Award Data

7. Project Summary Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease in which myelin of the central nervous system (CNS) is destroyed by a self-reactive immune response. This demyelination is accompanied by the death of the myelinating cells themselves, the oligodendrocytes. Repeated bouts of demyelination leave the denuded CNS neurons vulnerable to degradation and is the major cause of neuro ...

Project Summary Abstract The brain is by far the most complex and heterogeneous organ in the human bodyFor yearsthere has been a growing and unmet need to develop multielectrode arrays for neurotransmitter sensing in multiple brain regions simultaneouslyDisparate brain regions such as the nucleus accumbensstriatumprefrontal cortexhippocampusand others have been widely known to have greatly varying ...

ABSTRACT The goal of thisyear Fast Track STTR is to develop and evaluate a multi levelyouthparentschoolInternet based dating violenceDVprevention programMe andampYou TechMYTforthgrade middle school studentsByth gradeapproximatelyof students will have engaged in a dating relationshipOf thesealmost one third will have perpetrated physical DV and almost two thirds will have perpetrated emotional DVYo ...

Project Summary Galactic Core LLC aims to develop a robust, scalable, and managed service for performing enterprise-grade biomedical data analysis. The service will be based on the popular open-source Galaxy application (​https://galaxyproject.org/​), offering unlimited data storage and compute capabilities with an extremely powerful, flexible, and collaborative environment for analyzing data. ...

PROJECT ABSTRACT Excessive digital media use has been linked with several adverse health outcomes in childrenincluding obesitydisrupted sleepexternalizing behaviorand executive functioning deficitsbut measurement tools have not kept pace with the advancements in digital technology now used in most American householdsFor examplemost American families with young children now own a smartphoneor table ...

Optical photothermal IR (OPTIR) microscopy for chemical imaging of living cells at sub-micron resolution Project Summary/Abstract Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp (PSC) and Prof. Ji-Xin Cheng of Boston University in collaboration with Prof. Rohith Reddy (University of Houston) propose to develop, validate, and commercialize a novel technical called Optical Photothermal Infrared (OPTIR) spectroscopy. ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Treatment with convalescent plasma (CP) was recently approved by the FDA for seriously ill patients of COVID-19. There are many institutions and hospitals that have implemented CP programs, but they all face the challenge of finding sufficient and appropriate donors. The constraints of matching, imbalances in supply and demand, and privacy concerns pose several challenges to engage ...

SummaryThis Phase I program will develop TempO Splicea highly multiplexed targeted sequencing assay monitoring RNA Binding ProteinRBPsplicing expression and alternatively splicedASmRNA representatives of coregulated splicing modulesa novel variation of the TempO Seqassay used for high throughput screeningdesigned to address the hypothesis that it is possible to provide a surrogate assay of the who ...

PROJECT SUMMARY The β-hemoglobinopathies are prevalent genetic blood diseases with few treatment options. It is estimate that 7% of the worldandapos;s population carries an abnormal hemoglobin gene with 400,000 infants born annually with a severe life threatening hemoglobinopathy. Drug mediated induction of normal, but developmentally silenced, fetal hemoglobin (HbF) expression reduces anemia and ...

Myocardial infarctionsMIor heart attacksischemic strokesISand peripheral artery diseasePADtogether considered cardiovascular diseaseCVDare all commonly caused by the same underlying pathologyatherosclerosisMIs and ISs are the leading causes of death and disability worldwideAtherosclerosis is a progressive pathology that develops asymptomatically over the course of many years as inflammatory plaque ...