by | Jun 18, 2024 | Jiang, Xuntian, Ory, Daniel
— Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a set of novel bile acid biomarkers to screen, diagnose, and monitor the progression of Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease. Current testing for this disease takes an average of three months, is invasive (a skin…
by | Jun 11, 2024 | Berezin, Mikhail, Birman, Vladimir, Fuentes, Isaac, Tang, Rui
— Value proposition: Fluorescent oxonol dyes that can be used to enhance bioimaging for the treatment of cancer.
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new class of fluorescent oxonol dyes that exhibit absorption and emission in the near infrared…
by | Feb 13, 2024 | Chheda, Milan, Diamond, Michael, Gorman, Matthew
— T-017429 Engineered Oncolytic Zika Virus Therapy for Glioblastoma
Technology Description
Researchers in the laboratories of Michael Diamond and Milan Chheda at Washington University have developed prospective treatments for glioblastoma (GBM) through the application of an engineered Zika virus (ZI…
by | Oct 13, 2023 | Dodson, Karen, Ellebedy, Ali, Feldman, Mario, Hultgren, Scott, Pinkner, Jerome, Tamadonfar, Kevin, Timm, Morgan
— Technology Description
Researchers in Scott Hultgren’s laboratory at Washington University have created two prospective vaccine treatments designed to prevent the colonization of prominent uropathogens. These vaccines have potential for treating urinary tract infections (UTIs) with specific m…
by | Oct 18, 2022 | Semenkovich, Clay, Zayed, Mohamed
— Technology Description
Researchers from Mohamed Zayed’s lab at Washington University have developed a blood biomarker test for atherosclerosis more accurate than LDL. Circulating levels of Fatty Acid Synthase (cFAS) in the serum correlate to a high degree to severity of peripheral atheroscle…