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Commercializing Academic Research Using NIH SBIR Funding
(2010-03)
Pinnacle Technology has developed successful university collaborations to bring new preclinical research systems to the marketplace. Primary funding for these collaborations has been through the NIH Small Business Innovation ...
Albuterol metered dose inhaler performance under hyperbaric pressures
(2010-02)
INTRODUCTION: The stimulus for this presentation was an asthma attack suffered on the first dive by a victim of a severe industrial electrical burn. The patient's response to albuterol metered dose inhaler (MDI) treatment ...
Multi-scale Investigation of Weight-bearing Exercise on Bone Biomechanical Integrity in the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Model (oim) Mouse
(2010-02)
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a heritable connective tissue disorder generally due to type I collagen defects, is characterized by small stature, reduced bone mineral density, and frequent fractures. Bone is inherently ...
Do Patients with Craniosynostosis Have an Increased Incidence of Auditory Neuropathy as Newborns?
(2010-02)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of auditory neuropathy, abnormal auditory brainstem response (ABR) with normal otoacoustic emissions, in newborn patients with craniosynostosis as compared to published standards. ...
Smart Cardiovascular Stent against In-Stent Restenosis
(2010-03)
A smart cardiovascular stent to be used as a single set of theranostics (therapeutics and diagnostics) is developed. The stent is aimed at delivering nitric oxide as a therapeutic agent and monitoring stent-induced restenosis. ...
Small Business Support for Youth Physical Activity Opportunities
(2010-03)
Background: Increasing the number of youth physical activity opportunities (YPAO) (e.g., programs) may be a promising approach for encouraging physically active lifestyles among youth. To do this effectively, we need ...
Midwest Cancer Alliance: Partnership to Support Quality Cancer Care
(2010-03)
Over 85% of cancer patients nationwide receive care in the community setting (NCI, 2007). In 2008, the Midwest Cancer Alliance (MCA) launched with a vision of marshaling the exceptional cancer resources of the region to ...
Chronic Fibrotic Changes in Experimental Pulmonary Embolization in the Rat Model
(2010-03)
Introduction: Fat embolism, a subclinical event, occurs in many clinical settings, such as long bones fractures, liposuction and during cardiopulmonary bypass. Some cases, especially with trauma, result in fat embolism ...
Make It Your Own Clinical Trials Posters: A Regional Collaboration with the National Cancer Institute
(2010-03)
Introduction: National health organizations usually offer a limited variety of publication resources to the regional organizations that they serve. These resources may not always reflect the needs of the populations served ...
Clearing the hurdles for nanotechnology: In vivo inhalation effects
(2010-03)
INTRODUCTION: Nanoparticles of many types have been created for industrial and medical applications. Among these nanoparticles, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) are of high interest for their physicochemical properties ...
Cofactor Genomics: A Sequencing Service Company Emerges from the Technology Development Laboratory
(2010-03)
Cofactor Genomics is based in St. Louis, MO and provides sequencing and analysis services to academic and industry clients. We are a small company committed to changing the service sequencing paradigm by offering our ...
Transgenic and Gene-Targeting Facility
(2010-03)
The Transgenic and Gene-Targeting Facility at the University of Kansas Medical Center is located in the newly constructed Kansas Life Sciences Innovation Center on the KUMC campus. The mission of the Transgenic Facility ...
Isolation of modulators of Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptides (OATPs) from Rollinia emarginata Schlecht (Annonaceae)
(2010-03)
Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptides (OATPs) comprise a superfamily of sodium-independent membrane transporters which are involved in transporting numerous endogenous and exogenous substances. OATPs are expressed in ...
Skin Scan Digital Dermoscopy Skin Cancer Training Software
(2010-03)
Skin Scan digital dermoscopy skin cancer detection software, developed by Rolla's S&A in collaboration with Missouri S&T, can now detect critical features of early melanoma. There is also a need for diagnostic help for ...
Are there leaks in your product pipeline?
(2010)
Successful businesses move new products through the development pipeline swiftly and efficiently. An integral part of this process is the research design and execution. The field of statistics can provide knowledge and ...
The Fungal Genetics Stock Center at UMKC is an International Biological Resource Center
(2010-03)
Founded in 1960, the Fungal Genetics Stock Center enters it's fiftieth year of operation during a period of tremendous growth. The collection has more than doubled since moving to UMKC in 2004 and has added new materials ...
Turbo Mohs for Basal Cell Carcinoma Skin Cancer
(2010-03)
Mohs skin cancer surgery is also known as microscopically-controlled surgery because at each stage in the Mohs procedure, a new layer of tissue is obtained surgically and frozen sections made, allowing a microscopic reading ...
Unprecedented protection of the retina from glaucoma-induced nerve damage by topical administration of a novel prodrug
(2010-03)
The preclinical development of a prodrug-based site-specific delivery strategy that allows for targeting a potent small-molecule neuroprotectant into the eye, and with preference to the retina, after topical administration ...
The Antigen Display on Bacillus Endospore (ADOBE) System a Noninvasive Biodegradable Microparticle Display System
(2010)
The development of safe and effective vaccines and adjuvants remains an important global public health goal. The Antigen Display on Bacillus Endospore (ADOBE) system, developed at the University of Missouri's College of ...
An Intelligent Online System for Enhanced Recruitment of Patients for Clinical Research
(2010-03)
The recruitment and retention of subjects for clinical research has been identified as one of the bottlenecks in the development of new drugs and treatments by the healthcare industry. The Kansas City Area Life Sciences ...