Award Data

ABSTRACT Atrial fibrillationAFis the most common rhythm disturbance in the US and other developed countriesAF significantly affects the lives of the afflictedcausing symptoms that range from palpitations to fatigueweakness and activity intoleranceand substantially increasing the risks of strokecongestive heart failure and deathThe impact on public health is substantialwith more thanhospital admiss ...

Project Description Despite significant advances in the surgical and medical management of congenital heart diseasecongenital cardiac anomalies remain a leading cause of death in the newborn periodMost severe forms of congenital heart disease require surgical interventionComplications arising from the use of currently available prosthetic materials in the form of vascular graftspatchesor replaceme ...

Project SummaryDespite their many bene ts and common useprotein based drugs can elicit serious adverse side effectsMany of these side effects are believed to be caused by small protein aggregatesOne tool for measuring these particles in a high throughput fashion is Micro ow ImagingMFIMFI is commonly used in both academia and industry to characterize subvisible particlesthosem in sizein protein the ...

System independent quantitative cardiac CT perfusion Summary BioInVisionIncand Case Western Reserve University researchers will develop software for quantitative analysis of cardiac CT perfusionCCTPcreating an important tool for evaluation of cardiovascular diseaseWith this productcardiologists will be able to identify functional flow deficits in coronary artery territoriesWhen one combines functi ...

Project Abstract Accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer is essential for individualized treatment decisionsWith more recent advances in multiparametric magnetic resonance imagingmpMRIsuspicious cancer lesions can be identifiedCo registered MRI ultrasound fusion targeted biopsyMRF TBallows the sampling of specific lesions of concern within the prostate has emerged as the preferred diagnostic procedu ...

Most standard-of-care tools and techniques for evaluating neck disorders are subjective, unreliable, and do not provide actionable information for providers, payers, and organizations to deliver efficient and effective care. This lack of objective neck he

Abstract During Phase Iwe will test the feasibility of developing a magnetographic camera technology as a new tool in neuroscience to facilitate the detailed analysis of electrical currents in diverse neuronal circuitsInstead of photographic imagesthe camera will produce single shot images of the magnetic fields from in vivo samples of interestsuch as a patch of the grey matter in the cerebral cor ...

Abstract Lamininrelated congenital muscular dystrophyLAMACMDalso known as Merosin Deficient Congenital Muscular DystrophyMDC Ais a fatal muscle wasting disease that affects patients from birthLAMACMD results from mutations in the LAMAgene resulting in loss of lamininproteinLamininis required for the formation of the heterotrimers lamininand lamininwhich are major constituents of the skeletal and c ...

Summary Glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis is the most common cause of secondary osteoporosisand the primary cause before ageIt affects overof the general populationwhereinare womenIn postmenopausal women and men agedand overtreatment would be recommended in at least half based on theAmerican College of Rheumatology guidelinesAdult stem cells are a promising class of regenerative cellssome lineag ...

Fluorescent nanodiamonds are biocompatibleinfinitely photostableand fluoresce in a variety of wavelengthsincluding the near infraredNIRregionThese characteristics suggest transformative applications in areas ranging from pure biological research to biomedical imagingwhere protein conjugated nanodiamonds could be targeted to specific tissues in living patients or even structures within individual c ...