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Project Summary Linking infectious agent diagnostics to clinical decision making at the point of care requires a fast highly sensitive and simple to use method that takes into account the infrastructure and workflow in clinical settings of both developing and developed regions In addition being able to distinguish among multiple potential infectious pathogens in a single test is of great impor ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant There are currently no drugs or other therapeutic interventions that can reverse or halt the progression of Alzheimerandapos s disease AD Age is by far the greatest risk factor for AD and it is known from studies in both mice and humans that neuroinflammation is increased with old age and to an even greater extent in AD Therefore a drug that could reduce ...

Ultrasound is a therapeutic modality which has been used clinically for 60 years, but has been limited in practice by the complexity of the technology. Recent research has allowed for the development of a portable, wearable, long duration, low intensity therapeutic ultrasound system. The system is powered by battery, and can be applied by a user to deliver up

For more than years sub Saharan Africa has suffered with high rates of endemic meningococcal disease and periodic epidemic epidemics involving over cases In a low cost serogroup A polysaccharide protein conjugate vaccine MenAfriVac was introduced in the region The vaccine confers protection against serogroup A MenA disease as well as asymptomatic nasopharyngeal MenA carria ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of this STTR is to identify novel small molecule compounds targeting the nitrogen respiration pathway of Pseudomonas aeruginosa This pathway is crucial to the pathogenesis of P aeruginosa in vivo but has not yet been exploited for antimicrobial drug discovery There is a clear need for new treatments to combat P aeruginosa infections Antibiotic re ...

In the United States in an estimated million people suffered from Alzheimer s disease AD with as many as being undiagnosed Alzheimer s Association Three stages of AD are proposed National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer s Association preclinical AD mild cognitive impairment MCI due to AD and dementia due to AD The preclinical stage is proposed to begin ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of the proposed Phase II STTR research is to develop an imaging system capable of detecting and identifying biomolecules in cells and tissue sections with sub cellular spatial resolution The system combines an atomic force microscope AFM with mass spectrometry MS analysis and utilizes a unique tip enhanced laser ablation TELA method developed in ...

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 African American men experience health disparities across a number of preventable chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease strokes obesity and diabetes Physical activity PA is a modifiable risk factor for these conditions The few PA promotion studies that have included African American men have resulted in successful short term behavior change ...

Abstract Summary Nectome will create technologies to enable whole brain nanoscale preservation and imaging a vital step towards a deep understanding of the mind and of the brainandapos s diseases Current brain processing technologies compromise between whole brain applicability or nanoscale resolution our technologies will achieve both si multaneously Similar to the way that next generation ...