CYTOVAS, LLC — Department of Health and Human Services SBIR Phase I: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this research is to develop a new flow cy
CYTOVAS, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Health and Human Services.
- Amount
- $222,916
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- PA13-088
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- PA
- Period
- —
Description
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this research is to develop a new flow cytometry-based test for the clinical measurement of proangiogenic T cells. Such an assay does not exist today. Proangiogenic T cells, including angiogenic T cell (Tang) and Th17 subsets, participate in reparative mechanisms in the vasculature, in oncogenic angiogenesis and in other processes central to the overall health of the vascular system. The T cell test could be deployed as a stand-alone diagnostic tool but willultimately provide the final core module of the Cytometric Vascular Health Profile (CytoVasHP), a cell-based blood test for the assessment of vascular health. The cardiovascular community has realized that patients who present with similar risk of cardiovascular disease often end up developing (or not) a range of pathologies with different morbidity, mortality and responses to therapy. To determine the most effective care for individual patients and to identify those most likely to benefit from specifi