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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A bioterrorist arsenal is likely to include a broad spectrum of bacterial species including the Category A pathogens Yersinia pestis (plague), a Gram-negative species, and Bacillus anthracis (anthrax), a Gram- positive species. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are potentially the most valuable for biodefense because these agents can be used quickly even in the absenc ...

Original Abstract A multimodal platform for Oral screening of COVID-19 The development of a rapid and reliable sensor system from readily available oral specimens is crucial for the screening and management of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Other than tests that require laboratory-scale instrumentation, the development of rapid tests can play a timely role in the management of an outbreak. Current rapid te ...

SF424 – Project Summary Understanding how the brain generates certain behaviors requires an understanding of the function of individual neurons in dynamical neural circuits. Currently, there are few technologies available however that allow researchers to record both the activity within a brain region, and between brain regions in the brains of awake, behaving animals. Recent advances in microel ...

Summary Cell line contamination and misidentification have dramatic repercussions in the field biomedical researchlargely contributing to the growing concerns about irreproducible results and posing a significant burden on the global biomedical research budgetWhile the general awareness about these issues has raised over the last yearscurrent authentication technologies such as short tandem repeat ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the US; with less than one-year median survival, it accounts for approximately 30,000 diagnoses and deaths per year. Multimodality therapy, including surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, have not made a significant impact on the outcome and serve mostly as palliation. Thus, new treatment ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Cholera is an acute and severe disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae that is spread primarily through contaminated water sources due to a lack of adequate sanitation infrastructure. The World Health Organization estimates that there are at least 3 million cases globally per year, 40 percent of which are spread through household transmission. Current prevention methods req ...

Project Summary Severe psychiatric disordersincluding schizophreniabipolar disorderand major depressive disorder are prevalentchronic and debilitating brain diseases that result in intense suffering and reduced quality of lifeThere is a profound lack of new medicines for psychiatric disorderswhich remain a major area of unmet medical needDiscovery of more effective therapies for mental illness has ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Ebola virus (EBOV) causes periodic outbreaks of severe viral hemorrhagic fevers in Africa with high mortality rates in infected patients. EBOV can be used in acts of bio-terrorism because of its highly infectious nature and stability in aerosolized form. It is classified as a Category A bioweapons agent by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). C ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Heart disease remains the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized world and continues to incur costs estimated at 30 billion per year, despite detailed understanding of the mechanisms governing cardiac function and contractility. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a recently discovered family of tiny regulatory RNAs, act as negative regulators of gene ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal describes the development of hyperpolarized-129Xenon (HP-Xe)-based probes for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of two biomarkers of inflammation and brain injury, the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) and the neurotrophic protein, S100B. Molecular imaging (MI) is an emerging discipline that tries to non-invasively visualize specific biomole ...