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SUMOylation as a therapeutic target in inflammatory bowel diseases and sepsis

SUMOylation as a therapeutic target in inflammatory bowel diseases and sepsis

Unmet Need Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) affects between 2.4 – 3.1 million people in the USA alone, with significant risks of complications such as sepsis. Chronic inflammation from IBD results in severe intestinal tissue damage,…

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3D cavitation mapping to improve laser lithotripsy for the treatment of kidney stones

3D cavitation mapping to improve laser lithotripsy for the treatment of kidney stones

Unmet Need The prevalence of kidney stones is on the rise, having increased from approximately 4% in the 1970s to nearly 10% today. Approximately 1 in 10 of Americans will experience a kidney stone in…

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Radiation Treatment Planning Software with Integrated Computer Aided Tumor Detection

Radiation Treatment Planning Software with Integrated Computer Aided Tumor Detection

Unmet Need Radiation is an effective component of cancer therapeutics and is utilized in approximately 50% of all cancer cases. For treatment to be effective, a treatment plan must be created that takes into consideration…

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Systems and methods for predicting real-time behavioral risks using everyday images

Systems and methods for predicting real-time behavioral risks using everyday images

Unmet Need Daily environments can significantly impact health outcomes, influencing factors such as stress, sleep, nutrition, and harmful behaviors. Fall risk is a major concern, particularly for older adults, with environmental factors like poor lighting…

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Method to produce durable synthetic rubbers that exhibit strain-induced crystallization (SIC) at ambient temperature

Method to produce durable synthetic rubbers that exhibit strain-induced crystallization (SIC) at ambient temperature

Unmet Need Polybutadiene is a synthetic rubber with high elasticity, resistance to wear, and robust ability to return to its original shape following deformation. These desirable characteristics have led to widespread use within manufacturing, namely…

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Gene therapy for ATP1A3-Related Neurologic Disorders

Gene therapy for ATP1A3-Related Neurologic Disorders

Unmet Need Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood (AHC) is a rare neurologic disorder affecting children, causing episodes of temporary paralysis, dystonia, and severe behavioral issues, with prevalence estimates ranging from 1 in 1 million to 1…

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Next-Generation Protein Linkers: Enhancing Stability and Targeting in Bioengineered Therapeutics

Next-Generation Protein Linkers: Enhancing Stability and Targeting in Bioengineered Therapeutics

Unmet Need In protein bioengineering, stable and effective fusion proteins are crucial for therapeutic and diagnostic applications. However, current protein linkers often fail to maintain the stability, bioactivity, and targeted functionality needed, leading to limitations…

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Portable mass spectrometer with high sensitivity and resolution

Portable mass spectrometer with high sensitivity and resolution

Unmet Need Mass spectrometry is a method of particle composition analysis. Traditionally, mass spectrometers are large devices with high energy requirements, restricting them to high-resource laboratory settings. Mass spectrometry can be used for isotopic analysis…

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Revolutionizing material analysis with 5x faster broadband optimized time-temperature superposition (BOTTS) for rapid viscoelastic property insights

Revolutionizing material analysis with 5x faster broadband optimized time-temperature superposition (BOTTS) for rapid viscoelastic property insights

Unmet Need The Materials Genome Initiative Strategic Plan was adopted by the US in 2021 for the purposes of increasing knowledge on material structure property relationships to accelerate material development and innovation. This plan necessitates…

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Precision Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease: Targeted SNCA Down-regulation in Dopaminergic Neurons

Precision Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease: Targeted SNCA Down-regulation in Dopaminergic Neurons

Unmet Need Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting approximately 10 million people globally and 1 million in the U.S. PD is characterized by involuntary movements such as tremors, stiffness, and…

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Feature-free photogrammetric 3D imaging with cameras under unconstrained motion

Feature-free photogrammetric 3D imaging with cameras under unconstrained motion

Unmet Need With the increasing development of camera-based sensors for applications such as virtual and augmented reality, there is more demand for technologies that can image 3D structures and create interpretable digital representations – a…

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Acoustofluidic technologies for precision control in microfluidic systems

Acoustofluidic technologies for precision control in microfluidic systems

Unmet Need Achieving precise manipulation of particles, cells, and droplets in microscale liquid systems is a major challenge in life sciences, material sciences, and chemistry. Traditional microfluidic systems, which use hydrophobic channels and pressure differentials…

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