Motion-Guided Deep Image Prior (M-DIP) for Dynamic Image Reconstruction in Cardiovascular MRI
TS-069527 — The Need
Cardiovascular MRI (CMR) data acquisition is often time-consuming and relies on complex reconstruction methods that do not fully exploit the spatial and temporal structure of CMR data. There is a need for a more efficient, unsupervised approach that can accelerate CMR imaging while maintai…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ahmad, Rizwan; Chen, Chong; Sultan, Muhammad
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
A new modular format for bispecific antibody fragments
TS-068425 — Functionalization of scFvs with cyclic peptide linkers
The Need
The high specificity of antibodies has been utilized to develop numerous technologies, tools and therapeutics, like ADCs and radiopharmaceuticals. Engineered antibody fragments like single-chain variable fragments (scFvs) are starting to see their way into the clinic in BiTEs and CAR T. Sc…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Magliery, Thomas; Do, Jamie; Han, Jeong Min "Mina"; Zhu, Ian
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
Noninvasive Rapid Radiation Exposure Assay
TS-068290 — The Need
Radiation exposure poses significant health risks, including cancer and other illnesses, making it crucial for clinicians to accurately measure and assess the extent of radiation exposure. Existing methods often require invasive procedures and may not detect exposure at lower dose ranges.
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- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Schultz, Zachary; Jacob, Naduparambil; Morder, Courtney; Witte, Spencer
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
Neonatal Blood Vessel Locator for Vascular Access Procedures
TS-067796 — A handheld device for identifying preterm blood vessels in neonatal ICU.
Over 300,000 preterm births in the United States occur annually, representing 10.5% of all live births. Most preterm births occur spontaneously, but some result from medical conditions like infections or pregnancy complications requiring early labor induction or cesarean delivery. Common causes of p…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Metzler, Sandra; Bresolin, Alejandro; Crawford, Mackenzie; Fernandes, Siddharth; Hardin, Rene; Patel, Aarti; Richards, Hannah; Trainor, Dylan
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Dust Analysis: A Novel Approach to Monitoring Viral Spread
TS-066962 — The Need
Viral disease surveillance (e.g. influenza, SARS-CoV-2) in high-risk settings faces several challenges, such as asymptomatic carriers, incomplete reporting, resource limitations, and delayed diagnosis of traditional swab test methods. These challenges could allow a virus to silently spread…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Dannemiller, Karen; Faith, Seth; Hull, Natalie; Nastasi, Nick; Renninger, Nicole
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Humanized SSTR2 mAb and ADC to target SSTR2+ tumors
TS-066912 — Targeted humanized mAbs and ADCs for cancer treatment
The Liu Lab
Dr. Xiaoguang “Margaret” Liu applies her industry experience (Lonza, Merck, and Life Technologies) in cell line and process development towards her lab’s focus on targeted anti-cancer therapies including monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, and gene therapi…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Liu, Xiaoguang "Margaret"; Zhou, Lufang
- Licensing Officer: Schworer, Adam
Small Molecule USP30 Inhibitors for the Treatment and Prevention of Cardiomyopathy
TS-066773 — The Need
Cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle, poses significant public health challenges due to its diverse causes, symptoms, and potential complications, including heart failure and arrhythmias. With cardiomyopathy often induced by drugs, such as anthracyclines used in chemotherapy, ther…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Sun, Nuo; Krigman, Judith; Yang, Mingchong; Zhang, Ruohan
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Biofilm Detachment Monitoring for Enhanced Oral Health Solutions
TS-066772 — The Need
Biofilms, particularly dental plaque-biofilms, are communities of microorganisms encased in a slimy extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) that adhere to surfaces or neighboring microorganisms. These biofilms are responsible for various infectious diseases, including oral diseases such as…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Stoodley, Paul "DECEASED"; Gloag, Erin
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Innovative Biomarker Technology for Detecting and Treating Endothelial Injury in Neurological Disorders
TS-066771 —
Endothelial injury is a significant pathological mechanism underlying various neurological disorders, including neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory, and cerebrovascular diseases. Current clinical and research settings lack reliable biomarkers to detect or measure endothelial injury in the human C…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Al Tarawneh, Rawan
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Innovative Small Molecule Inhibitors for Effective Treatment and Prevention of Coronavirus Infections
TS-066750 —
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has significantly impacted global health and economies. Despite vaccine efforts, issues such as vaccine hesitancy, delays in distribution, and emerging variants have highlighted the need for effective therapeutic interventions. These i…
- College: College of Veterinary Medicine
- Inventors: Sharma, Amit; Li, Pui-Kai "Tom"; Xing, Enming
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
T-cells with Enhanced Ability to Respond to Exogenous Ligands
TS-066052 — Novel T-cells expressing the IL-2a receptor to enhance cancer cell targeting.
