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Rapid Synthesis of Amidine-Incorporated Degradable Lipids for Non-Liver mRNA delivery
One-pot combinatorial chemistry for fast and facile synthesis of amidine-incorporated degradable cationic lipids for lipid nanoparticle formulation and non-liver nucleic acid delivery. Problem: Messenger RNA (mRNA)-based therapeutics and vaccines have broad applications for a variety of diseases but require safe and efficient delivery mechanisms. Lipid...
Published: 2/10/2026   |   Inventor(s): Michael Mitchell, Xuexiang Han, Junchao Xu
Keywords(s): Bioengineering, Drug Delivery, Platform Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Research Tools & Reagents, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics, Technology Classifications > Vaccines
Mechanically Tunable Engineered Heart Tissue Platform
Next-generation engineered heart tissue platform that enables precise tuning of mechanical properties of microenvironment to study the structure, development, and function of cultured cells or human-derived cardiac tissues. Problem: Engineering heart tissue (EHT) platforms have the potential to study heart physiology, disease pathology, and therapeutic...
Published: 1/30/2026   |   Inventor(s): Kenneth Margulies, Benjamin Lee, Nesrine Bouhrira
Keywords(s): Bioengineering, Cardiovascular, Drug Target, Platform Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Hardware & Components, Technology Classifications > Research Tools & Reagents, Technology Classifications > Testing & Measurement
An Improved In Vivo Gene-Editing System Using Plug-and-Play Lipid Nanoparticles (LNPs) to Support CRISPR, Small Interfering RNA (siRNA), and Adenine Base Gene Editing Platforms
Simple, plug-and-play biodegradable lipids that form highly potent lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for CRISPR mRNA delivery, outperforming benchmark gene-editing systems. Problem: CRISPR therapies can permanently correct disease-causing genes, but today's CRISPR delivery systems are either too risky or not potent enough. Viral vectors raise red flags...
Published: 1/14/2026   |   Inventor(s): Michael Mitchell, Xuexiang Han, Kelsey Swingle, Alex Hamilton
Keywords(s): Bioengineering, Drug Delivery, Gene Editing, Gene Therapy, Nanotechnology, Platform Technology, Protein/Peptide (Non-Antibody), Small Molecule
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Therapeutics, Technology Classifications > Vaccines, Technology Classifications > Chemical Processes and Synthesis, Technology Classifications > Materials, Technology Classifications > Research Tools & Reagents
Instant, Calibration-Free Blood-Flow Measurement With A Single Optical Snapshot
A single-frame, multi-exposure time optical method enabling accurate extraction of absolute speckle decorrelation time and optimized for recovery of absolute deep-tissue blood flow. Problem: Accurately recovering absolute speckle decorrelation time without the use of calibration or complex instrumentation is challenging. For the use case of monitoring...
Published: 1/8/2026   |   Inventor(s): Arjun Yodh, Wesley Baker, Joseph Majeski, Rodrigo Menezes Forti
Keywords(s): Bioengineering, Cardiovascular, Electronic Materials, Gastroenterology, Internet of Things, Nephrology and Urology, Neurology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Optics & Photonics , Platform Technology, Surgery
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Computer Information Systems, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Digital Health, Technology Classifications > Hardware & Components, Technology Classifications > Imaging, Technology Classifications > Research Tools & Reagents, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices, Technology Classifications > Testing & Measurement
Anticancer IgG Against Multiple Epitopes on Live Tumors Upon Disruption of ‘Self’ Signaling by CD47
A method to combine two or three monoclonal antibodies (mABs) into one treatment to successfully bind to multiple cancer cell surface epitopes and promote targeted degradation by phagocytosis. Problem: Phagocytosis of ‘self’ cells is generally inhibited by a key macrophage checkpoint interaction between SIRPα on the macrophage and...
Published: 12/15/2025   |   Inventor(s): Dennis Discher, Jason Andrechak, Lawrence Dooling
Keywords(s): Antibody, Bioengineering, Cell Therapy, Drug Target, Immunology, Immunoncology, Immunotherapy, Oncology, Platform Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Therapeutics
T Cells Targeting Misformed Proteins to Treat Neurodegenerative and Muscular Diseases
Antigen-specific immunotherapy with engineered cytotoxic T cells targeting misformed proteins to treat neurodegenerative and muscular diseases. Problem: Neurodegenerative and muscular diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), inclusion body myositis (IBM), and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), collectively affect over 5 million adults...
Published: 11/11/2025   |   Inventor(s): Ning Jenny Jiang, Shahab Chizari
Keywords(s): Bioengineering, Cell Therapy, Immunology, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Neurodegenerative Diseases
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Research Tools & Reagents, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics
Human Artificial Chromosome Generation Technology
Technology allowing efficient formation, delivery, isolation, and enrichment of single-copy Human Artificial Chromosome (HAC) for use in research, plant production, gene and cell therapy and more. Problem: Existing gene-editing techniques have limitations due to their reliance on viruses for delivery, restricting their packaging capacities. A more potent...
Published: 9/19/2025   |   Inventor(s): Ben Black, Craig Gambogi, John Glass, David Brown, Gabriel Birchak
Keywords(s): Bioengineering, Gene Editing, Gene Therapy, Genetic Disorders, Platform Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Research Tools & Reagents, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics
Ultrasensitive, High-Throughput, Single-Scale Detection of Extracellular Vesicles
An optofluidic platform to detect extracellular vesicles (EVs) at the single-particle level by parallelizing droplet generation and analysis of EVs. Problem: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bound nanomaterials carrying various molecular cargo that can be representative of their cells of origin. EVs play a critical role in intercellular communication...
Published: 9/10/2025   |   Inventor(s): David Issadore, Zijian Yang
Keywords(s): Bioengineering, Microfluidics, Optics & Photonics , Platform Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Research Tools & Reagents, Technology Classifications > Testing & Measurement
LNP + Squeeze: Enhancing Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Generation via Mechanoporation and Lipid Nanoparticles
Synergistic combination of mechanoporation and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) based transfection for an efficient, non-viral method of gene transfer to generate CAR-T cell therapies. Problem: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has transformed cancer treatment by engineering patients' T cells to precisely target and eradicate cancer cells....
Published: 8/28/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jina Ko, Jianhua Lim
Keywords(s): Bioengineering, Cell Therapy, Gene Editing, Immunology, Immunoncology, Microfluidics, Nanotechnology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Research Tools & Reagents, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics, Technology Classifications > Chemical Processes and Synthesis
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. Background: Cells (including normal and tumor cells), tissues, microbial communities, and other biological systems generally consist of multiple interacting components, especially proteins...
Published: 1/30/2026   |   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
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