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PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Interactions between the gut microbiome and the immune system have been linked to inflammatory bowel disease IBD IBD is a chronic and progressive gastrointestinal disease characterized by uncontrolled activation of the intestinal immune system resulting in severe medical complications affecting over million patients in the United States It is a disease of high u ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Fibroproliferative illnesses leading to organ fibrosis and failure are responsible for approximately of deaths in developed countries whether idiopathic triggered by environmental factors infections or genetics organ fibrosis results in significant morbidity and mortality Organ fibrosis is responsible for health care costs exceeding $ billion year ...

After a breast conserving therapy histology is often performed to check whether the excised tumor specimen is surrounded by a sufficient amount of normal tissue If a positive margin is identified then a second operation will be performed Currently the re operation rate is which raises a need for intraoperative detection of residual cancers The current intraoperative tools for margin ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Atopic dermatitis AD or severe eczema is a very common life long skin disease with of adults in the US requiring systemic therapy Clinical manifestations of AD include multiple inflamed lesions erosions accompanied by lichenification thick leathery skin fibrotic papules and severely dry skin with increased susceptibility to infection A major uncont ...

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 ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Reverse phase protein arrayRPPAhas emerged as a promising antibody based highly quantitative proteomic technology suitable for profiling proteins in hundreds to thousands of patient samplesThe throughputsensitivityand cost effectiveness of RPPAtogether with its ability to deal with minuscule sample amountshave propelled applications of the technology in basicpreclinical and clinica ...

Abstract This Phase I STTR application proposes development of an innovative low cost magnetic levitation motor specifically designed for pediatric extracorporeal cardiac and cardiopulmonary therapies Magnetic levitation enables contact free impeller operation thereby eliminating critical areas of wear and heat generation that can contribute to hemolysis and thrombosis The extracorporeal pedia ...

DESCRIPTIONprovided by applicantThe goal of this Fast Track STTR project is to develop a novel CardioPortTM surgical device that will enable minimally invasive beating heart repair without use of cardiopulmonary bypassCPBThere is a critical unmet need for new instruments to improve the surgical repair of heart defects in childrenCurrent best surgical practices involve either open heart surgery wit ...

The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world There are over state and federal prisons housing over million prisoners in the United States The demographics of the prison population are shifting Longer sentences and constrained options for early release compound this trend The older adult segment of prison populations has more than tripled since The health ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Hazardous compounds in waters and soils are subject to a complex dynamic web of interactions among physical chemical and biological constituents in the natural environment Computational modeling has been proven indispensable to hazardous substances remediation particularly integrated modeling of pollutant hydrogeological fate and transport For the first t ...