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Unmet Need: ARRDC5, an essential regulator of mammalian spermatogenesis Identification of a molecule arrestin-domain containing ARRDC5 as an essential regulator of mammalian spermatogenesis, which could potentially be targeted for the development of male contraceptives. By studying mice lacking the ARRDC5 gene, inventors observed that mice were infertile...

Published: 6/18/2024 | Inventor(s): Jon Oatley, Mariana Ianello Giassetti

Keywords(s): Biotechnology, Contraception, Sperm

Category(s): Technologies > Health & Well-being > Community Health & Safety

Identification of Body Fluids Using Raman Spectroscopy

A one-step confirmatory test to identify forensic body fluid samples. Technology Overview: This simple, non-destructive method for positive identification of all forensic body fluid types, is based on Raman Spectroscopy,a light scattering phenomenon that provides a unique molecular vibrational signature of a material. The patented technology...

Published: 3/12/2024 | Inventor(s): Igor Lednev, Kelly Virkler

Keywords(s): 3D printing, blood, evidentiary sample, fluorescence spectroscopy, forensics, oral epithelial cells, Raman microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, saliva, semen, sperm, sweat, TAF, vaginal epithelial cells, vaginal fluid

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Campus > University at Albany

Germline Ablation in Goats

Unmet Need: Accurate and dependable breeding of desired traits While livestock all over the world exhibit a variety of traits that allow them to survive in different environments, they don’t always have other qualities breeders deem to be desirable, like high quality meat or growth potential. In the past, people would bring in a male –...

Published: 5/25/2023 | Inventor(s): Jon Oatley, Irina Polejaeva

Keywords(s): Agriculture, Animal Research, Genome editing, Germline Ablation, Nanos2, Sperm, Spermatgonial stem cell

Category(s): Products, Technologies > Health & Well-being > Biotechnology, Technologies > Health & Well-being > Veterinary, Technologies > Food & Nutrition > Agriculture and Plant Sciences

Diagnosis of infertility caused by sperm centriole dysfunction

Project ID D2020-37 Background Couples struggling with infertility have the option of trying to expand their families with assisted reproductive technology (ART), such as in vitro fertilization. However, ART comes at a high cost and is only successful in about half of cases in the United States. Prior to electing ART, a couple’s fertility is...

Published: 6/18/2024 | Inventor(s): Tomer Avidor-Reiss, Emily Fishman, Katrina Turner

Keywords(s): Centriole, FRAC, Infertility, Sperm

Category(s): Diagnostics, Animal Health