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2007-574 Process for Creating Stable Double Emulsions
SUMMARYUCLA Researchers in the Departments of Chemistry, Physics, and Bioengineering have developed a process for creating double emulsions (droplets within droplets) for applications in pharmaceuticals, drug delivery, cosmetics, and personal care products. By contrast to more common double emulsions that have microscale droplet sizes, UCLA researchers...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Thomas Mason, Timothy Deming, Connie Wilking, Sara Harvey, Jarrod Hanson
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Category(s): Materials > Functional Materials
Mixtures of Synthetic Copolypeptide Hydrogels (UCLA Case No. 2019-238)
UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a novel polypeptide-based hydrogel mixture that offers a large degree of biocompatibility and biodegradability while also offering the ability to tune mechanical properties. Specifically, these compositions allow for high hydrogel stiffness at low polymer concentrations, while retaining...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Timothy Deming
Keywords(s): Chemical Manufacturing & Industrial/Bulk Chemicals, Drug Delivery, Other Polymers
Category(s): Platforms > Drug Delivery > Other Polymers, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals
2015-612 PREPARATION OF FUNCTIONALIZED POLYPEPTIDES, PEPTIDES, AND PROTEINS BY ALKYLATION OF THIOETHER GROUPS VIA RING OPENING REACTIONS
INTRO SENTENCE: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a simple approach to modify polypeptides and proteins.BACKGROUND: Functionalized polypeptides and proteins are useful as drug delivery vehicles, bioconjugates and novel ligands. However, synthesis of complex polypeptides with defined post-polymerization modifications...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Timothy Deming, Eric Gharakhanian
Keywords(s): Chemical Manufacturing & Industrial/Bulk Chemicals, Drug Delivery, Peptide Base
Category(s): Chemical > Synthesis, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Platforms > Drug Delivery > Peptide Base, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals
2016-579 PREPARATION OF FUNCTIONAL HOMOCYSTEINE RESIDUES IN POLYPEPTIDES AND PEPTIDES
Preparation Of Functional Homocysteine Residues In Polypeptides And PeptidesSUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry have developed a novel method for efficient, chemoselective transformation of methionines in peptides and polypeptides into stable, functional homocysteine derivatives....
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Timothy Deming, Eric Gharakhanian
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Category(s): Platforms > Drug Delivery, Platforms > Drug Delivery > Peptide Base
Chemoselective Side-Chain Modifications Of Methionine-Containing Elastin-Like Polypeptides
SummaryUCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry have developed a novel method for the introduction of various functional groups onto recombinant elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs), creating new compositions of ELPs that may be used for medical therapeutic or diagnostic applications.BackgroundRecombinant...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Timothy Deming, Sebastien Le-Commandoux, Elizabeth Garanger
Keywords(s): Drug Delivery, Peptide Base
Category(s): Platforms > Drug Delivery, Platforms > Drug Delivery > Peptide Base
Use Of Non-Ionic Copolypeptide Hydrogels For Cell Suspension And Cell And Molecule Delivery
SummaryUCLA researchers in the Departments of Bioengineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Neurobiology have developed novel copolypeptide hydrogel formulations for the delivery of cells and molecules to locations throughout the body, including the central nervous system.BackgroundCentral nervous system (CNS) disorders, commonly caused by trauma,...
Published: 7/17/2025   |   Inventor(s): Timothy Deming, Michael Sofroniew, Shanshan Zhang
Keywords(s): Cns, Drug Delivery, Medical Devices and Materials, Peptide Base
Category(s): Medical Devices, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Platforms > Drug Delivery > Peptide Base, Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology