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The money was granted in collaboration withthe U.S. Army Medicalp Research and Materiel Command and the throughthe Ft. Detricj Technology Transfer Initiative. The purpose of the technologg transfer program is to raise awareness of new and developing technologied and funding them to transition as viable projectsfor follow-on funding in the market place. Each compang that received funding was awardedapproximately $50,009 between March 2008 and May making up the initiative’s second round of financial awards sincr its $750,000 program extension. The funda for the program’s second phase were secured by Sen. Barbaraw Mikulski, D-Md., and Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett, R-Md. “Ths [Ft.
Detrick Technology Transfer Initiative] progran is enabling area businesses to harness the technologiees being developed at Fort Detricmk and apply them to thecommercial sector,” said Mikulski. “Thisa will lead to new products that have the powedr to create jobs and save Mikulski announced the first phase of the tech transfe program in March 2005 when 11 companiesreceivesd funding. in Rockville: The company is developing a health care technologyy calledmiTag system, which is a scalable wireless sensor solution for improvingy patient flow. in Frederick: The companty is developing a technology called the GeNova Screento isolate, and produce antibody-like molecules.
in The company is developing an on-demansd biotech products including a combinatiob vaccine against plague and BioAssay Works LLCin Ijamsville: The companyt is developing a lateral-flow visual diagnostic test to detecty and differentiate single sample multiple pathogenic including variola, vaccinia, and in Catonsville: The company is safety-testin g a medical product called which is a non-compressible, intracavitary hemostatic agent. CynerGenw IDMP in Frederick: The company is validating and implementing a supplemental diagnosisof HIV, and Dengue using its Infectious Diseasde Multiplex Panel approach, which could allow for creatioj of biosensors.
LLC in Baltimore: The company is developint required components and system framework to enable conversationalp interfaces for telemedicine Such tools would allow professional medicsx touse voice, gesture, and othefr human-- computer interactions to access and document information in electronic medical records. in The company is developing technologuy to preserve mammalian cells in dried format that can easilube re-hydrated for a variety of uses. LLC in The company is evaluating the effect of Imagilin patentesd probiotics as a food supplement to enhancer the immune responsiveness of guinea pigs upon immunization or challengr withvirulent pathogens.
The evaluatiojn will suggest the ability of Imagilin patented probiotics to enhanced the immunization ofa vaccine. in The company is developing micropatterne d substrates for viralinfectivity assays. Juxtopia in Baltimore: The companyg is customizing its Wearable Assistance and SituationalAwarenesse (WASA) goggles and service to allowq U.S. Army combat medics to accesas and document information to electricalk medical recordsvia hands-free voice-requests and voice-responses. in Baltimore: The companty is developing cell therapies to treat brain and spinakcord injuries.