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Antigenome Platform: An autoantigen discovery pipeline

Antigenome Platform: An autoantigen discovery pipeline

Unmet Need The human body contains approximately 60 trillion antibodies per microliter of blood in circulation, creating a vast and complex network of immune interactions. Identifying the targets of this plethora of antibodies is a…

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Precision Engineering of Neural Circuits via Designer Connexins for Long-Term Cellular Integration

Precision Engineering of Neural Circuits via Designer Connexins for Long-Term Cellular Integration

Unmet Need Gap junctions are crucial for enabling the direct flow of ions and small molecules between cells, playing a significant role in synchronizing electrical activity in organs like the heart and brain. However, mutations…

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Novel TRPV4-Targeted Therapy for Arrhythmic Cardiomyopathy

Novel TRPV4-Targeted Therapy for Arrhythmic Cardiomyopathy

Unmet Need Arrhythmic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a life-threatening condition characterized by fatty-fibrotic remodeling of the heart muscle, leading to arrhythmias, heart failure, and sudden cardiac death. While 60% of ACM cases are linked to known…

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Automated cell membrane tension controller for studying mechanotransduction

Automated cell membrane tension controller for studying mechanotransduction

Unmet Need Force-gated ion channels embedded in the cell membrane are central to mechanotransduction – the process by which mechanical forces are converted into electrochemical signals that regulate cellular behaviors such as motility, adhesion, and…

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Morphological multiparameter filtration and persistent homology in mitochondrial image analysis

Morphological multiparameter filtration and persistent homology in mitochondrial image analysis

Unmet Need Current mitochondrial network analysis tools require significant manual intervention, making them labor-intensive, subjective, and prone to variability. These limitations hinder the reproducibility and accuracy needed for studying complex mitochondrial morphologies in disease diagnostics,…

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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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Novel epigenome editors for multiplexed gene regulation

Novel epigenome editors for multiplexed gene regulation

Unmet Need Epigenome editors activate or inhibit gene expression without modifying the underlying DNA sequence. Consequently, these editors can reversibly fine-tune gene expression without the risk of permanently altering the genome or off-target editing. Epigenome…

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A fluorescent probe for monitoring beta-secretase activity in cells

A fluorescent probe for monitoring beta-secretase activity in cells

Unmet Need Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques, which lead to neurotoxicity, synaptic damage, and neuronal cell death. Current therapeutic approaches face significant challenges due to the complex nature…

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Novel Method for Creating and Modifying Stable Cell Lines for Enhanced Proteomic Analysis

Novel Method for Creating and Modifying Stable Cell Lines for Enhanced Proteomic Analysis

Unmet Need Characterizing the composition and function of protein complexes can facilitate the understanding of key cellular processes. Indeed, the global proteomics market was estimated to be USD 25.9 billion in 2021. However, the analysis…

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Toolkit to edit any gene with universal CRISPR/Cas9 vectors

Toolkit to edit any gene with universal CRISPR/Cas9 vectors

Unmet Need Genetic editing with the CRISPR/Cas9 system has quickly become ubiquitous in biotechnology research. One common application is studying proteins by editing the genes that encode them. Proteins have numerous functions, acting as receptors,…

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Harmonic acoustofluidics for non-contact, dynamic, selective (HANDS) particle manipulation

Harmonic acoustofluidics for non-contact, dynamic, selective (HANDS) particle manipulation

Unmet Need Precise and selective manipulation of microscale particles and cells in liquid suspension (colloidal mixture) is a challenge in the fields of biomedicine and materials science. Current methods for the assembly of colloidal matter…

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