Novel human astrovirus sequences for diagnostics and vaccine development for encephalitis and gastroenteritis

by | Oct 22, 2019 | Finkbeiner, Stacy, Virgin, Herbert, Wang, David, Zhao, Guoyan

— Technology Description

A team of researchers at Washington University and the Centers for Disease Control discovered, sequenced and patented a novel human astrovirus that can cause encephalitis and gastroenteritis (non-etiologic diarrhea), offering a path to detection and diagnostics.

The virus (…

IgG Monoclonal Antibodies to Enterococcus Faecalis Gelatinase

by | Jun 7, 2018 | Shaikh, Nurmohammad, Tarr, Phillip

— Primary Inventor: Phillip I. Tarr, MD

Target: GelE(mAb 8A3)

Monoclonal antibodies against E. faecalis gelatinase developed as a treatment for Crohn’s disease. E. faecalis secretes many proteins into the gastrointestinal enviroment – such as Gelatinase (GelE). GelE degrades several proteins including gelatin, collagin, hemoglobin, and bioactive peptides.…

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