SBIR/STTR Research Award
PREVENTION & TREATMENT OF VAGINAL INFECTIONS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Kassia International
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE VAGINA IS A HABITAT FOR A LARGE NUMBER AND VARIETY OF MICROORGANISMS. THE NORMAL INDIGENOUS POPULATION IS A DELICATELY BALANCED COMMUNITY THAT MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY ENDOGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS HORMONES, BY DISEASE AND MEDICATION, AND BY OTHER CONDITIONS. VAGINAL INFECTIONSARE A CAUSE OF DISCOMFORT AND DISTRESS TO A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF FEMALES, AND MAY LEAD TO URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND INVASIVE DISEASE. A HEALTHY MICROBIAL POPULATION IS IMPORTANT TO PREVENTING ADVENTITIOUS INFECTION AND DISEASE. THE VAGINA IS A HABITAT FOR A LARGE NUMBER AND VARIETY OF MICROORGANISMS. THE NORMAL INDIGENOUS POPULATION IS A DELICATELY BALANCED COMMUNITY THAT MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY ENDOGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS HORMONES, BY DISEASE AND MEDICATION, AND BY OTHER CONDITIONS. VAGINAL INFECTIONSARE A CAUSE OF DISCOMFORT AND DISTRESS TO A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF FEMALES, AND MAY LEAD TO URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND INVASIVE DISEASE. A HEALTHY MICROBIAL POPULATION IS IMPORTANT TO PREVENTING ADVENTITIOUS INFECTION AND DISEASE.
Technology keywords
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