by | Oct 22, 2019 | Barratt, Michael, Chang, Hao-Wei, Gehrig, Jeanette, Gordon, Jeffrey, Venkatesh, Siddarth
— Technology Description
Prof. Jeffrey Gordon and his colleagues have developed an inexpensive food formulation that could treat malnutrition and a range of associated health problems by repairing the gut microbiome. Children who are malnourished are currently treated with supplemental nutrition tha…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Finkbeiner, Stacy, Virgin, Herbert, Wang, David, Zhao, Guoyan
— Technology Description
A team of researchers at Washington University and the Centers for Disease Control discovered, sequenced and patented a novel human astrovirus that can cause encephalitis and gastroenteritis (non-etiologic diarrhea), offering a path to detection and diagnostics.
The virus (…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | DeBosch, Brian, Higgins, Cassandra, Mayer, Allyson, Zhang, Yiming
— Background
Over 30% of adults in the world are overweight or obese. Lifestyle management has proven to be impractical and ineffective in real-life settings and there are no current treatments available for metabolic disease.
Technology Summary
Pharmacological or genetic activation of the Arginine…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | DeBosch, Brian, Higgins, Cassandra, Mayer, Allyson, Zhang, Yiming
— Background
Over 30% of adults in the world are overweight or obese. Lifestyle management has proven to be impractical and ineffective in real-life settings and there are no current treatments available for metabolic disease.
Technology Summary
Pharmacological or genetic activation of the Arginine…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Barratt, Michael, Chang, Hao-Wei, Gehrig, Jeanette, Gordon, Jeffrey, Venkatesh, Siddarth
— Technology Description
Prof. Jeffrey Gordon and his colleagues have developed an inexpensive food formulation that could treat malnutrition and a range of associated health problems by repairing the gut microbiome. Children who are malnourished are currently treated with supplemental nutrition tha…