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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Optical microscopy is the most commonly used imaging technique in life and material sciences however the spatial resolution of any standard microscope is fundamentally limited by the diffraction of light waves which for visible light restricts spatial resolution to nm Surpassing the diffraction limit significantly impacts several disciplines such as me ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Parkinsonandapos s disease PD is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor function and eventually cognitive decline GM depletion is validated as a therapeutic target for Parkinsonandapos s disease PD in clinical studies in which GM replacement stabilized motor function loss and may be disease modifying However GM has poor pharmacologic prop ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant In nearly million new cancer cases are estimated to occur in the US where nearly two thirds will have treatment by radiation therapy In current clinical practice organ contour delineation on medical images is still performed with low levels of automation due to lack of highly automated commercial contouring software This deteriorates therapy plann ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant This Phase I STTR in response to RFA HD andquot Non or Minimally Invasive Methods to Measure Biochemical Substances during Neonatal and Perinatal Patient Care and Researchandquot develops and tests Baby Gentle Stick BGS a handheld device to decrease the distress of repeat blood sampling in neonates BGS combines delivery of vibration induced ane ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant There is a significant need for novel HIV therapies given the emergence of viruses resistant to existing drug regimens The Rev RRE protein RNA interaction in HIV plays an essential role in the transport of viral mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm where it can be translated or packaged Previously we identified the thienopyridine scaffold that inhibited HIV ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Dry eye a group of disorders that affects million people over the age of in the USA today is characterized by inadequate hydration and lubrication of the ocular surface The final common pathway for all types of dry eye is disruption of the ocular surface barrier which can be assessed by quantifying uptake of water soluble dyes applied topically to the ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Insulin resistance IR also known as metabolic syndrome is tied to obesity and is associated with numerous modern health problems including the growing problems of type diabetes and cardiovascular disease The growing health economic and social burdens of these conditions calls for the need to develop drug treatments for IR We know from multiple lines of ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Continuous biochemical monitoring has the power to change currently accepted standards of care shifting the emphasis from treating illness to maintaining health Point in time snapshots of a patientandapos s health can miss critical fluctuations or early warning signs that might warrant early interventions or changes in disease treatment and management PROFUS ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Recent nuclear accidents and threats have highlighted the growing risk of widespread radiation exposure causing a potentially devastating public health emergency Acute radiation syndrome ARS develops after total body or partial body irradiation at a moderate to high dose and is especially damaging to the immune system Damage to the skin gut and central n ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Cognition Therapeutics Inc andapos s mission is to develop effective therapeutics for Alzheimerandapos s disease AD Recent scientific discoveries have identified oligomers of the brain protein A as toxic culprits in disease progression Cognition in partnership with Temple University has identified a novel series of sigma receptor binding modulators t ...