The Need
As interest in cell-based therapies, particularly for cancer treatment, continues to rise, there’s a critical need for therapeutic cells capable of robust proliferation in vivo. Existing methods relying on exogenous cytokines like IL-2 face challenges due to dose-limiting toxicity an…
- College: OSU Wexner Medical Center
- Inventors: Rubinstein, Mark
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Novel Antibodies Targeting IL-2
TS-066051 — Novel antibodies targeting IL-2 with the ability to inhibit IL-2 signaling through IL-2 Rαβg to a greater extent than through IL-2 Rβg.
IL-2 and its receptor IL-2R are known to play multiple roles in shaping the immune response, including both immune activation and tolerance. Expression of intermediate-affinity IL-2 receptors by different immune cell subsets determines cellular sensitivity to IL-2. However, the dynamic interplay bet…
- College: OSU Wexner Medical Center; OSU Wexner Medical Center
- Inventors: Rubinstein, Mark
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Gene Therapy Approach for Treating Neuropathy
TS-065913 — Gene therapy strategies for treating peripheral neuropathy.
Peripheral neuropathy (PN) results in loss of innervation by the peripheral nerves in tissues such as skin, muscle, heart, and adipose tissue. It is a painful, debilitating disease, that is estimated to affect between 20 and 30 million Americans. The number of Americans affected by PN is likely muc…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Townsend, Kristy; Blaszkiewicz, Magdalena; Cao, Lei
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
IDEAS: Revolutionizing Early Childhood Education with Automated Interaction Analysis
TS-065825 — The Need: In early childhood education settings, understanding children's interactions, both social and linguistic, is paramount for effective teaching and development monitoring. However, manual observation and analysis of these interactions can be time-consuming and subjective, hindering educa…
- College: College of Education & Human Ecology
- Inventors: Gonzalez Villasanti, Hugo "Hugo"; Justice, Laura
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Targeting Telomerase to Treat Ocular Neovascular Disorders
TS-065809 — Therapeutic strategies for treating ocular neovascular disorders by targeting telomerase.
Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is the principal driver of blindness in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nvAMD). Abnormal blood vessel growth beneath the macular leads to retinal damage and severe vision loss. Discovering the involvement of VEGF in the underlying mechanisms driving …
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Kerur, Nagaraj
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Treating Diabetes, Obesity, and Cardiovascular Disease by Reprogramming Skin
TS-065789 — Using tissue nano-transfection to reprogram skin cells to treat diabetes, obesity and/or cardiovascular health
The incidence of obesity and diabetes is skyrocketing, leading to chronic inflammatory conditions such as cardiovascular disease, autoimmune diseases, liver diseases, and cancer. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death across the US and worldwide and affects almost half of all ad…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Gallego Perez, Daniel; Higuita Castro, Natalia; Sen, Chandan
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Revolutionizing Cancer Immunotherapy with Novel Chimeric B-cell Epitope Peptide Vaccines
TS-065697 — Chimeric B-cell epitope peptide vaccines targeting human PD-L1 and/or CTLA-4 to induce immune response against the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway.
The emergence of immune checkpoint inhibitors revolutionized cancer immunotherapy. Monoclonal antibodies targeting PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4 have shown impressive clinical outcomes.
The Need
Despite their effectiveness, current monoclonal antibody treatments have limitations such as low response ra…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Kaumaya, Pravin
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Novel Therapeutic Approach to Treating Painful Musculoskeletal Disorders
TS-065684 — Non-viral gene therapy for minimally invasively treating painful musculoskeletal disorders
Painful musculoskeletal disorders like intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration associated with chronic low back pain (DBP) present a significant socio-economic burden worldwide.
The Need
Current treatments for painful musculoskeletal disorders offer only temporary relief or invasive surgical proce…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Walter, Devina; Gallego Perez, Daniel; Higuita Castro, Natalia; Khan, Safdar; Tang, Shirley "Shirley Nina"; Walter, Benjamin
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Precision RNA-PROTACs: Revolutionizing Therapeutic Targeting of Dysregulated Ribonucleoprotein Complexes
TS-065457 — The Need:
In the realm of therapeutic development, there's a pressing need for precise targeting of dysregulated ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes to combat various diseases, particularly neurodegenerative disorders like ALS, Alzheimer’s, and Huntington’s diseases. Traditional metho…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Bong, Dennis; Liang, Yufeng; Miao, Shiqin "Shiqin"; Strong, Rebekah
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
MicroRNA profile predicts colon cancer prognosis
TS-065453 — The Need:
Colon cancer remains one of the most prevalent and lethal forms of cancer worldwide. Timely and accurate diagnosis is critical for effective treatment and improved patient outcomes. Current diagnostic methods often lack the precision and sensitivity needed for early detection and prognosi…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Croce, Carlo
- Licensing Officer: Schultz, Teri
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