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THE MAJOR GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PREPARE SMALL, MONODISPERSED RESIN LATICES THAT MAY BE MAGNETIZED BY AN EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD.

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 4772
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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400 Valley Road
Warrington, PA 18976
United States
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Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 WOLF KARO
 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
 (215) 343-6484
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Abstract

THE MAJOR GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PREPARE SMALL, MONODISPERSED RESIN LATICES THAT MAY BE MAGNETIZED BY AN EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD. THE IMMEDIATE APPLICATION OF SUCH MATERIAL-AFTER COUPLING TO SUITABLE ANTIBODIES-IS AS NMR IMAGE CONTRASTING AGENTS FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER OR CANCER METASTASES THAT ARE TOO SMALL FOR DETECTION BY PRESENT METHODS. TH ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, DISPERSIONS OF MAGNETIZABLE INORGANIC OXIDES IN STYRENE ARE TO BE POLYMERIZED IN THE PRESENCE OF VARYING LEVELS OF SURFACTANTSTO CONTROL PARTICLE SIZE AND, IN THE PRESENCE OF ONE OF SEVERAL FUNCTIONAL MONOMERS, TO ENHANCE CAPABILITY TO BOND COVALENTLY TO PROTEINS. THE EFFECT OF COATING MAGNETIZABLE WITH SHELLS OF INERT POLYMERS WILL BE EVALUATED. THE SPECIFIC AIM OF THIS PHASE I RESEARCH IS TO PROVIDE MATERIALS AS INDICATED.

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