by | Apr 17, 2026 | Baldelomar, Edwin, Bennett, Kevin
— Published date: 4/18/2026
Value Proposition: Method that uses ultrasound to detect functional nephron number in the kidneys.
Technology Description
Current clinical markers of kidney health (serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)) are insensitive to the early progressi…
by | Oct 18, 2022 | Genin, Guy, Williams, Dillon, Zayed, Mohamed
— Technology Description
Prof. Mohamed Zayed and colleagues have developed an arteriovenous graft cuff with features designed to normalize the blood shear rate and decrease risk of thrombosis at the venous end anastomosis. This device could reduce the failure rate of these grafts, thereby improving …
by | Feb 1, 2021 | Baldelomar, Edwin, Bennett, Kevin
— Technology Description:
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed targeted, natural nanoparticle imaging agents that may be used to quantify kidney nephron endowment and diagnose renal disease with MRI or PET imaging.
Nephrons are the functional units of the kidney responsi…
by | Jul 9, 2020 | Gong, Yong-feng, Hou, Jianghui
— Disease indication: metabolic disorders including insulin resistance and diabetic nephropathy
Drug format: chemically modified synthetic microRNA (miRNA)
Drug class: first-in-class for metabolic disease
Research stage and Preliminary data:
Target: miR-29 mimics can increase the gene expressio…
by | Feb 3, 2020 | Chen, Ying, Kim, Yeawon
— Technology Description
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…