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­A TUNABLE PROXIMITY ASSAY THAT CAN OVERCOME DILUTIONAL NON-LINEARITY
­A TUNABLE PROXIMITY ASSAY THAT CAN OVERCOME DILUTIONAL NON-LINEARITY Researchers at Stanford have developed a tunable proximity assay with a wid...
  1. VOLUME IMAGING OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS BY PHOTOCHEMICAL SECTIONING

    Summary: VOLUME IMAGING OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS BY PHOTOCHEMICAL SECTIONING Researchers at UC Berkeley and University of Illinois, Chicago have developed a nanoscale volume fluorescence imaging method that enables high-resolution imaging of large tissue volumes. Hydrogel-based tissue clearing and expansion techniques have improved the ability to study cellular...
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    Biology
  2. 3D PRINTING OF ORGANOID SLURRIES

    Summary: 3D PRINTING OF ORGANOID SLURRIES Researchers at Stanford have developed methods for 3D printing and post-biomanufacturing of organoid slurries in a high yield stress matrix. Biomanufactured tissues and organs on demand has been a long-standing challenge in the field of tissue engineering. Despite the advancements allowed by 3D bioprinting, current...
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    Biology
  3. GENETICALLY ENCODED LYSOSOME TARGETING CHIMERAS FOR CELL-MEDIATED DELIVERY

    Summary: GENETICALLY ENCODED LYSOSOME TARGETING CHIMERAS FOR CELL-MEDIATED DELIVERY Researchers at Stanford have developed fully genetically-encodable lysosome-targeting chimeras which allow for the targeted delivery of various proteins into receiver cells. Lysosome-targeted degradation is an emerging therapeutic modality that facilitates the degradation...
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    Biology
  4. COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS THERAPIES

    Summary: COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS THERAPIES Researchers at Stanford have developed fusion proteins, containing ACE2 domain linked to a fragment of non-neutralizing anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein antibody, with a greater breadth of protection than previously described similar fusion proteins. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses...
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    Biology
  5. ­SELECTIVE SENSITIZATION OF CANCER CELLS TO ELIMINATION BY CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTES

    Summary: ­SELECTIVE SENSITIZATION OF CANCER CELLS TO ELIMINATION BY CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTES Researchers at Stanford University have developed a novel method for the treatment and prevention of cancer. The immune system is an integral part of the human body’s response to outside threats, including cancer. Specifically, cytotoxic CD8+ T cells have...
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    Biology
  6. ­COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RE-ACTIVATION OF DYSFUNCTIONAL SKELETAL STEM CELLS

    Summary: ­COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RE-ACTIVATION OF DYSFUNCTIONAL SKELETAL STEM CELLS Researchers at Stanford University have developed a novel therapeutic avenue for the treatment of osteoporosis and other musculoskeletal diseases. Musculoskeletal disease incidence rates have increased in recent years in response to an aging population. Available...
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    Biology
  7. DESIGN OF UNIVERSAL H5 INFLUENZA VIRUS VACCINE CANDIDATES VIA ANTIGEN REORIENTATION

    Summary: ­DESIGN OF UNIVERSAL H5 INFLUENZA VIRUS VACCINE CANDIDATES VIA ANTIGEN REORIENTATION Researchers at Stanford University have developed novel universal vaccine candidates for H5 influenza viruses. Influenza remains a serious threat to public health. H5 avian influenza strains are among the most concerning despite lack of documented human to...
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    Biology
  8. ­NOVEL SMALL MOLECULE NEGATIVE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS OF THE MU-OPIOD RECEPTOR

    Summary: ­NOVEL SMALL MOLECULE NEGATIVE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS OF THE MU-OPIOD RECEPTOR Researchers at Stanford University and Washington University have discovered a novel molecular pathway for the treatment of opioid overdose. Opioids are a powerful tool for pain management when used in clinical care settings. However, in recent years these drugs...
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    Chemistry
  9. ­DIALYSIS-BASED METHOD FOR AFFINITY MAPPING OF CHROMATIN INTERACTION

    Summary: ­DIALYSIS-BASED METHOD FOR AFFINITY MAPPING OF CHROMATIN INTERACTIONS Researchers at Stanford have developed methods for preparing chromatin from cells for downstream genomic chromatin mapping. Chromatin profiling strategies are widely used to map the genomic location of chromatin elements, such as histone post-translational modification and...
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    Biology
  10. ­METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORCE SENSORS INCLUDING UPCONVERTING NANOPARTICLES IN A POLYMERIC HOST

    Summary: ­METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORCE SENSORS INCLUDING UPCONVERTING NANOPARTICLES IN A POLYMERIC HOST Researchers at Stanford have developed force sensors that can operate on very small physical scales without the need for an external connection or power supply. Mechanical forces regulate many important biological processes from stem cell differentiation...
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    Engineering
  11. ­HYDROGEL-ECM GRANULAR COMPOSITES WITH VISCOUS INTERSTITIUM

