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Buccal swab-based biomarkers for schizophrenia
mRNA normalized fold expression from transcript of interest
Invention Summary:
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a debilitating and chronic brain disorder characterized by symptoms, such as hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thoughts. Current diagnostic criteria rely solely on behavioral observations and do not account for molecular and clinical...
Published: 4/30/2025
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Inventor(s): Bonnie Firestein-Miller, Irving Vega, Steven Silverstein
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics
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Epstein Barr Virus -specific T cells and their therapeutic use in lung cancer
Invention Summary:
Scientists from the Rutgers University and Stanford University have discovered T cell receptor molecules targeting a novel antigen upregulated in cancer. This discovery has potential value for cancer-targeting therapies, particularly CAR T therapies. Currently, a limited number of CAR T therapies indicated for a narrow range...
Published: 4/9/2025
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Inventor(s): Shin-Heng Chiou, Diane Tseng, Crystal Mackall, Mark Davis
Keywords(s): Anti-cancer
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences
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Small molecules that target RNA structures within the CoV genome
Chemical structure of the three lead molecules derived from the focused library screen against OC43-infected Vero E6 cell screening (Zafferani et al 2021)
Invention Summary:
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and the likelihood of future coronavirus pandemics, emphasized the urgent need for development of novel antivirals. Small-molecule chemical probes...
Published: 4/9/2025
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Inventor(s): Amanda Hargrove, Blanton Tolbert, Gary Brewer, Neeraj Patwardhan, Mei-Ling Li
Keywords(s): Antiviral, Respiratory Disease
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics
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Tricyclic Inhibitors of Ribosome‐Inhibiting Proteins
An image that shows p-stalk binding blockage would lead to the prevention of damage caused by Shiga or Ricin toxins
Invention Summary:
Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) are very common bacteria that can cause infections that lead to approximately 100,000 illnesses, 3,000 hospitalizations, and about 90 deaths annually in the United States....
Published: 3/31/2025
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Inventor(s): Jacques Roberge, Xiao-Ping Li, Anastasiia Tsymbal, Nilgun Tumer
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences & Engineering, Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics
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Engineering of ATP6 for increased ATP Production
ATP synthesis assays using membranes from the indicated strains demonstrates that exAtpB exhibits faster kinetics based on luminescence measurement
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Mitochondrial disease impacts thousands of children, presenting a significant health problem. Many of these conditions occur due to ATP synthase mutations; the most prevalent...
Published: 3/13/2025
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Inventor(s): Eric Klein, Truman Dunkley, Daniel Shain
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences
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CHIR99021 Loaded Polymeric Scaffolds for the Treatment of Muscle Injuries
CHIR99021 administration reduces adipocyte differentiation (as seen by lipid droplet formation) in adipogenic cultures of stem cells. (A) Oil Red O staining for lipids 14 days after adipogenic induction. (B) Quantification of Oil Red O staining after 14 and 21 days.)
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The most common injury among athletes are muscle injuries,...
Published: 3/25/2025
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Inventor(s): Doga Oruc, Joseph Freeman
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Medical Devices, Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences & Engineering, Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences
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Multi‐modal composite modeling: modeling & material discovery for complex material and tissue synthesis
Invention Summary:
In 2021, there were over 200,000 traumatic brain injury (TBI) related hospitalizations and over 69,000 TBI-related deaths. Many more neurological diseases and injuries depend on research using brain tissue. Mechanical characterization of brain tissues (and other soft non-linear composites) and their computational modeling...
Published: 2/28/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohit Agarwal, Assimina Pelegri
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology Classifications > Software & Algorithms
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BLTP3A (also known as UHRF1BP1) silenced CAR-T cells demonstrate elevated efficacy against High-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC)
Impairing BLTP3A elevates T cells activity via enhanced recycling of TCR and CAR machinery through the endosomal system.
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Despite recent advances in cancer immunotherapy, objective responses remain rare. This is partly due to an incomplete understanding of the complex immunosuppressive mechanisms operating within the...
Published: 2/21/2025
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Inventor(s): Kyle Payne, Fnu Kumari
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics, Technology Classifications > Cell Therapy
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Cell-Based Biosensor for Monitoring Neuronal Stem Cell Differentiation
Movement of fluorescent cargo (EGFP, green) from the cytoplasm to the nucleus (Hoechst, blue) as early as 10 minutes after stimulation with hippocalcin
Invention Summary:
Monitoring neuronal differentiation in stem cells is vital to advance regenerative stem cell therapies and our understanding of various neurodegenerative diseases. Traditional...
Published: 5/7/2025
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Inventor(s): Ki-Bum Lee, Youngeun Kwon, Euiyeon Lee
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology Classifications > Physical Sciences & Engineering, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices
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Novel FISH probes for the prognosis of malignant transformation in Barrett’s epithelium
Left: Translocations as visualized by FISH assay during metaphase. Right: Fusion as visualized in human esophageal adenocarcinoma tissue section
Invention Summary:
Barrett’s epithelium (BE) is a premalignant tissue that can progress into esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) following the metaplasia→low grade dysplasia→ high grade dysplasia→cancer...
Published: 4/10/2025
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Inventor(s): Kiron Das, Manisha Bajpai, Hana Aviv
Keywords(s): Anti-cancer, Biomarkers, Cancer biomarkers
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare & Life Sciences, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Cancer
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