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1. Abrasion Resistant Coated Articles
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Materials
Inventor:  Sarin, Vinod
A refractory metal carbide composite layer and a metal alloy binder layer are applied as laminates on a substrate by a c ...

2. Positional Sequencing by Hybridization
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Discovery Tools   |  Diagnostics/Biomarkers   |  Drug Discovery Tools   |  Diagnostics/Biomarkers
Inventor:  Cantor, Charles R.
This invention is directed to methods for determining a nucleotide sequence of a nucleic acid using positional sequencin ...

3. Lipoxin Analogs and Methods for the Treatment of Periodontal Diseases
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Drugs   |  Therapeutics - Methods
Inventor:  Van Dyke, Thomas
This invention provides new lipoxin analogs, compositions containing these anaologs, and methods of using these compound ...

4. Piezoelectric Bimorphs as Microelectrical Building Blocks and Constructions Made Using Same
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Microelectronics/MEMS   |  Semiconductors
Inventor:  Smits, Johannes G.
The invention is a method of piezoelectric actuation. It comprises an architectural strategy that employs a "building b ...

5. A Use for Geldanamycin and Derivatives as Inhibitors of TGFB Signaling and Extracellular Matrix Synthesis
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Methods
Inventor:  Strehlow, David
The invention is the discovery of a new use for an existing drug being developed by the NCI for other indications. The d ...

6. Spectral Imaging for Vertical Sectioning of Surface Bound Markers
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Sensing/Imaging   |  Research Tools
Inventor:  ?nl?, M Selim
The invention is a new technique in fluorescent imaging. The technique utilizes the spectral oscillations emitted by a ...

7. Use of Electrostatic Fields to Enhance Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Microarrays   |  Sensing/Imaging
Inventor:  Georgiadis, Rosina M.
This invention presents a novel, yet extremely simple, method for mutation detection based on purely electrostatic charg ...

8. Sensory Prosthetic for Improved Balance Control
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Medical Devices
Inventor:  Oddsson, Lars I E
A portable sensory substitution system has been invented which provides information regarding foot sole pressure distrib ...

9. Novel and improved method of Quantum Ellipsometry for measuring the thickness of thin films
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Materials Diagnostics
Inventor:  Teich, Malvin C.
Classical ellipsometry is a method of measuring the thickness of thin films, which requires the characterization of the ...

10. Expressed Lanthanide Binding Tags as Visualization Tools
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Tools
Inventor:  Allen, Karen N.
The invention provides lanthanide binding tags (LBT) that selectively complex trivalent lanthanide ions and afford stabl ...

11. A Recovery-Oriented Management Information System (ROMIS)
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Software/Algorithms
Inventor:  Kohn, Lawrence, E.
A management information system to capture the process and outcomes of participation in recovery-oriented psychiatric re ...

12. Engineered Stem Cells Delivered Directly into Digestive Organs for Drug Delivery, Gene Therapy, Cell Replacement, Research and Diagnostic Applications
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Delivery   |  Drug Delivery   |  Drug Delivery
Inventor:  Singh, Satish K.
This invention relates to the use of implanted embryonic (ES) and somatic stem cells (SS) for gene therapy and cell repl ...

13. Traction Force Microscopy
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Sensing/Imaging   |  Software/Algorithms
Inventor:  Dembo, Micah
The technology is a software package that computes the forces exerted by a cell on its underlying surface by analyzing i ...

14. Chemical Vapor Depositions for Mullite Coatings and Powders
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Materials   |  Manufacturing
Inventor:  Sarin, Vinod
This invention is directed to the creation of crystalline mullite coatings having uniformmicrostructure by chemical vapo ...

15. Project Lite Software and Kit Materials
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Software/Algorithms
Inventor:  Brecher, Kenneth
Project Lite is a software package and an associated kit of materials designed to use the light generated from a compute ...

16. Use of H-2 Antagonists for Treatment of Gingivitis
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Drugs
Inventor:  Singer, Robert E.
This technology was donated to Dr. van Dyke and Boston University by PandG. The technology describes the use of selctiv ...

17. Design of cis/trans Engineered Riboregulators
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Tools   |  Genomics/Proteomics
Inventor:  Collins, James J.
The artificial cis/trans riboregulation system introduces a novel mechanism of gene regulation. This system demonstrate ...

18. Resonant Cavity Biosensor
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Photonics/Optical Systems   |  Sensing/Imaging   |  Photonics/Optical Systems
Inventor:  ?nl?, M Selim
This is an optical biosensor that will detect interactions between target biomolecules in solution and probe biomolecule ...

19. Delivery of an H2 Antagonist for the Treatment of Periodontitis
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Delivery   |  Drug Delivery
Inventor:  Van Dyke, Thomas
This invention improves local delivery of H2 antagonists through the use of liposomes for treatment of periodontitis

20. Anti-caveolin-1 monoclonal antibody - 7C8 Hybridoma
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents
Inventor:  Pilch, Paul
Monoclonal anti-caveolin-1 antibody, which recognizes caveolin-1 and 1 This antibody can be used for immunoprecipitat ...

21. 8C10 Hybridoma; Monoclonal antibody to SCAMPs
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents
Inventor:  Pilch, Paul
The invention describes an cell line which produces a monoclonal 8C10 antibody which recognizes antigens from the protei ...

22. Eu-BRD2 transgenic mice that develop B cell lymphoma
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents
Inventor:  Faller, Douglas V.
A transgenic mouse model for B cell lymphoma for basic research. This model can be used to search for novel biomarkers o ...

