by | Oct 22, 2019 | Fremont, Daved, Nelson, Christopher, Teitelbaum, Steven, Warren, Julia
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Disease indication – Osteoporosis, skeletal metastasis, and potentially rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, acute myeloid leukemia, and breast cancer
Drug format – Engineered Protein
Research stage and Preliminary data – Proof of concept in vitro and in vivo
Target – Receptor A…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Genin, Guy, Leuthardt, Eric, Margolis, Daniel, Somers, Thane, Yarbrough, Chester
— Technology Description:
Drs. Eric Leuthardt and Guy Genin have devised a medical device designed for faster and safer endoscopic surgeries. During these surgeries, the camera lens of the endoscope can become obscured with blood, fog and debris. This slows down the procedure, as the surgeon has to r…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Nasrollahi, Samila, Pathak, Amit
— Technology Description
Engineers in Prof. Amit Pathak’s laboratory have developed a 3D tissue culture device with chambers of variable, tunable stiffness to mimic the multiple microenvironments cancer cells experience in vivo as they metastasize. Traditional 3D extracellular matrix (ECM) mod…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Artyomov, Maxim, Lampropoulou, Vasiliki "Vicky"
— Technology Summary: Approximately 1.3 million individuals each year in USA alone are affected by ischemia-reperfusion injuries. A substantial portion of such injuries is the result of macrophage-mediated inflammation. There are some conventional methods for treating macrophage-mediated inflammation,…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Black, Kevin, Gordon, Mollie, Schroeder, Miriam, Striley, Catherine, Vachon, Matthew
— This is a brief (5 minutes exposition plus just under 5 minutes of questions) video that was designed for epidemiological research in tic disorders (including Tourette syndrome). The video shows lay people the broad definition of tics, so they can more accurately answer questions about whether they…