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Controlling bacterial growth using conditional bacterial extracellular vesicle/exosomes
Unmet Need: Antibiotic resistance makes existing front-line antibiotics ineffective and is attributed to more than 1 million deaths annually
The World Health Organization calls antibiotic resistance “one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today”. Microbes resistant to front-line antibiotics are attributed...
Published: 3/14/2024
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Inventor(s): Wenji Dong, marwa aly
Keywords(s): Antibiotic Resistance, Bacterial infection, Bacterial superbug, Clinical microbiology, Clinics and hospitals, Pharmaceutical
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Gas-assisted dynamic co-extrusion
Unmet Need: Scalable and high-throughput fabrication of personalized medicines
In order to avoid dosage errors and adverse drug reactions for people taking multiple medications for co-occurring diseases, personalized medicines was introduced. This offered treatment of a patient by manufacturing proper drugs at the appropriate dosage via additive manufacturing...
Published: 5/26/2023
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Inventor(s): Kuen-Ren Chen
Keywords(s): 3D printing, Additive Manufacturing, drug, Pharmaceutical, Precision medicine
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Methods and Compositions for Prevention and Treatment of Apicomplexan Infections
Unmet Need: Effective treatment options to combat Apicomplexan parasitic infectionsDiseases caused by apicomplexan parasites, such as cryptosporidiosis and malaria are among the most devastating to humans and their domestic animals. Ongoing discovery and development of new drugs to treat these diseases is a medical and veterinary imperative. For example,...
Published: 5/25/2023
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Inventor(s): Roberta O'Connor, Eric Schmidt
Keywords(s): Animal Research, anti-parasitic drugs, Global Human and Animal Health, Natural products, Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics, Veterinary
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Synthesis of Mesoporous Calcium Silicate for Controlled Release of Protein or Drug
Abstract This WSU invention relates to mesoporous calcium silicate compositions and methods for producing mesoporous calcium silicate for controlled release of bioactive agents. Bioactive agents can include protein growth factors, pharmaceutical drugs, antibiotics, antimicrobial agents, and polypeptides just to name a few potential agents. With this...
Published: 4/28/2023
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Inventor(s): Susmita Bose, Amit Bandyopadhyay, Weichang Xue
Keywords(s): Chemistry, Global Human and Animal Health, Pharmaceutical
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