The objective of this proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of a new approach to improving the performance of PCR-based methods for HIV detection A new technology allows one to increase the sensitivity, accuracy, dynamic range, signal-to-noise ratio, save costly reagents and reduce time of analysis This unique approach has never been used before for improvement of the performance of these methods We propose to further improve and optimize the new technology, so as to generate routine technique suitable for research and clinical practice Thus, our proposal has diagnosis- and screening -related goals and applies new engineering principles to problems in biology and medicine Preliminary analysis has shown that the new method has an enormous commercial and scientific potential.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Small Business Innovation Research Grants (SBIR) - Phase I (R43)
Project #
1R43AI055310-01
Application #
6656191
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-AARR-3 (10))
Program Officer
Sharma, Opendra K
Project Start
2003-04-15
Project End
2005-03-31
Budget Start
2003-04-15
Budget End
2004-03-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2003
Total Cost
$99,959
Indirect Cost
Name
Allied Innovative Systems, LLC
Department
Type
DUNS #
139604156
City
Hillsborough
State
NJ
Country
United States
Zip Code
08844