by | Feb 5, 2026 | Connor, Michelle, Leuthardt, Eric, Osbun, Joshua, Siripoksup, Piyarat, Zayed, Mohamed
— Published date: 2/6/2026
Value Proposition: Device designed to stimulate neural structures to increase weight loss in people affected by obesity.
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are developing an endovascular stimulation device that can be implanted i…
by | Jan 13, 2026 | Brestoff Parker, Jonathan, Diamond, Michael, Jia, Wentong
— Published date: 1/14/2026
Value Proposition: Novel target for therapeutic treatment of obesity and related metabolic diseases.
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a therapeutic targeting MXRA8 to treat obesity and associated metabolic disea…
by | Jun 11, 2025 | Millman, Jeffrey, Zayed, Mohamed
— Published Date: 6/12/2025
Value Proposition: Novel vascular graft device that delivers whole pancreatic islets to enhance glycemic control and chronic management of diabetes, without the need for immunosuppression.
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have de…
by | Oct 18, 2022 | Semenkovich, Clay, Zayed, Mohamed
— Technology Description
Researchers from Mohamed Zayed’s lab at Washington University have developed a blood biomarker test for atherosclerosis more accurate than LDL. Circulating levels of Fatty Acid Synthase (cFAS) in the serum correlate to a high degree to severity of peripheral atheroscle…
by | Jun 2, 2022 | Guan, Jianjun, Guan, Ya, Niu, Hong
— Technology Description
Researchers in Jianjun Guan’s lab at Washington University have developed an oxygen-releasing hydrogel that accelerates wound healing. The biodegradable hydrogel is loaded with oxygen release microspheres (ORM) that slowly release oxygen into the surrounding tissue to …