by | Oct 22, 2019 | Kharasch, Evan, Morrissey, Jeremiah, Singamaneni, Srikanth, Tadepalli, Sirimuvva
— Technology Description
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Washington University have developed a sensitive, shelf-stable, label-free system for quickly quantifying biomarkers in point-of-care settings (e.g., office, ambulance or battlefield). Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) off…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Barrow, Melissa, Diamond, Michael, Fremont, Daved, Pal, Pankaj
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Cupps, Brian, Pasque, Michael
— Background: Assessing left ventricle (LV) cardiac contractile function is a good indicator of overall heart health and is used to determine which patients are good candidates for revascularization surgery. With over 3 million new coronary artery disease patients annually and over 1 million annual re…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Chen, Hong, Dunn, Gavin, Leuthardt, Eric, Petti, Allegra
— Background: The American Brain Tumor Association reports that about 80,000 of the estimated 700,000 Americans that live with a brain tumor have been diagnosed in 2017. The surgery required for a traditional brain tumor biopsy entails making a hole in the skin and skull, placing a needle probe, and r…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Guruswami, Sundaram, Sharma, Vijay, Sivapackiam, Jothilingam
— Background
Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) is the second most common form of non-Alzheimer’s dementia in the population under 65 years old. FTD represents approximately 20% of all dementias and onset normally appears in the mid to late 50s. Clinically FTD is characterized by a progressive neur…