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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal involves the development and validation of a novel approach to improve and accelerate the discovery of biopharmaceuticals (i.e. vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and other therapeutic proteins). Biopharmaceuticals are used to treat a variety of infectious and chronic diseases. The proposed research is intended to establish a new paradigm for rapidly ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Of all the hundreds of types of synthetic middle ear implants that are used in surgery approximately of these are rejected by the body These include total ossicular replacement prostheses TORPs and partial ossicular replacement prostheses PORPs TORPs are used in general when during surgery it is noted that the malleus incus and stapes are all absen ...

PROJECT SUMMARY The for profit small business concernTricorder Array Technologies LLCwill developin partnership with the University of Alabama at BirminghamSIDECAReSensing and Integrating Data for Environmental Conditions in Animal ResearchThis device will automate collection of relevant data that will enhance consistency in animal models used to study human health treatment researchOur innovative ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Fatal overdose from opioid misuse is one of the most pressing issues affecting the modern worldAs one of the nation s leading preventable causes of deatha critical line of defense against opioid use disorderOUDmust be standardized screening provided by the patient s primary care physicianpsychiatristand or counselorStandardized screening methods for opioidshoweverare simply inferio ...

ABSTRACT This STTR Phase I resubmission describes a small deceptively simple portable device called Speed Bumps that rapidly quantifies the sensation of flutter on the feet toes or fingers in micrometer m units Flutter frequency is to Hz which is below the approximate lower vibration range of to Hz This high sensitivity device is designed to differentiate the small variati ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term goal of this project is to develop and commercialize noninvasive equipment, called the sleep and respiratory track (SARTrak) system, for high throughput detection of sleep apnea in animals. The specific goal for the Phase I application is to design and evaluate a basic model of the SARTrak system with eight chambers (one chamber per animal), i.e. ...

PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal aims to develop a new small molecule drug to be advanced into human clinical trials for the treatment of cocaine addiction According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse illicit drug use cost the United States more than $ billion annually in expenses related to crime lost work productivity and health care Approximately million Americans aged or older ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): About 28.3 million Americans have type II diabetes (T2D) and over 40.1% of middle-aged adults have prediabetes, a condition characterized by impaired glucose tolerance and insulin resistance. Current antidiabetic medications are effective in improving insulin sensitivity, but their chronic administration has significant side effects suc as cardiovascular compli ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Insomnia of sufficient clinical severity to meet diagnostic criteria is present in approximately of older adults nearly million individuals n the US alone If left untreated it can lead to increased rates of depression cognitive impairment and cardiovascular disease Treatment relies on pharmacotherapy such as sedative hypnotic therapy which is ass ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Transplantation of human or animal pluripotent stem cells PSCs or their derivatives to model animals constitutes an important preclinical system to model and investigate cell survival development and differentiation in vivo and to assess the safety and efficacy of transplantation based cell therapies Immunodeficient mice are dominantly used in biomedical ...