by | Apr 29, 2021 | Adams, Lucas, Diamond, Michael, Fremont, Daved, VanBlargan, Laura
— Disease indication – SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19)
Drug format – Chimeric monoclonal antibody
Drug class – Best-in-class
Research stage and Preliminary data – The inventors have developed and characterized this antibody, creating a chimeric version with a human IgG backbone. T…
by | Apr 8, 2021 | Lichti, Cheryl, Unanue, Emil, Wan, Xiaoxiao
— Technology Description:
Researchers in the lab of Emil Unanue at Washington University have discovered a panel of peptides responsible for autoimmune activation in Type 1 diabetes and potentially capable of diagnosing T1D at an early stage. These peptide fragments of insulin are found circulating …
by | Feb 1, 2021 | Baldelomar, Edwin, Bennett, Kevin
— Technology Description:
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed targeted, natural nanoparticle imaging agents that may be used to quantify kidney nephron endowment and diagnose renal disease with MRI or PET imaging.
Nephrons are the functional units of the kidney responsi…
by | Jan 29, 2021 | Mitra, Robi, Moudgil, Arnav, Wilkinson, Michael Nathaniel
— Technology Description
Researchers in Robi Mitra’s lab at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a method to increase the sensitivity of leukemias to chemotherapy by pre-treatment with a BET inhibitor. BET inhibitors convert stem-like leukemia cells to a more differentiated state …
by | Jan 15, 2021 | Amatya, Parmeshwar, Carter, Alun, Cooper, Matthew, DiPersio, John
— Technology Description
A team of researchers, led by John DiPersio and Matthew Cooper at Washington University in St. Louis, have identified a small molecule kinase inhibitor capable of mitigating cytokine release syndrome following CAR-T cell therapy. PI3K inhibitors can suppress production of IL-…