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Activation of human Argonaute3 (AGO3) using cityRNAs
TS-051298 —
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that control gene expression post-transcriptionally. Their sequences differ, but their lengths fall within a range of ~20-23 nucleotides because the precursor miRNAs are processed by Dicer. Dicer cleaves long double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules into s…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Nakanishi, Kotaro; Park, Mi Seul
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Mini-PCDH15 for treatment of deafness
TS-050433 — A gene therapy solution for Usher Syndrome Type 1F.
Mutations in PCDH15 cause Usher 1F, a recessive syndrome characterized by profound congenital deafness and absence of vestibular function, and progressive blindness beginning in the second decade. Because patients who lack hearing and balance rely on vision for communication and mobility, the late…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Sotomayor, Marcos
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Stealth liposomes with greater stability for improved drug delivery
TS-048888 —
Liposome drug delivery systems play a significant role in the formulation of new therapies. These liposome-encapsulated drugs are used to treat a wide range of diseases such as cancer, influenza, and hepatitis. While endogenous liposomes are recognized by the mononuclear phagocyte system and clear…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Bong, Dennis
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Electrophiles for Re-activation of Aged Acetylcholine Esterase
TS-044619 —
Organophosphorus (OP) poisons including sarin, VX, and novichoks are lethal agents of chemical warfare. Their toxicity is due to their direct inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), an enzyme that is vital to the nervous system via regulation of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh). AChE in…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Hadad, Christopher; Callam, Christopher; Corrigan, Thomas; Dicken, Rachel; Dogan Ekici, Ozlem; Fitzpatrick, Keegan; Franjesevic, Andrew; McElroy, Craig; McKenney, Ryan; Muthukrishnan, Siva; Sanan, Toby; Vyas, Shubham; Yoder, Ryan; Young, Amneh "Amneh"
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
DNA-cage erasable labels for fluorescence-based imaging
TS-043819 — Compositions and methods for analyzing multiple biomarkers without damaging tissue.
Histopathology is a cornerstone of tissue analysis used to diagnose many clinical conditions. Many of these diagnoses are based on identifying the presence of specific biomarkers, which can be indicated by colored labels. Currently, only 1-2 markers can be analyzed per slide, reducing accuracy and…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Winter, Jessica; Jergens, Elizabeth; Lee, Kil Ho "Kilho"
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Quadruplex-based non-enzymatic DNA signal amplification
TS-042905 — A quadruplex-based non-enzymatic DNA signal amplification scheme for point of care diagnostic testing.
Currently, non-enzymatic signal amplification assays, an alternative to PCR, are complicated reactions employing multiple DNA constructs. The most successful non-enzymatic assays rely on stand-displacement reactions within DNA duplexes that result in background activity. Because of this background…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Kankia, Besik
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Method to improve efficiency and specificity of human tumor targeting and elimination by using a combination of split & splice protein toxins and oncolytic viruses
TS-040838 — Novel strategy to improve efficiency and specificity of tumor treatment via combinative use of a split & splice protein toxin and oncolytic virus.
In combating malignancies as complex as cancer, researchers and clinicians have created a diverse set of strategies to reduce tumor burden. Oncolytic viruses (OVs) have emerged as a promising means of treating this disease due to their potential to selectively target and effectively kill cancer ce…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Kudryashov, Dmitri; Cripe, Timothy; Kudryashova, Elena; Purde, Vedud
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Design and apparatus for quantification of the mapping of the sensory areas of the brain
TS-039164 — A new tool that can quantify the sensory maps of the human brain. The tool can be used to quantify plasticity and pathology in the sensory areas of the human brain that are associated with normal and abnormal development, aging, and diseases in sensory systems. The first application of the tool, on retinotopic maps of the visual cortex, has generated excellent results.
By analyzing the stimulus-referred fMRI responses in each voxel of an MR image, retinotopic mapping of human visual cortex can generate cortical maps of the visual space. These maps elucidate the spatial organization of the neuronal responses to visual images. Although numerous studies have b…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Wang, Yalin; Lu, Zhong-Lin
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Paper-based Dried Blood Spheroids for Stabilization of Labile Organic Compounds Stored in Ambient Air
TS-038604 — Apparatus and methods to form three-dimensional dried blood spheroids on hydrophobic paper substrates.
Dried blood spots on paper substrates offer a facile sample collection, storage, and transportation approach for biofluids. However, variable diffusion, volcanic effects, analyte instability, and difficulty in recovering samples from paper plague this method, lowering confidence in analyte quantif…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Badu-Tawiah, Abraham; Damon, Deidre
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Novel small peptide polarizing agents for dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy
TS-038322 — Versatile small biradical peptide molecules that can serve as biradical polarizing agents for dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
DNP methodology offers dramatic sensitivity enhancements of NMR experiments (up to 1-2 orders of magnitude) by transferring the large electron spin polarization to the nuclei of interest, and is currently one of the research frontiers in the magnetic resonance field with numerous applications to b…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Jaroniec, Christopher; Conroy, Daniel
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
