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PROJECT SUMMARY Developing an Automated Yeast Dissection System for Aging ResearchAging is the single greatest risk factor for diseases that are principal causes of mortalityThe objectives of aging research are to discover key genes and pathways related to aging that may eventually contribute to retardation of aging and a delay in the onset of age associated diseasesThe budding yeast Saccharomyces ...

Project Summary Abstract Statement of the problemOnly three pharmacotherapeutic treatments for Alcohol Use DisorderAUDare FDA approved and none are widely usedandltof AUD patientsor show a strong effect to reduce riskyor dependence based drinking in the long termandltsee sustained decreased drinking outcomesUnfortunatelyapproximatelyof the population suffers from AUD and overof all medical morbidi ...

The over arching goal of this Phase I SBIR proposal is to begin to optimize and implement standard reference diets for the ZebrafishDanio rerioan animal model of critical importance to the understanding of human health and development of vertebrate organismsA key problem in the industry is that standardized diets or feed management strategies have not been developed for Danio rerioThese diets are ...

In the USthe number of individuals agedand older will increase byover the next decadeConcurrentlyMedicare costs are expected to double to treat chronic diseases that will plague this increasing number of older adultsOne of the most wide spread chronic diseases that affects older adults is sarcopeniawhich is observed inof adults overyears of age andof adults overyears of ageThis disease is characte ...

Project SummaryAbstract The World Health Organization ranks migraine as therd most prevalent disease worldwide andth most disablingth most in womenmaking it the most common neurological disorderOne of the primary reasons for the disabling nature of migraine is the poor efficacy of currently available therapeuticsLess thanof patients achieve complete relief with acute agents such as triptans and on ...

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 ...

SUMMARY Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiencySSADHDis a rare neurometabolic disease caused by mutations in the ALDH AgeneThe disorder is associated with significant developmental delay and extensive neurological morbidity including seizuresSeizures increase with agein patients as well as in experimental aldh adeficiencyaldh amicewhere seizures increase in frequency and severity starting a ...

Abstract GlioblastomaGBMis the most lethal form of adult brain cancers with a median survival of andltmonths despite aggressive standard chemoradiationGBM are formed by GBM stem like cellsGSCsa major contributor to tumor recurrence and a natural focus for therapeutic developmentThere are two main reasons responsible for treatment failurehigh intraand inter tumor cellular and molecular heterogeneit ...

In this topic, we plan to design a vital EMF sensor to work under any conditions. The sensor will be integrated with smart clothing and using e-textile materials.

The primary objective of this Phase II proposal is to construct and validate the portable SpectralMD DeepView imaging technology designed previously in Phase I. This device allows surgeons to quickly and objectively assess tissue viability in burn surgery prior to skin grafting. DeepView uses machine learning and multispectral imaging to generate quantitative prognostic images with easily interpre ...