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Encryption Scheme Utilizing the Pattern of Biometric Scanners
Published Sunday, July 9, 2017As mobile devices are increasingly used to send sensitive information through a network, it has become imperative to provide those devices with effective but compact encryption schemes to secure the data. Biometric information has been used to secure the operation of the mobile devices themselves, but such systems do not prevent the interception...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2016-019
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Gateway Languages Database
Published Monday, May 29, 2017BackgroundThere are some situations when fast language acquisition skills are needed, such as when a company has a newfound economic interest, a humanitarian organization identifies a crisis, or a defense contractor wishes to fill a critical capabilities gap. Even when time is not an issue, there is a need to be able to identify the likely...
Keyword(s): language, learning, language database, country database, language acquisition skills
Docket: IS-2016-177
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Rapid, Inexpensive Point-of-Care Measurement of Oxidative Stress in Biological Samples
Published Wednesday, April 12, 2017Background Oxidative stress, the imbalance between the production of free radicals as part of normal metabolism and the body’s ability to neutralize through various natural antioxidants, has been implicated in numerous pathological conditions. Such conditions include neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. While...
Keyword(s): oxidative stress, schizophrenia, Diagnostics
Docket: LS-2016-134
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A Nanomaterial Platform For Auto-immune Disease Therapy
Published Wednesday, April 12, 2017BackgroundThe immune system protects the body from foreign pathogens. However, errors in the immune system can cause attacks on and elimination of the body’s own cells - called autoimmune reactions - the primary cause behind multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, certain types of allergies, and asthma. Such reactions are also relevant...
Keyword(s): autoimmune disease, Multiple Sclerosis, therapy, Therapeutic
Docket: LS-2016-175
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A Novel Salmonella Strain For Vaccinating Chicken
Published Wednesday, April 12, 2017Background Salmonella outbreaks among poultry flocks result not only in direct losses to the farmer but also indirect costs to the entire industry due to loss of consumer confidence at the break of news about an outbreak. According to Center for Disease Control (CDC), 8 known outbreaks resulted in the US in 2016 alone. The passage of...
Keyword(s): Salmonella vaccine, chicken, poultry, 525
Docket: LS-2016-186
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A Biodegradable and Less Toxic Alternative to Lead Removal From Water
Published Wednesday, April 12, 2017BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that lead poisoning contributes to 0.6% of the global disease burden in terms of disability adjusted life years (DALYs). Food and drinking water are chief sources for lead poisoning, which can be remediated through elimination of lead use, improved monitoring, and preventive mechanisms...
Keyword(s): Lead-toxicity, pollution, water, Filtration, lead-poisoning, hydrogel, biodegradable, lead-removal
Docket: LS-2016-047
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Engineered quantum dots as therapeutic vehicles and research reagents
Published Wednesday, April 12, 2017BackgroundQuantum dots(QDs) are ultra-small colloidal nanoparticles that have unique properties for in vivo imaging, diagnostics, and delivery of drugs and therapeutics. Prior research has employed quantum dots for in vivo targeting and imaging in cancer and the central nervous system. Rational surface modification of quantum dots with...
Keyword(s): Multiple Sclerosis, auto-immune disorders, immune tolerance, antigen-specific tolerance
Docket: LS-2016-036
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Novel Biomaterial Platform to Promote Antigen-specific Tolerance During Auto-immune Disease Therapy
Published Wednesday, April 12, 2017Background A recent report from American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association and National Coalition of Autoimmune Patient Groups estimates the disease burden of autoimmune disorders to be >$50 billion. A major disadvantage in the immunosuppressive treatments to autoimmune disorders is the non-specific suppression of immune system exposing...
Keyword(s): auto-immune disorders, Therapeutic, Multiple Sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis
Docket: LS-2016-139
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A Probiotic Strain For Nutritional and Therapeutic Use
Published Wednesday, April 12, 2017Background Probiotics- single or mixed cultures of live microorganisms with the ability to confer health benefits to host upon dietary consumption- emerged as functional foods with enormous market potential (>$4-5 billion). Several products with such live cultures are currently available in the marketplace. However, susceptibility to viral...
Keyword(s): probiotics, phage-resistant, normal flora, pathogenic bacteria
Docket: LS-2016-124
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Electrical Actuation of Cellular Gene-Expression
Published Wednesday, April 12, 2017Background Transgene-technology is a method that introduces a foreign gene (transgene) into a cell and forces the production of specific proteins that drive desired biological functions, with outcomes such as diagnosis and therapy in humans, improved crop varieties and yields in plants, efficient protein production in bacteria, and other...
Keyword(s): synthetic biology, implantable, wearable, Diagnostics, engineered cells
Docket: PS-2016-168