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Principal Investigators for Small BusinessDiscoveryBioMedIncDBMand Monell Chemical Senses Center Project Summary Abstract Bitter taste in foods and medicines presents a barrier to overcoming global public health challengesfood insecuritypoor nutritional healthand poor compliance with medication useparticularly among children and the elderlySugar and saltthe mainstays to address these challengesfur ...

ABSTRACT Infection is a serious and potentially fatal complication of surgery to deliver cardiovascular implantable electronic devicesCIEDsi epacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillatorsUntreated device related infection is associated with mortality rates as high asCurrentlyonly one antibiotic impregnated mesh has been FDA approved for placement in surgical incisions to reduce infections ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Assessment of loss of visual function outside the foveal area is an essential component of the management of numerous conditionsincluding glaucomaretinal and neurological disordersDespite the significant progress achieved with the development of standard automated perimetrySAPmany decades agoassessment of visual field loss with SAP still has significant drawbacksSAP testing is limi ...

The Point PartialA Ratcheting Prosthetic Partial FingerUsing Advanced Rapid Manufacturing Technology Project SummaryAbstract The goal of the proposed project is to develop a purely mechanicalratcheting prosthetic partial fingerthe Point Partialwhichhas an industry leading strength to weight ratiocan be operated unilaterallyone handedoffers anatomical rotation and flexion around the patient s proxi ...

Project SummaryCell free protein synthesisCFPSis a method of producing proteins outside living cells and has distinct advantages over traditional cell culture based protein productionIt is often difficult to maintain complex environmental condition for cell viability and the subsequent need to develop a downstream process for purification of product in traditional cell based systemsCFPSon the othe ...

PROJECT SUMMARYTraumatic Brain InjuryTBIis one of the most significant Public Health trauma diseases of our timeDiagnoses of various TBI forms rely on patient self reportingestablished clinical rating scalesand multimodality imaging to an extentTBI elicits complexheterogeneous pathological eventsincluding mechanical injuryhemorrhageand progressive secondary processes such as central and peripheral ...

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 ...

Project SummaryNuclear magnetic resonanceNMRis amongst the most powerful analytical techniques ever inventedas recognized byNobel Prizes for methods development aloneNonethelessNMR is notoriously plagued by poor sensitivity and spatial resolutionState of the art NMR spectrometers typically feature detection thresholds ofnanograms forL sample volumesThis places NMR sensitivity many orders of magnit ...

Abstract Applications of customizable nucleases such as CRISPRclustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeatsCasCRISPR associated proteinhave enabled efficient and precise gene correction in vitroand hold promises for eventually achieving in vivo gene correction therapyHoweverto apply CRISPR Casin therapeutic settingsseveral major challenges remain to be addressedihomologous recombinatio ...

Newborns are routinely and frequently exposed to pain during Neonatal ICUNICUcarePain assessments in neonates are difficultlabor intensivesubjective and unreliableoften resulting in excessive or inadequate analgesiaOur overall objective is to measure infant pain objectivelyreliablyand in real timeWe will extract pain related information from multiple non invasive sensorsdevelop a sensor fusion fra ...