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Black blood delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging

Black blood delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging

Technnology Duke University is seeking a corporate partners to commercialize a method of improved detection of infarcted heart tissue. The technology provides a dark blood delayed enhancement technique that improves the visualization of subendocardial infarcts…

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A diagnostic test for differentiating follicular thyroid adenoma for follicular thyroid carcinoma

A diagnostic test for differentiating follicular thyroid adenoma for follicular thyroid carcinoma

Duke University is seeking a company interested in commercializing a novel method to distinguish follicular thyroid adenoma (FTA) from follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC). Global estimates of thyroid cancer incidence for 2006 indicate half a million…

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Mast cell targeting to predict and prevent virus-induced vascular leakage

Mast cell targeting to predict and prevent virus-induced vascular leakage

Value Proposition Dengue is a mosquito spread virus that affects millions of people worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 390 million dengue virus infections each year, and it is the leading…

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Endoscopic optical assessment of tissue histology

Endoscopic optical assessment of tissue histology

Value Proposition Endoscopy is an extremely important and prevalent procedure for the diagnosis of a variety of disorders affecting the esophageal and gastrointestinal tracts such as colorectal cancer, adenoma, inflammatory bowel disease, and intestinal metaplasia.…

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Antibodies for the detection of Ebola virus infection

Antibodies for the detection of Ebola virus infection

Value Proposition Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe, often fatal illness in humans caused by one of five different Ebola viruses. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the…

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Muscarinic receptors as enhancers for odorant receptor functional expression

Muscarinic receptors as enhancers for odorant receptor functional expression

Value Proposition The mammalian sense of smell is afforded by a highly complex system of specialized neurons expressing a multitude of odorant receptors (ORs). Even though these ORs make up the largest family of G-protein…

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Biomarkers to measure patient platelet functional status on aspirin and predict cardiovascular events

Biomarkers to measure patient platelet functional status on aspirin and predict cardiovascular events

Value Proposition Aspirin is the most commonly prescribed anti-platelet medication for prevention of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), which continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. Aspirin has long been…

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Diagnostic and treatment for chronic and acute phase myeloid leukemia

Diagnostic and treatment for chronic and acute phase myeloid leukemia

Value Proposition While cancer therapies have increased survival for many tumor types, the reality is that 50-60% of cancer patients will die from the disease. This highlights a need for the continued search for targeted…

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SUMO as a marker of cancer development and target for cancer therapy

SUMO as a marker of cancer development and target for cancer therapy

Value Proposition Cancer therapy remains challenging, and the production of new inhibitor therapies is stinted by the need for clear successful targets that will block tumor cell proliferation. Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) proteins and the…

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Test of Verbal Expression and Reasoning (TOVER)

Test of Verbal Expression and Reasoning (TOVER)

The TOVER is non-standardized assessment of expressive language in context and verbal reasoning. The 64 item test was specifically designed to assess language function in children and adults with Down syndrome across a broad range…

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Printed biosensors from carbon nanotube thin-film transistors and non-fouling polymer interface layer for label-free, electronic sensing of disease markers in whole blood

Printed biosensors from carbon nanotube thin-film transistors and non-fouling polymer interface layer for label-free, electronic sensing of disease markers in whole blood

Value Proposition The future of diagnostics is in rapid point-of-care detection. The proposed technology is a single-step biosensor that allows for quicker and simpler disease-associated analyte detection. Technology We have developed printed biosensor capable of…

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Blood-based biomarkers for colon cancer

Blood-based biomarkers for colon cancer

Value Proposition Of cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the United States. Agents that inhibit either VEGF signaling pathways or mitogenic signaling through the epidermal…

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