Summaries by Inventor Caparon, Michael

Lactobacillus reuteri deltaArat
Caparon, Michael ; Cervantes-Barragan, Luisa ; Colonna, Marco ; Di Luccia, Blanda
T-018589

— Bacteria modified from the parental strain Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23 that doesn’t express the enzyme aryl aminotransferase. Culture supernatants from this bacterial strain failed to stimulate AhR reporter cells. Publication: Lactobacillus reuteri induces gut intraepithelial CD4+CD8α…

Vaccine to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection
Caparon, Michael ; Flores-Mireles, Ana ; Hultgren, Scott ; Pinkner, Jerome
T-013965

— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a vaccine strategy to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). CAUTIs are the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections. Many of these are caused by Enterococcus bacteria. CAUTIs a…