Projects
Neonatal Monitoring
Electronic fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring has evolved into the primary method of intrapartum fetal assessment, not just for high-risk pregnancies, but also for the general population.
AIDS
Because of the way CJC-1295 is engineered its half life had been extended from 7 minutes to greater than 7 days. Consequently, CJC-1295 injected 1-2 times per week results in elevated levels of Human Growth Hormone and IGF-1.
Multiple Sclerosis
MRI Studies.... suggest an organic relationship to chronic cerebral hydrostatic pressure changes associated with stenoses of the extracranial venous drainage system..... the potential value of venous angioplasty as a therapeutic measure in the treatment of MS.
Heart Failure
The concept in cardiac insufficiency involves a modification of the left heart geometry to improve the Frank-Starling characteristics of the myocardium.
Malignant Glioma
Of patients diagnosed with malignant gliomas, about half are alive 1 year after diagnosis, and 25% after two years.... a novel therapeutic approach: stereotaxic placeent of biodegradable 5-flourouricil microspheres in deeply situated non-operable tumors.
Point-of-Care IVDs
Empowering clinicians to make decisions at the “point-of-care” has the potential to significantly impact health care delivery and to address the challenges of health disparities.
Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN)
Movement abnormalities.... involuntary muscle spasms, rigidity, trouble walking... dysarthria.... vision loss.... dementia and psychiatric symptoms... behavioral problems, personality changes, and depression....
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia.... is characterized in.... distortions in form and content of thinking and perception (loosening of associations, delusions, and hallucinations), mood (flattened, inappropriate, or blunted affect) and behavior (bizarre, apparently purposeless and stereotyped activity or inactivity)....
Dialysis-Dependent Anemia
Patients with renal failure have low levels of erythropoietin which in turn leads to the chronic anemia that accompanies renal failure. The use of recombinant EPO has essentially eliminated anemia as a major cause of morbidity in dialysis patients.
Heroin Addiction
Based upon the results of this study, the German Parliament implemented a new law in 2009, which permits the administration of Diamorphine in severely addicted patients in controlled settings. It is estimated that some 3.000 patients initially benefited from this new therapeutic approach.