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Portable Multi-Parameter Cancer Diagnostic Device
Published Sunday, May 17, 2015Background: Each year in USA alone, more than 200,000 breast cancer cases are diagnosed. The transformation from benign to cancerous state changes the morphological signatures in the tumor environment. Mechanical and electrical phenotyping has been demonstrated as a promising technique to study the progression of the breast cancer. Thus, a...
Categories: Diagnostics, Platforms, Devices
Keyword(s): breast cancer, Cancer Diagnosis
Docket: PS-2015-017
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High affinity recombinant sea lamprey antibodies selected by a yeast surface display platform.
Published Tuesday, May 27, 2014Immunoglobulin-based antibody therapeutics are enjoying unprecedented success. Hundreds are in clinical trials, with revenues from the top five (Rituxan, Remicade, Herceptin, Humira, and Avastin) increasing from $6.4 billion in 2004 to $11.7 billion in 2006 (Dimitrov & Marks, 2009). Thousands more are available for biological detection...
Investigator(s): Zeev Pancer, Roy Mariuzza, Satoshi Tasumi, Carlos Velikousky
Categories: Diagnostics, Platforms
Docket: ZP-2010-085
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Defect-free dendrimer synthesis through proportionate branching
Published Tuesday, May 27, 2014Dendrimers are nanoparticles of synthetic monomers with applications in commercial paints, blood substitutes, nanomaterials, sensor technology. Dendrimers are also building blocks for targeted drug or gene delivery. The dendrimers open architecture forms hollow cavities within the branches that can encapsulate molecules such as drugs or...
Investigator(s): Bruce Yu, Xuyi Yue
Categories: Imaging devices, Diagnostics, Platforms, Therapeutics, Engineering, Biomaterials
Docket: BY-2012-068