NCI announces new SBIR awards

AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nov 20, 2011

The U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs will provide SBIR phase II bridge awards in the 2012 fiscal year.

The awards are designed to support the next stage of development for previously funded NIH-wide SBIR phase II projects in cancer therapeutics, imaging technologies, interventional devices, diagnostics, and prognostics, according to NCI. Up to $10 million will be committed to fund up to 10 new awards.

Applications are due on December 28, 2011, and March 27, 2012. More information can be found here.

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Examples in two patients. (Top) Abnormal leukocyte accumulation was observed in the right 1st to 5th toes, with the radioactive lesions extending to the bone, indicating osteomyelitis (left panel, MIP image; right panel, axial SPECT/CT). Two spherical VOIs were drawn on diabetic foot infections (DFIs) and the highest SUVmax was 4.2 (higher than the cutoff of 1.1) Despite intensive treatment, the infection progressed, leading to the patient undergoing right below knee amputation 43 days after SPECT/CT. (Bottom) Mild focal abnormal leukocyte accumulation was detected in the right 3rd and 4th toes. The lesions were in contact with the bone, which raised a suspicion of osteomyelitis (left panel, MIP image; right panel, axial SPECT/CT). A circular VOI was drawn on DFIs and the SUVmax was 1.0 (lower than the cutoff of 1.1). After 10 weeks of antibiotic treatment, the infection was successfully resolved, and the foot was preserved. Image and caption courtesy of Scientific Reports.

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