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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): One million adults in the US and 42 million families globally must decide if, to whom, when, and how to disclose their HIV+ serostatus. Often, disclosure of serostatus has a long-term negative impact on children and extended family members of HIV+ parents; this team has developed a coping-skills intervention that can positively impact the adjustment over 6 year ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Highly potent, orally active, metabolically stable, long-lived opioid agents for the treatment of alcoholism that have decreased side effects such as nausea, addiction liability, immunosuppression and respiratory depression represents a great unmet need. While a mu opioid receptor antagonist is currently approved by the FDA for alcoholism, it possesses several ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a new manufacturing process for multifunctional coatings of biomedical implants. Towards this goal, polymer coatings applied by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) are exceptional candidates for the coating of implanted biomedical devices as indicated by their use in FDA approved drug-eluting stint (Cypher stint, J&J) uses a vapor-deposited polymer (pary ...

Abstract E cigaretteE ciguse has rapidly proliferated worldwideIt is speculated that E cig use may exceed conventional cigarette use withinyearsCigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and disabilityAs E cigs are a relatively new productstudies are needed to determine their long term detrimental effectssome of which may be similar to the long term detrimental effects of nicotine ...

Project Summary This project is focused on feasibility testing of a new device based on electromechanical signal transduction for the low cost$in electronicsoptics free and amplification freee gno PCRdetection of DNA RNA at ultralow concentrationThe device addresses the projected $B disease diagnostics market and is well suited for the detection of bacterial pathogens in body fluidsfood and water ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Alcohol dependence is a chronic disorder with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental underpinnings. Alcohol's societal impact is widespread; it is estimated that there are 17.6 million individuals who abuse or depend on alcohol in the United States. (Grant et al, 2004). Alcohol dependence is considered the third leading preventable cause of death in the Unite ...

Sonomyographic Control of Fiber Optically Sensorized Prosthetic Fingers for Graded Force Actuation Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems CorporationIFOSCalle del MundoSanta ClaraCAwww ifos com PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACTMAXIMUMLINESIn this Phase I SBIR applicationIFOS and George Mason UniversityGMUpropose an innovative control system leveraging on two emerging technologiesultrasonic imaging based readout o ...

Project Summary Abstract Point of carePOCtesting of clinical samples for the presence of illegal substances and their metabolites is important for monitoring substance use disordersemployment screeningand legal matters relating to drug abstinenceTypical immunoassay screening methods suffer from higher false testing rates and do not provide quantitative informationConfirmatory tests that are used f ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Engineering microbial strains with superior production capabilities is one of the most challenging and intriguing endeavors in bioprocess development. However, due to the lack of rational and systematic approaches, the timelines and cost for strain development can be large and at times prohibitive for many products. In this STTR, we will utilize an integrated c ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Turner syndrome (TS) is the most common genetic problem effecting women, with an incidence of 1 in 1,500 to 2,000 live female births and occurs when an entire, or portions of an X-chromosome is deleted. Phenotypic features include primary hypogonadism, renal abnormalities, and profound short stature. Yet, with growth hormone therapy, acceptable adult stature c ...