University System of Maryland

Rose Viscardi

Govind Rao

Yordan Kostov

Leah Tolosa

Xudong Ge

Bing Ma

Jacques Ravel

Hyung Woo

A correlative finding between increased Clostridiales and/or Bifidobacteriales bacterial abundance in the gut and intestinal barrier maturation of preterm neonates at-risk for development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is disclosed. These findings form the basis for the methods of identifying preterm infants at risk for developing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), the methods of treating such infants, as well as the methods of characterizing intestinal permeability in preterm infants disclosed herein.

Composition and methods for predicting necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants

A non-invasive gas analyte sensing and monitoring system and method is provided that is particularly applicable to transcutaneous monitoring of arterial blood gases in a mammal. The system and method relies on diffusion of the analyte to be measured into a diffusion chamber and remote sensing of the analyte in the diffusion chamber using optical chemical sensors and associated optoelectronics.

Non-invasive analyte sensing system and method

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