    Summary: ­HYDROGEL-ECM GRANULAR COMPOSITES WITH VISCOUS INTERSTITIUM Researchers at UCSF and CZ Biohub San Francisco have developed methods for making and using yield-stress composite matrix formulations for organoid printing. Organoids are attractive models of health and disease as they recapture many important structural and physiological aspects of...
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    Biology
  12. METHODS FOR ULTRA-HIGH-THROUGHPUT PROFILING OF NUCLEIC ACID BINDING OR MODIFYING PROTEINS

    Summary: ­METHODS FOR ULTRA-HIGH-THROUGHPUT PROFILING OF NUCLEIC ACID BINDING OR MODIFYING PROTEINS Researchers at Stanford have developed a novel method for the mapping of nucleic acid binding or modifying proteins in a massively multiplexed manner. Next generation sequencing (NGS) has allowed for sequence-agnostic sequencing and has revolutionized...
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    Engineering
  13. ­HIGH THROUGHPUT METHOD FOR SCREENING LIPID NANOPARTICLE EFFICACY AND CYTOTOXICITY

    Summary: ­HIGH THROUGHPUT METHOD FOR SCREENING LIPID NANOPARTICLE EFFICACY AND CYTOTOXICITY Researchers at Berkeley have developed synthetic cell membranes that are optimized for screening the toxicity and efficacy of lipid nanoparticle formulations in vitro, in a high throughput format. Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) represent a highly effective and efficient...
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    Biology
  14. METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR TARGETED RECEPTOR-MEDIATED PROGRAMMABLE MACROMOLECULE DELIVERY

    Summary: ­METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR TARGETED RECEPTOR-MEDIATED PROGRAMMABLE MACROMOLECULE DELIVERY Researchers at Stanford have developed a novel method for programmable macromolecule delivery via engineered cells, using trogocytosis. Genome editing technologies have revolutionized the field of personalized medicine. Despite its initial promise,...
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    Biology
  15. DROPLET-ELECTROPHORESIS DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS

    Summary: ­DROPLET-ELECTROPHORESIS DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a novel method for comprehensively profiling the proteomes of single cells. Genomics (DNA) and transcriptomics (RNA) sequencing is one of the cornerstones of our modern-day understanding of the genetic blueprint of life. Furthermore, sequencing...
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    Engineering
  16. ­NON-INVASIVE PROFILING OF URINARY TRACT TISSUES WITH URINE LIQUID BIOPSY

    Summary: ­NON-INVASIVE PROFILING OF URINARY TRACT TISSUES WITH URINE LIQUID BIOPSY Researchers at Stanford and UCSFhave determined methods of performing cell-free RNA (cfRNA) transcriptomics and metabolomics on urine samples. Urine is assayed alongside blood in medicine, however current clinical diagnostic tests exploit only a minor fraction of its biomolecular...
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    Biology
  17. ­GENERATION OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T AND B CELLS USING ENGINEERED COMMENSALS

    Summary: ­GENERATION OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T AND B CELLS USING ENGINEERED COMMENSALS Researchers at Stanford have developed methods to link antigenic or immunomodulatory molecules to bacterial surface proteins of commensal bacteria that result in a high immune response when applied to an epithelial surface of a mammal. Commensal microbiota reside primarily...
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    Biology
  18. ­CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES FOR NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN DELIVERY IN PLANTS

    Summary: ­CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES FOR NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN DELIVERY IN PLANTS Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed methods to deliver biomolecules to plant cells using new plant-derived cell penetrating peptides (CPPs). Despite the revolution in DNA editing that the last decade has brought, plant genetic engineering has not been able to benefit...
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    Biology
  19. MANIPULATING SPATIAL RNA LOCALIZATION

    Summary: ­MANIPULATING SPATIAL RNA LOCALIZATION Researchers at Stanford have developed an inducible and programmable CRISPR-mediated transcript organization (CRISPR-TO) method for repositioning RNAs to various desired subcellular compartments. Spatial RNA transcriptomics, including subcellular mRNA localization, is a core mechanism for spatiotemporal regulation...
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    Biology
  20. ­DESIGN OF A UNIVERSAL INFLUENZA VACCINE CANDIDATES VIA ANTIGEN REORIENTATION

    Summary: ­DESIGN OF A UNIVERSAL INFLUENZA VACCINE CANDIDATES VIA ANTIGEN REORIENTATION Researchers at Stanford have developed a novel universal influenza vaccine candidate. Vaccines are a major feat of biomedical innovation. Successful vaccines produce broad humoral immunity to a pathogen to prevent subsequent infection. In this vein, adjuvants are...
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    Biology