outcomes similar to those in adult versions of these organsReproductive StressM has established high throughput screensHTSsthat te ...

Project Summary A research plan is proposed to engineer goats that produce fully human immunoglobulinThese animals will be evaluated as a candidate platform system for production of both targeted therapeutic immunoglobulin as well as reagent antibodies for standards and controls of serological assays of human clinical samplesPrevious studies have demonstrated that ungulates such as cattle can prod ...

Project Summary Abstract PreDxion BioLLC is a precision medicine diagnostic company developing an assay platformthe MicroKineassay cartridge and readerthat measures serum proteins in less thanminutes from a single drop of bloodThis fastactionable information allows for the first time individualized precision medicine aimed at reducing pediatric morbidity and mortality in pediatric sepsisthe number ...