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The Vision Research Center of Kansas City
(2010-03)
The Vision Research Center was founded as and is a well established collaboration of several of UMKC schools and Kansas City Medical Centers and thus offers an unprecedented interdisciplinary synergy with a unified goal: ...
Are there leaks in your product pipeline?
(2010)
professional statistician. The University of Missouri System has statisticians on several campuses. There are graduate programs at the University of Missouri, UMKC and Missouri University of Science and Technology. Graduate students are available...
Do Patients with Craniosynostosis Have an Increased Incidence of Auditory Neuropathy as Newborns?
(2010-02)
screening and, if patients were referred, diagnosis from audiologic diagnostic testing were obtained from the Missouri Department of Health. Institutional review board approval was obtained. PATIENTS: One hundred and thirty-five patients were identified...
Development of a Telemetry Unit for Wireless Monitoring of Bone Strain
(2010-03)
A telemetry unit designed to monitor strain in bones is presented. This unit allows studying the relationship between bone load and bone mass in scenarios that were not possible with current setup. The current measuring setup employs a bench top...
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 Veterinary Medicine, is a...
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 Institute has been...
Guided-mode resonance biochip system for early detection of ovarian cancer
(2010-03)
system prototype has been developed and the system performance characterized. Identification and quantification of protein biomarkers that are up- or down- regulated in blood and serum as indicators of ovarian cancer will be presented....
Turbo Mohs for Basal Cell Carcinoma Skin Cancer
(2010-03)
source are presented....
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 support the system of care...
3q26 Amplification is Rarely Present in Women Whose LSIL Cytology does not Represent CIN 2+ Disease
(2010-03)
-copy probe for the chromosome 3q26 region and a control probe for the centromeric alpha repeat sequence of chromosome 7, using standard FISH methods. Amplification was defined as five or more signals present in at least 2 cells. Results: Of the 68 paired...
MU Biodesign and Innovation Program
(2010-02)
of Engineering on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia recognizes the growing need to improve patient care and desire to impact this arena through the collaborative development of MUBIP. MUBIP goals are to successfully bring new medical technologies...
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 given at depth was felt...
Smart Cardiovascular Stent against In-Stent Restenosis
(2010-03)
presented by implantable stents....
Effects of Isoflurane on Plasma-Membrane Calcium ATPase
(2010-03)
Introduction: Plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase (PMCA) is a transmembrane enzymatic protein present in human neurons, myocytes, and RBCs which plays a role in controlling cellular Ca2+ levels by regulating intracellular ATP. Inhaled anesthetic agents...
Development of a Capillary Blood Mail-in Kit for the Measurement of Hemoglobin A1c
(2010-03)
be collected at home and mailed to a testing laboratory. We present the development of a stabilizing solution (SS) and mail-in kit for Hb A1c testing. With this kit, after a simple finger prick, a patient collects blood using a capillary tube. The blood...
Swab Test Using ELISA Technique for Diagnosis of Brown Recluse Bites
(2010-03)
Envenomations by the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa, are a significant source of morbidity and occasional mortality in endemic regions of the United States, and misdiagnoses are common. A survey of physicians in the endemic area has shown...
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 ...
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 ...
Impact of Clopidogrel Pretreatment on Ischemic Complications of PCI among Bivalirudin-Treated Patients: Results from the EVENT Registry
(2010-03)
Background: Although clopidogrel (CLO) pretreatment benefits PCI patients with acute coronary syndromes, these benefits are less well-established among elective PCI patients—particularly when treated with the direct thrombin ...
Photoacoustic Detection of Circulating Prostate, Breast and Pancreatic Cancer cells using targeted Gold Nanoparticles: Implications of Green Nanotechnology in Molecular Imaging
(2010-02)
signals. In this presentation, we will describe, our recent results on the synthesis and characterization of EGCG gold nanoparticles, their cellular internalization and photo acoustic imaging of PC-3 prostate cancer cells and PANC-1 pancreatic cancer cells....