High Relaxivity Mulitivalent Gadolinium on a Peptide Scaffold for Targeted MRI Applications in Disease Diagnosis
This technology includes a peptide containing alternating Alanine and Lys(DOTA-Gd) residues can be used to increase the MRI relaxivity of a peptide. The low molecular weight construct can be appended to proteins, antibodies and peptides to increase MRI signals. This approach offers advantages over previous dendrimeric constructs.
Human Monoclonal Antibodies That Target Plasmodium Falciparum Sporozoites
Malaria is one of the worlds deadliest infectious diseases, causing an estimated 249 million cases and 608,000 deaths annually, with children in the regions of Africa and South Asia being most vulnerable. Approx 2,000 cases of malaria are reported in the United States each year, by travelers from malaria-risk countries. Malaria is a mosquito-borne parasitic disease transmitted through the bite of infected female mosquitoes, which introduces Plasmodium sporozoites into the bloodstream of the human host.
qPCR Assay for Detection of JC Virus
Monoclonal Antibodies that Bind Zika Virus Envelope Protein for Zika Diagnostics and Research
A Novel Strategy to Produce 6-cys Proteins Based on Pfs230D1 Domain Fusions
The Plasmodium parasite has a complex lifecycle during human infection and in the mosquito vector. Most advanced malaria vaccine candidates can confer only partial, short-term protection in malaria-endemic areas. A means of breaking the transmission of malaria to subsequent individuals could prevent a significant amount of human disease.
The primary embodiments of this technology are novel compositions of matter that produce enhanced transmission-blocking responses over current transmission blocking vaccines:
Oral Iron-Chelator Therapy for Treating Developmental Stuttering
This technology discloses the use of small-molecule iron chelators—drugs that bind and remove excess iron—for the oral treatment of developmental stuttering in children and adults. Mouse models carrying human stuttering mutations show both elevated striatal iron and impaired vocalization; daily low-dose deferiprone reverses these speech-like deficits while normalizing brain-iron MRI signals.
Chimeric Antigen Receptors Targeting the Gamma Delta (γδ) T-Cell Receptor
Summary:
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) seeks research co-development partners and/or licensees for a set of Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CARs) that target the γδ T-Cell Receptor.
Nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1) Mutation-Specific T Cell Receptors for Targeted Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Summary:
The NCI seeks research co-development partners or licensees for Nucleophosmin 1 (NPM1) Mutation-Specific T Cell Receptors for Targeted Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Device for Simulating Explosive Blast and Imaging Biological Specimens
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major health problem. Between 3.2 and 5.3 million people live with long-term disabilities resulting from TBI, and thus, contribute to the need to develop therapies that treat TBI-induced cellular damage. Researchers at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) have developed a device that simulates the pressure waves resulting from explosions.