by | Sep 18, 2020 | Jha, Abhinav Kumar, Liu, Ziping, Moon, Hae Sol, Rahman, Md Ashequr, Yu, Zitong
— Engineers in Washington University’s Computational Medical Imaging Lab have developed automated, machine-learning techniques to improve nuclear medicine imaging (SPECT and PET). These tools include estimation-based segmentation methods to define boundaries and ASC (attenuation and scatter comp…
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 4, 2020 | Storch, Gregory, Wylie, Kristine, Wylie, Todd
— Technology Description
A team of researchers at Washington University designed patented primers for a sensitive, specific, real-time reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) assay to quickly detect enterovirus D68 (EV-D68).
EV-D68 is an emerging, highly contagious respiratory virus that can cause seve…
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…