Raman Spectroscopy for Testing Stability of RNA-based Vaccines and Drugs
A fast, less expensive, and more reliable method for assessing mRNA degradation in vaccines, that can also be used as a tool for the development of new RNA-based therapeutics.
Background:
The development of mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 offers the potential for a new medical paradigm based on RNA technology. Unfortunately, these drugs require...
Published: 2/12/2024
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Inventor(s): Igor Lednev, Alexander Shekhtman, Lamyaa Almehmadi, Sergei Reverdatto
Keywords(s): drug stability, mRNA, mRNA stability, Raman spectroscopy, RNA, Technologies, vaccine stability, vaccines
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics and Vaccines, Technology Classifications > Viral Vectors
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Algorithm for Identifying Images of Fluorescently-Labeled Cells
Improves the ability to distinguish multiple fluorophores with overlapping emission spectra in biological images of labeled cells by a factor of two or more.
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Cells (including normal and tumor cells), tissues, microbial communities, and other biological systems generally consist of multiple interacting components, especially proteins...
Published: 4/26/2024
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Inventor(s): Alex Valm, Yunlong Feng
Keywords(s): bacterial cells, bacterial infection, bioengineering, biofilm control, bioinformatics, biomarker diagnostics, biomarkers, cancer, cell biology, computational biology, dental, diagnostics, digital image processing, fluorescence, fluorescence spectroscopy, gene expression analysis, image analysis, image processing, machine learning, medical imaging, microbial pathogenesis, personalized medicine, RNA, saliva, scanning microscopy, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Biological Materials, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Medical Imaging, Technology Classifications > Research Tools and Reagents, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics and Vaccines, Technology Classifications > Viral Vectors
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Use of Quercetin and Related Flavonoids for the Treatment of Myotonic Dystrophy Types 1 and 2
A novel flavonoids-based therapeutic strategy for the treatment of myotonic dystrophy and potentially repeat expansion disorders. Background:
Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is the most common form of adult muscular dystrophy. It is a multisystemic disorder affecting nearly all organs including muscles, brain, heart, eyes, and the GI tract, among others....
Published: 3/12/2024
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Inventor(s): John Berglund, Subodh Mishra, Kaalak Reddy, John Cleary
Keywords(s): drug discovery, drug efficacy, myotonic dystrophy, RNA, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics and Vaccines
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Drug Discovery Based on Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)
Enables drug discovery without introducing modifications to the molecules, while lowering costs by requiring only small amounts of the tested molecules.
Background:
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a novel, label-free, sensitive, specific, fast, and relatively inexpensive tool for drug discovery. It offers the potential to detect and...
Published: 3/12/2024
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Inventor(s): Igor Lednev, Lamyaa Almehmadi, Jia Sheng
Keywords(s): Raman spectroscopy, RNA, RNA chemistry, TAF, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Antibodies, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Drug Delivery, Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics and Vaccines
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Portable Assay for COVID-19 Diagnostic
A low-cost, rapid, and more accurate gel electrophoresis-based assay using DNA nanoswitches for detecting COVID-19 and other viruses.
Background:
Viral diagnostics are of prime importance for testing infection rates and for timely treatment, especially in the case of a pandemic such as the current COVID-19 outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 corona...
Published: 1/22/2024
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Inventor(s): Kenneth Halvorsen, Lifeng Zhou
Keywords(s): DNA, RNA, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics
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Ribonuclease-responsive DNA Nanoswitches
A DNA nanoswitch that provides a simple mix-and-read methodology to detect RNases (ribonucleases) in a biological sample.
Background: RNases are involved in many biological processes including neurotoxicity, genome replication and maintenance, immune-suppression, and antitumor activity. RNase inhibitors are also potential drug candidates and biomarkers...
Published: 1/22/2024
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Inventor(s): Kenneth Halvorsen, Arun Richard Chandrasekaran
Keywords(s): DNA, RNA, RNA-switch
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Research Tools and Reagents, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics
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DsDNA-templated Substrates as Fluorescent Probes for CRISPR-Cas12a-based Diagnostics
New design for CRISPR-based fluorescent probes improves disease diagnostics and sensing. Background: Scientists use the naturally occurring CRISPR-Cas12a gene editing system as a valuable tool for disease diagnostics. When Cas12a finds its target -- a sequence of double-stranded DNA -- it cuts it. In the process, it also cuts other nearby DNAs. Scientists...
Published: 1/22/2024
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Inventor(s): Mehmet Yigit, Christopher Smith
Keywords(s): agriculture, biotechnology, Cas12a, Cas12a, CRISPR, CRISPR, detection, detection, DNA, DNA, fluorescence, fluorescence, RNA, RNA, sensor, sensor
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Campus > University at Albany
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DsDNA-templated Substrates as Fluorescent Probes for CRISPR-Cas12a-based Diagnostics
New design for CRISPR-based fluorescent probes improves disease diagnostics and sensing. Background: Scientists use the naturally occurring CRISPR-Cas12a gene editing system as a valuable tool for disease diagnostics. When Cas12a finds its target -- a sequence of double-stranded DNA -- it cuts it. In the process, it also cuts other nearby DNAs. Scientists...
Published: 1/22/2024
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Inventor(s): Mehmet Yigit, Christopher Smith
Keywords(s): agriculture, biotechnology, Cas12a, Cas12a, CRISPR, CRISPR, detection, detection, DNA, DNA, fluorescence, fluorescence, RNA, RNA, sensor, sensor
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Campus > University at Albany
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Potent and Selective Inhibition of a Single AMPA Receptor Subunit by an RNA Aptamer
Inhibitors of AMPA type glutamate ion channels for the treatment of neurological disorders such as ALS, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's.
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Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) play special roles in brain activities, such as memory and learning, and have been implicated in a variety of neurological diseases,...
Published: 1/29/2024
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Inventor(s): Li Niu, Zhen Huang, Yan Han, Congzhou Wang, Jae Seon Park
Keywords(s): RNA, Technologies
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Campus, Campus > University at Albany
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Drug Candidate for ALS
RNA aptamers that focus on glutamate receptors are a potential drug candidate for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a progressive neuromuscular disease for which there is no cure. The disease attacks motor neurons that run from the brain to the spinal cord...
Published: 1/29/2024
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Inventor(s): Li Niu, Zhen Huang
Keywords(s): ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aptamers, drug design, Lou Gehrig's disease, MND, motor neurone disease, RNA
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Campus > University at Albany
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