by | Sep 21, 2020 | Kaiko, Gerard, Liu, Ta-Chiang, Stappenbeck, Thaddeus
— Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) has been identified as a specific biomarker that is significantly elevated in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is correlated with disease severity. It could be used to both diagnose the disease (including ulcerative colitis and colonic Croh…
by | Sep 8, 2020 | Reck, Margaret, Schaffer, Jason, Wencewicz, Timothy
— Chemists from Washington University have discovered and characterized an enzyme pathway that could be harnessed as an efficient platform to produce peptide beta-lactone libraries for drug discovery. Beta-lactones are a family of molecules with a structure similar to penicillin and therefore could po…
by | Sep 3, 2020 | Hu, Yifei, Van Dyke-Blodgett, Joshua
— Background:
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 | Sep 3, 2020 | Curiel, David
— Background:
Viral vectors have been used for in vivo delivery of CRISPR/Cas9. However, it’s applications have been limited by the native tropism of the viral vector. To better utilize in vivo editing, methods must be developed to accomplish efficient, selective and coordinated delivery of CRI…
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…