by | Apr 6, 2020 | Storch, Gregory, Wylie, Kristine, Wylie, Todd
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A team of researchers at Washington University developed “ViroCap”, a patented capture probe technique for senistive, comprehensive, in-depth metagenomics analysis vertebrate viruses. This invention could enhance traditional metagenomics shotgun sequencing (MSS) w…
by | Feb 20, 2020 | Ladenson, Jack, Landt, Yvonne, Laterza, Omar, Modur, Vijay
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Researchers in Prof. Jack Ladenson’s laboratory have discovered biomarkers and associated antibodies for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that could be used for early/presymptomatic diagnosis or in clinical trials for AD drugs.
This patented technology is based on the i…
by | Feb 20, 2020 | Dougherty, Joseph, Hoye, Mariah, Hyman, Theodore, Koval, Erica, Miller, Timothy
— Prof. Timothy Miller and colleagues have identified a motor neuron-specific, drug responsive microRNA (miR-218) that reflects the pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This biomarker could be a target for therapeutic intervention or a proxy for motor neuron health and survival, including…
by | Feb 20, 2020 | Ladenson, Jack, Porter, Sharon
— Analyte: Transferrin Receptor (CD71)
Antibody codes: 2B7.4 (4065) and 2F6.3 (4077)
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by | Feb 3, 2020 | Chen, Ying, Kim, Yeawon
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Researchers in Prof. Ying “Maggie” Chen’s laboratory have identified three sensitive, urine-based biomarkers of kidney disease that could be used for non-invasive, early detection and clinical trials monitoring. In particular, these mechanistic biomarkers a…