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Measurement of cervical dilation during late pregnancy and labor informs decisions in the management of labor and deliveryPrior published research suggests that practitioners are onlytoaccurate when judging cervical simulatorsWhen measuring laboring womentwo practitionersandaposmeasurements agree onlyof the timeDrEva Martin of Elm Tree Medical Incdeveloped a novel deviceDilaCheckto enable practiti ...

Abstract The goal of this project is to validate an innovativehighly sensitive retinal eye tracking technologythe tracking scanning laser ophthalmoscopeTSLOas a prognostic and monitoring tool for neurodegenerative disordersnamely multiple sclerosisMSThe applications of effective treatments for multiple sclerosis are constrained bythe absence of methods for early detection andquantitativehighly sen ...

Abstract Currentlyclinically used drug abuse medications exist for treatment of addiction to opiatesalcoholand nicotinebut not cocaineThe objective of the proposed project is to test the hypothesis that the partial kappa agonist PPLcan be effective as a pharmacotherapy for treatment of cocaine abuseBecause of chronic drug induced changes in the kappa opioid receptor systemkappa receptor directed c ...

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 ...

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 ...

ABSTRACTProstate cancerPCais one of the most commonly occurring forms of canceraccounting forof all cancer in menMulti parametric magnetic resonance imagingmpMRIhas led to improved capabilities for detectinglocalizingand staging PCaCombined with image guided prostate biopsympMRI has helped to improve diagnosis of clinically significant PCawhich helps to reduce mortality as well as unnecessary biop ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT PEEL TherapeuticsIncis a life sciences company created to impact the lives of people with cancerBased on the research efforts of DrJoshua Schiffman and DrAvi SchroederPEEL TherapeuticsPEELhas created liposomal nanoparticles that have been loaded with elephant pEPproteins as a new class of anti cancer protein therapeuticsElephants have an unexpectedly low rate of cancer giv ...

Three CDKinhibitors were recently approved to treat breast cancerBrCAin combination regimentsDespite significant clinical activitytreatment of BrCA patients with these combinations does not result in a durable responseHencethere is an unmet medical need to develop targeted therapeutic agents which will augment the activity of CDKinhibitors in BrCA and other CDKcyclin D Myc dependent malignanciesA ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Modern DNA sequencing technologies have transformed our ability to interrogate human genomes in a single experimentthereby eliminating the inherent blind spots of gene panels and whole exome sequencingFurthermorerecent speed and economy improvements are driving the cost of whole genome sequencingWGSdown to that of WESthereforewe foresee a transition over the next two years to WGS a ...

PROJECT SUMMARYTraumatic Brain InjuryTBIis one of the most significant Public Health trauma diseases of our timeDiagnoses of various TBI forms rely on patient self reportingestablished clinical rating scalesand multimodality imaging to an extentTBI elicits complexheterogeneous pathological eventsincluding mechanical injuryhemorrhageand progressive secondary processes such as central and peripheral ...