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Raman Spectroscopy for Testing Stability of RNA-based Vaccines and Drugs
A fast, less expensive, and more reliable method for assessing mRNA degradation in vaccines, that can also be used as a tool for the development of new RNA-based therapeutics. Background: The development of mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 offers the potential for a new medical paradigm based on RNA technology. Unfortunately, these drugs require...
Published: 4/1/2025   |   Inventor(s): Igor Lednev, Alexander Shekhtman, Lamyaa Almehmadi, Sergei Reverdatto
Keywords(s): drug stability, mRNA, mRNA stability, Raman spectroscopy, RNA, Technologies, vaccine stability, vaccines
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics and Vaccines, Technology Classifications > Viral Vectors
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: 4/1/2025   |   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, Technology Classifications > Viral Vectors
Drug Discovery Based on Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)
Enables drug discovery without introducing modifications to the molecules, while lowering costs by requiring only small amounts of the tested molecules. Background: Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a novel, label-free, sensitive, specific, fast, and relatively inexpensive tool for drug discovery. It offers the potential to detect and...
Published: 4/1/2025   |   Inventor(s): Igor Lednev, Lamyaa Almehmadi, Jia Sheng
Keywords(s): Raman spectroscopy, RNA, RNA chemistry, TAF, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Antibodies, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Drug Delivery, Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics and Vaccines
Ribonuclease-responsive DNA Nanoswitches
A DNA nanoswitch that provides a simple mix-and-read methodology to detect RNases (ribonucleases) in a biological sample. Background: RNases are involved in many biological processes including neurotoxicity, genome replication and maintenance, immune-suppression, and antitumor activity. RNase inhibitors are also potential drug candidates and biomarkers...
Published: 4/1/2025   |   Inventor(s): Kenneth Halvorsen, Arun Richard Chandrasekaran
Keywords(s): DNA, RNA, RNA-switch
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Research Tools and Reagents, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics
DsDNA-templated Substrates as Fluorescent Probes for CRISPR-Cas12a-based Diagnostics
New design for CRISPR-based fluorescent probes improves disease diagnostics and sensing. Background: Scientists use the naturally occurring CRISPR-Cas12a gene editing system as a valuable tool for disease diagnostics. When Cas12a finds its target -- a sequence of double-stranded DNA -- it cuts it. In the process, it also cuts other nearby DNAs. Scientists...
Published: 4/1/2025   |   Inventor(s): Mehmet Yigit, Christopher Smith
Keywords(s): agriculture, biotechnology, Cas12a, Cas12a, CRISPR, CRISPR, detection, detection, DNA, DNA, fluorescence, fluorescence, RNA, RNA, sensor, sensor
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Campus > University at Albany
DsDNA-templated Substrates as Fluorescent Probes for CRISPR-Cas12a-based Diagnostics
New design for CRISPR-based fluorescent probes improves disease diagnostics and sensing. Background: Scientists use the naturally occurring CRISPR-Cas12a gene editing system as a valuable tool for disease diagnostics. When Cas12a finds its target -- a sequence of double-stranded DNA -- it cuts it. In the process, it also cuts other nearby DNAs. Scientists...
Published: 4/1/2025   |   Inventor(s): Mehmet Yigit, Christopher Smith
Keywords(s): agriculture, biotechnology, Cas12a, Cas12a, CRISPR, CRISPR, detection, detection, DNA, DNA, fluorescence, fluorescence, RNA, RNA, sensor, sensor
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Campus > University at Albany
Inducible Activation Nucleic Acid Hybrid Switch for Conditional Generation of Oligonucleotides
Abstract: Gene therapy research has yielded FDA-approved treatments for an array of diseases. However, challenges facing nucleic-acid based therapeutics include non-specific delivery and degradation of the nanoparticles. NCI investigators have developed a solution to address these challenges in their novel nucleic-based therapy based on the conditional...
Published: 7/29/2024   |   Inventor(s): Bruce Shapiro, Paul Zakrevsky
Keywords(s): Conditional Activation, Functional RNA, Gene silencing, In Silico Design, Nanoparticle, Nucleic Acid Therapeutic, RNA, RNA Logic, Shapiro
Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Collaboration, Collaboration Sought > Licensing, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, Application > Therapeutics
Antisense Oligonucleotides against Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion
Abstract: Advanced stage cancers are typically marked by metastases of the primary cancer to secondary sites such as lungs, liver, and bones. Such metastatic cancers result in strikingly low 5-year survival rates, underscoring the need for novel therapeutics. For example, bone metastasis of primary breast cancer has a 5-year survival rate of 13%, lung...
Published: 4/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): Stavroula Mili
Keywords(s): Antisense, APC, CANCER, Invasion, Metastasis, MIGRATION, Mili, Net1, OLIGO, oligonucleotide, Oncology, Rab13, RNA
Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, Collaboration Sought > Collaboration, Application > Therapeutics
Argon to Improve Bioanalyte Stability in Fixed Tissue Specimens
Abstract: The degradation of archival surgical and biospecimen limits the utility of many biomarkers that may have prognostic or predictive significance in guiding a patient’s therapy. Previous methods at preventing the degradation of RNA and proteins in formalin fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks & slides have no protective benefit.  Researchers...
Published: 5/23/2024   |   Inventor(s): Stephen Hewitt, Vasuhi Rasanayagam, Joon-Yong Chung, Sagar Joshi, Meenakshi Sundar
Keywords(s): Anatomic Pathology Tissue Handling Improvements, ARGON, DNA, FFPE, formaldehyde, Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded, Hewitt, Paraffin Embedded, RNA
Category(s): Application > Diagnostics, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, Collaboration Sought > Licensing
RNASEH-Assisted Detection Assay for RNA
Abstract: Several viral epidemics – such as the epidemics caused by H1N1 influenza virus, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Ebola virus, Zika virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus and SARS-CoV-2 – have profoundly impacted global human health. Early identification of infected and/or infectious...
Published: 8/14/2024   |   Inventor(s): G Esta Sterneck, Dipak Poria
Keywords(s): COVID, COVID-19, INFLUENZA, Poria, RNA, RNASEH, SARS-CoV2, Sterneck, Viral RNA
Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Diagnostics, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, Collaboration Sought > Collaboration
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