by | Sep 3, 2020 | Hu, Yifei, Van Dyke-Blodgett, Joshua
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Compounds containing piperazic acid (Piz), a nonproteinogenic amino acid, are of significant interest for drug discovery. Peptidic compounds incorporating Piz as a building block include antibacterial, antiviral, immunomodulatory and anticancer drug leads, and all naturally-occurring Pi…
by | Aug 26, 2020 | Cao, Yu-Qing, Cloud, Megan, Hu, Rong, Zhang, Jintao, Zhang, Zhiyu
— Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed two methods for treating chronic migraine and post-traumatic headache. Chronic migraine and post-traumatic headache are highly prevalent and debilitating with limited treatment options. Further, for m…
by | Aug 24, 2020 | Abbas, Abdennour, Kharasch, Evan, Liu, Keng-Ku, Morrissey, Jeremiah, Singamaneni, Srikanth, Tian, Limei
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Washington University have developed a patented plasmonic nanotransducer system with built-in, highly stable artificial antibodies that can quickly detect and quantify biological molecules. These artificial antibodies can be rapidl…
by | Aug 24, 2020 | Kharasch, Evan, Morrissey, Jeremiah, Singamaneni, Srikanth, Wang, Congzhou
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An interdisciplinary team at Washington University has developed low-cost, easy-to-use, nanoparticles that can preserve antibodies, proteins and other biological molecules without refrigeration. This technology employs metal organic frameworks (MOF) that can be used in two w…
by | Jul 29, 2020 | Diamond, Marc, Shao, Jieya
— Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a prognostic biomarker that can be used to predict response to genotoxic chemotherapy for patients with basal-like/triple-negative breast cancer. Basal-like/triple-negative breast cancer is considered to be mor…