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OPTIMIZING CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY WITH THE GUT MICROBIOME
Researchers at UCSF have developed a novel innovation in harnessing the gut microbiome to alleviate severe side effects of chemotherapy.
Dose-limiting toxicities remain a significant barrier in the advancement of drug therapies, particularly in oncology. Although decades of pharmacogenomic research have identified specific human genetic variants that...
Published: 10/23/2025
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Inventor(s): Peter Turnbaugh, Chloe Atreya, Kidder Wesley, Kai Trepka
Keywords(s): Cancer, Diagnostics, Therapeutic
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biology
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TESTING DEVICES
TESTING DEVICES
Researchers at UCSF have developed new methods and a device for at home disease testing.
At home testing for SARS-CoV2 using lateral flow technology has been integral to pandemic containment efforts across the globe. Lateral flow diagnostics in general are widely available in point-of-care settings, such as for viral or bacterial...
Published: 1/31/2025
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Inventor(s): Adam Abate, Charles Chiu, Krzysztof Langer, Daniel Weisgerber
Keywords(s): Diagnostics, Infectious Disease, LAMP, Lateral Flow Assay, PCR, Point-of-Care
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biology
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LABEL-FREE IMAGING AND CLASSIFICATION OF MALARIA PARASITES
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LABEL-FREE IMAGING AND CLASSIFICATION OF MALARIA PARASITES
Researchers at the CZ Biohub SF have developed an improved method of detecting and classifying malarial parasitemia in blood samples that is cost-efficient and readily able to be implemented in low-resource settings.
Accurate, timely, and cost-effective diagnostics...
Published: 12/5/2024
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Inventor(s): Paul Lebel, Rafael Gómez-Sjöberg, Joseph DeRisi, Jenny Folkesson
Keywords(s): Deep Learning, Diagnostics, Label-Free, Malaria, P. Falciparum, Visible Light Microscopy
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biology
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