by | May 26, 2020 | Zhou, Dong
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed a new method and device for the preparation of flourine-18 (F-18) radiolabeled compounds as positron emission tomography (PET) tracers. PET is a widely used clinical and research imaging tool that will …
by | May 15, 2020 | Bridgman, Paul, Turney, Steve
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This technology is a patented method for producing microarrays or directing cell growth on a surface by precisely and dynamically manipulating the adhesion of macromolecules. While many techniques exist for adhering proteins, nucleic acids, and other macromolecules to solid …
by | May 11, 2020 | Gordon, Jeffrey, Patnode, Michael
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a bead-based method to understand the functional states and metabolic capabilities of individual members of the human gut microbiota. The gut microbiota is increasingly linked to multiple aspects of human healt…
by | May 11, 2020 | Gordon, Jeffrey, Raman, Arjun
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a method to stratify gut microbiota dysbiosis and monitor treatments to correct it. In order to efficiently treat microbiota imbalance, it would first be beneficial to understand the healthy organization and in…
by | Apr 6, 2020 | Storch, Gregory, Wylie, Kristine, Wylie, Todd
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A team of researchers at Washington University developed “ViroCap”, a patented capture probe technique for senistive, comprehensive, in-depth metagenomics analysis vertebrate viruses. This invention could enhance traditional metagenomics shotgun sequencing (MSS) w…