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Investigation and Optimization of Silorane-Based Polymer System [abstract]
(2010-03)
This research is a collaboration between Department of Oral Biology in the School of Dentistry at UMKC, Department of Chemistry in The College of Arts and Sciences at UMKC, Department of Chemistry at Missouri Science and ...
Classification of Body Motions Based on Posturographic Data [abstract]
(2010)
Introduction: The human body, while standing, can be modeled as an unstable feedback system. This produces a continuous sway pattern, which manifests itself as varying ground reactions that are measured with force plates ...
INFORMER and Potassium Values: A system to enhance detection, notification, and action upon a threat to patient safety in the emergency department [abstract]
(2010)
Background: Quick remediation should occur after critically abnormal potassium levels are detected by the medical laboratory in blood from emergency department (ED) patients. Critical potassium levels can be elevated ...
Extension of previous fusions to the Sacro-Pelvis vs. Primary spino-pelvic fusions in the setting of adult deformity: A Comparison of health related quality of life measures and complications [abstract]
(2010)
Summary: Clinical and radiographic evaluation of revision extension of previous long thoracolumbar fusion to the sacro-pelvis compared to primary lumbosacral fusion indicates that although the two patient populations are ...
A Collaborative Platform for Sharing EHRs of Cancer Patients [abstract]
(2010)
Today the nation faces one of the toughest challenges in health care due to high operating costs. By 2017, it is projected that the nation would spend $4.3 trillion for health care. One way to lower health care costs and ...
Synaptic dysfunction in migraine: novel approaches for drug development [abstract]
(2010)
Migraine is a severe paroxysmal neurovascular disorder, affecting up to 16% of the Western population. Current migraine drugs are largely targeted towards the pain associated with the migraine headache, and their efficacy ...
Clinical translation of a novel cancer nanothereapeutic agent : bench to bedside from a small company perspective [abstract]
(2010-10)
(Katti, Kannan and others in Nanomedicine Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages 201-209 April 2010; featured article on the cover page in April 2010 issue). No toxic side effects were noted for over 40 days of studies in mice and for over 120 days investigation...
AccrualMaster : software for planning and monitoring accrual rates in clinical trials [abstract]
(2010-10)
The most common reason why clinical trials fail is that they fall well below their goals for patient accrual. Researchers will frequently overpromise and underdeliver on the number of patients that they can recruit during ...
Screening and isolating eastern redcedar phytochemicals for creating economic opportunities in Missouri [abstract]
(2010-10)
Eastern Redcedar (ERC) is one of the most widely distributed tree species in Missouri. The ERC is an important source of bioactive secondary metabolites, but very few of these biologically active compounds have been ...
Non-invasive blood glucose detector [abstract]
(2010-10)
Diabetes, a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, can lead to serious damage to many of the body's systems, including the nerves, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and heart. It is also a leading ...
Removal of toxic contaminates from polluted soil and water via bioremediation utilizing bacillus spores [abstract]
(2010-10)
Atrazine, a widely used herbicide in North America, is one of the known pollutants that pose a potential threat to human health. The addition of naturally occurring degradative bacteria that can remediate these pollutants ...
Research and commercialization for converting oily biomass into usable dry products in non-oily and free-flowing form [abstract]
(2010-10)
A major environmental problem in food, feed, and biodiesel industries is how to deal with their oily byproducts and wastes, which are in oily and viscous liquid form and easy to be rancid. There are many food, feed and ...
Novel mini/micro-dystrophin genes restore nNOS to the sarcolemma and improve the therapeutic outcome for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy [abstract]
(2010-10)
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a muscle disease caused by mutations of the dystrophin gene. Gene replacement therapy represents a very promising approach to cure this disease. The dystrophin gene is one of the largest ...
Relative study between anti-EGFR and GE-11 peptide conjugated gold nanoparticles for in vivo targeting in pancreatic cancer [abstract]
(2010-10)
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer related deaths in the United States due to its severe aggressiveness and lethal malignancy. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) is over expressed in more than 95% ...
Soy based polyols [abstract]
(2010-10)
Commercialization of Natural Oil Polyols, or NOPs, began in the late '90s to satisfy demand for sustainable products. One of the largest applications of NOPs is for urethane foams, where both Ford and General Motors are ...
Late osteoblast/early osteocyte-like cell line for visualizing collagen assembly in living cells [abstract]
(2010-10)
Immortal cell lines representing the late osteoblast/early osteocyte phenotype have been generated that stably express a collagen-GFP or collagen-mCherry fusion protein to fluorescently label type I collagen fibrils either ...
An automatic cap arrangement scoring device [abstract]
(2010-10)
Poor color vision can be inherited (an estimated 8% of men and .5% of women have a congenital color vision defect) or acquired as the result of disease, certain medications, trauma, aging, or exposure to particular chemicals ...
Cell lines for the study of bone formation and regulation [abstract]
(2010-10)
UMKC Researchers have developed novel cell lines that are useful in the examination of osteocyte function, biomineralization, SOST/sclerostin, FGF23 and other mechanisms of osteoblast-to-osteocyte differentiation. The two ...
Novel genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease progression [abstract]
(2010-10)
Researchers at Washington University have identified a novel genetic variant that strongly correlates with disease progression. Dr. Alison Goate and collaborators used an established biomarker for the decline of AD patients ...
Nanomedicine approach for sustained release delivery of Avastin : treatment for PXE and AMD [abstract]
(2010-10)
Gold nanoparticles possess unique properties including preferential binding to leaky blood vessels, ability to bind to a variety of ligands, with no evidence of cellular toxicity, making them an excellent platform for ...