Tracers-Probes-Reporters Summaries

Nanothermometers for cellular-level temperature monitoring in ablation therapy or research
Berezin, Mikhail ; Gustafson, Tiffany
T-012606

— Technology Description Researchers in Prof. Mikhail Berezin’s laboratory have developed patented, fast-acting, gold nanoparticle-based optical “nanothermometers” that can detect temperature changes at the cellular level by emitting a fluorescent signal. These molecules were desig…

PET/SPECT Agents for Applications in Biomedical Imaging
Piwnica-Worms, David ; Sharma, Vijay ; Sivapackiam, Jothilingam
T-010438

— Background Coronary heart disease is the primary cause of death in the Unites States. Though myocardial perfusion imaging in hospitals has mostly involved the use of 99mTc-Sestamibi and similar agents for diagnosing heart disease, there is an increased desire for PET perfusion agents. The global in…

Simple, universal DNA motifs for modulating protein production
Djuranovic, Sergej
T-016819

— Technology Description Researchers in Prof. Sergej Djuranovic’s laboratory have discovered short DNA coding motifs that can increase or decrease expression of recombinant proteins by 3-4 orders of magnitude in a variety of organisms. Together, these universal tools can provide tightly contro…

PET/SPECT Agents for Applications in Biomedical Imaging
Piwnica-Worms, David ; Sharma, Vijay ; Sivapackiam, Jothilingam
T-010438

— Background Coronary heart disease is the primary cause of death in the Unites States. Though myocardial perfusion imaging in hospitals has mostly involved the use of 99mTc-Sestamibi and similar agents for diagnosing heart disease, there is an increased desire for PET perfusion agents. The global in…

S1P1-targeted PET tracers
Liu, Hui ; Rosenberg, Adam ; Tu, Zhude "Will" ; Yue, Xuyi
T-016151

— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P1)-specific PET tracers. Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors are G-protein coupled receptors, with five subtypes denoted S1P1-5, that have key functions in immune, inflammat…

Novel Method and Device to Produce Fluorine-18 PET Tracers
Chu, Wenhua ; Zhou, Dong
T-015970

— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed a new method and device for the preparation of flourine-18 (F-18) radiolabeled compounds as positron emission tomography (PET) tracers. PET is a widely used clinical and research imaging tool that will …

Sigma-1 targeted PET tracers
Mach, Robert ; Tu, Zhude "Will" ; Wang, Wei
T-010394

— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and their colleagues have developed positron emission tomography (PET) tracers with high affinity for sigma-1 receptors. Sigma receptors have two subtypes, sigma-1 and sigma-2. Sigma-1 has high expression in the limbic and mo…

S1P1-targeted PET tracers
Liu, Hui ; Rosenberg, Adam ; Tu, Zhude "Will" ; Yue, Xuyi
T-016151

— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P1)-specific PET tracers. Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors are G-protein coupled receptors, with five subtypes denoted S1P1-5, that have key functions in immune, inflammat…

SPECT imaging nanoprobe for the detection of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity
Achilefu, Samuel ; Black, Kvar
T-014635

— This invention is the formulation of a SPECT nanoparticle probe for the detection of MMP activity. The surface of a 10 nm-sized gold nanoparticle is functionalized through a thiol anchor with a peptide that is cleaved in the presence of MMP9. The surface is also functionalized with methoxy polyethyl…

Sulfur-containing compounds targeting on vesicular acetylcholine transporter for cognitive function
Jin, Hongjun ; Liu, Hui ; Luo, Zonghua ; Tu, Zhude "Will"
T-016517

— Background: Dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases manifests as a progressive decline in memory and other cognitive abilities. Deposits of beta-amyloid plaques and tangles of the tau protein are thought to cause the destruction o…

PET tracer to diagnose kidney disease
Baldelomar, Edwin ; Beeman, Scott ; Bennett, Kevin ; Reichert, David
T-018902

— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a PET tracer that may be used to quantify kidney nephron endowment and diagnose kidney disease. Nephrons are the functional units of the kidney responsible for filtering the blood to remove waste. They are form…

PET tracer to diagnose kidney disease
Baldelomar, Edwin ; Beeman, Scott ; Bennett, Kevin ; Reichert, David
T-018902

— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a PET tracer that may be used to quantify kidney nephron endowment and diagnose kidney disease. Nephrons are the functional units of the kidney responsible for filtering the blood to remove waste. They are form…

Molecular imaging of COVID binding receptor
Abou, Diane ; Thorek, Daniel ; Zhang, Hanwen
T-019485

— Technology Description A team of researchers led by Professor Daniel Thorek at Washington University have developed a peptide specific to human ACE2, the receptor for SARS-CoV-2, that can be used for imaging or therapeutic delivery. The peptide can be easily chelated for PET imaging, allowing for …

MRI and PET nanoparticle imaging agents for kidney disease diagnostics and transplant evaluation
Baldelomar, Edwin ; Bennett, Kevin
T-019017

— Technology Description: Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed targeted, natural nanoparticle imaging agents that may be used to quantify kidney nephron endowment and diagnose renal disease with MRI or PET imaging. Nephrons are the functional units of the kidney responsi…

Compositions for targeting pathologic cells and tissues
Achilefu, Samuel ; Liang, Kexian ; Shen, Duanwen ; Tang, Rui ; Xu, Baogang
T-015230

— Background: Almost 1.7 million new cancer cases are diagnosed in the US each year. Pancreatic cancer is particularly lethal, with an estimated 38,000 deaths in 2013 alone and a 5-year survival rate of 5%. Despite advances in noninvasive imaging modalities, the current gold standard consisting of …

Novel Method and Device to Produce Fluorine-18 PET Tracers
Zhou, Dong
T-019276

— Technology Description Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed a new method and device for the preparation of flourine-18 (F-18) radiolabeled compounds as positron emission tomography (PET) tracers. PET is a widely used clinical and research imaging tool that will …

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