by | Oct 22, 2019 | Dowdy, Steven
— Technology Description:
Researchers at Washington University have developed a method that allows the transduction of full-length proteins by utilizing the pTAT or pTAT-HA protein expression plasmids. A protein of choice can be fused to a HIV-TAT transduction domain under the expression system. Ba…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Dodt, Jeremy, Hughes, Scott, Mantia, Jill, Melnek, Christine, Reynolds, Steven, Whipple, Toni
— Background: Current EHR systems require that scheduling changes are performed by the scheduling team acting as a “hub”. The provider is unable to see availability of rooms and resources, especially of those that open up due to pending cancellations. This results in inefficiencies that co…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Fremont, Daved, Lu, Yun Hsuan, Lubman, Olga
— Researchers in Prof. Daved Fremont’s laboratory have identified two potent, soluble proteins that could prevent damage to transplanted organs and potentially treat other autoimmune and inflammatory diseases by evading the immune response instigated by chemokines.
In organ transplants, chemoki…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Jiang, Xuntian, Ory, Daniel
— Background
Gaucher and Krabbe disease are two types of lipid (fat) storage diseases that can result in progressive damage to the nervous system and other organ systems. Together, these diseases affect about 450,000 people worldwide. In both of these diseases, there is an undesirable accumulation of…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Banan, Babak, Chapman Sr., William, Lin, Yiing
— Background: In the U.S., ~15,000 adults and children are medically approved for a liver transplant and ~6,000 liver transplants are performed each year. Unfortunately, 30% of donor livers are unsuitable for transplantation while 1,500 patients per year die waiting for liver a transplant. The high de…