23. Project LITE Handheld Binocular Spectrometer
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Tools
Inventor:  Brecher, Kenneth
The invention is a low-cost binocular spectrometer intended for educational use. The device is low-cost and far easier ...

24. Pro-peptide of Lysyl Oxidase is a Tumor Suppressor of Ras-associated Tumors
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Discovery Tools   |  Therapeutics - Drugs
Inventor:  Trackman, Philip C.
The invention describes the lysyl oxidase pro-peptide as an anti-cancer therapeutic agent.

25. Fluorescence in situ detection of short unique DNA sites under non-denaturing conditions
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Tools
Inventor:  Frank-Kamenetskii, Maxim
A new method for fluorescence in situ detection that enables single copy-DNA sequence detection. The method involves use ...

26. Magnetically Controlled Switch or Detector Based on Junctions of Several Wires
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Nanotechnology/NEMS   |  Nanotechnology/NEMS   |  Nanotechnology/NEMS
Inventor:  Chamon, Claudio
The invention is comprised of an arrangement of micrometer or nanometer sized wires that function as either a magnetica ...

27. A Tunable Current-Mode Integrator for Low-Frequency Filters
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Instrumentation   |  Sensing/Imaging
Inventor:  Hubbard, Allyn E.
The invention is a low frequency band pass filter. It describes the basic building blocks for low frequency signal proce ...

28. A2A KO mice - Model for ParkinsonÕs Disease
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents
Inventor:  Chen, Jiang-Fan
These KO mice are models for ParkinsonÕs Disease

29. Methods and Compositions for Immunomodulation Using Cd1 Antigens
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Methods
Inventor:  Costello, Catherine E.
Lysine or cysteine acylated peptides that act as antigens and induce a CD1 immune response, as well as methods to produc ...

30. Synthesis of Rocaglamide Natural Products Using Photogeneration of Oxidopyrylium Species
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Drugs
Inventor:  Porco, Jr, John A
The invention describes the chemical synthesis of rocaglamide and related natural products using photogeneration of oxid ...

31. Inhibition of Histone Acetyltransferase
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Methods   |  Therapeutics - Methods   |  Therapeutics - Methods
Inventor:  Nugent, Matthew A
The invention describes the inhibition of histone acetyltransferase (HAT) activity in cells with heparin and heparin sul ...

32. Synthetic Images for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner using Linear Combination of Source Images to Generate Contrast and Spatial Navigation
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Medical Imaging
Inventor:  Jara, Hernan
This invention consists of three image-postprocessing phases for the purposes of generating high-quality quantitative MR ...

33. Microgradient Hydrogels for Biomolecular Separations
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Microfluidics/Fluidics
Inventor:  Wong, Joyce Y
The invention is a microfluidic system for separating biomolecules. The invention comprises microchannels filled with g ...

34. Enter and Destroy the Biofilm Matrix: Dispersing Bacterial Biofilms with Engineered, Enzymatically Active Bacteriophage
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Tools   |  Therapeutics - Methods   |  Research Tools
Inventor:  Collins, James J
Bacterial biofilms are sources of contamination that are difficult to eliminate in a variety of industrial, environmenta ...

35. anti-metalloendopeptidase EC 3.4.24.15, clone IVD6 (Thop-1 monoclonal antibody)
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents
Inventor:  Abraham, Carmela R
Monoclonal antibody for metalloendopeptidase EC 3.4.24.15 (MP24.15). The investigators have discovered the functional re ...

36. Transcriptional Regulation of Cytokines by LITAF and STAT6(B)
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Genomics/Proteomics   |  Drug Discovery Tools
Inventor:  Amar, Salomon
The present invention relates to the identification of a novel protein that belongs to the STAT family. The novel protei ...

37. Functionalization of Solid Surfaces with Organic Layers
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Microarrays   |  Microarrays
Inventor:  Jones, Guilford
The invention is a new method of preparing glass slides for attachment of small molecules and polymers, such as peptides ...

38. Anti-VEGFR-2 C-tail (FLK-1/KDR) antibody
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents
Inventor:  Rahimi, Nader
This antibody is a rabbit polyclonal antibody made against the carboxyl terminus of mouse VEGFR-2. This antibody detect ...

39. A Device for Gait Synchronized Vibratory Stimulation of the Feet
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Medical Devices
Inventor:  Novak, Peter
A device for synchronizing a personÕs gait based upon synchronized vibratory stimulation of the feet.

40. Method for detection of shapes of variable structure in images
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Sensing/Imaging
Inventor:  Sclaroff, Stanley E
The invention is a method and architecture for use with computational hardware, such as cryptographic hardware, that can ...

41. Plastic Microfluidic Chip for Isolation of Nucleic Acids from Biological Samples
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Microfluidics/Fluidics   |  Research Tools
Inventor:  Klapperich, Catherine M
Researchers in the Laboratory for Biomedical Materials Research at Boston University are developing and testing a point- ...

42. Novel Compositions and Methods for Promoting, Inhibiting and Detecting Protein Entry into Cells
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Discovery Tools   |  Drug Delivery   |  Drug Discovery Tools
Inventor:  Murphy, John R.
The invention features the use of peptides and compositions containing peptides that function as inhibitors of Hsp90 and ...

43. Peptide Activators of apo-DtxR Exhibit Antimicrobial Activity Against B. subtilis and B. anthracis
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Discovery Tools   |  Drug Discovery Tools
Inventor:  Murphy, John R
A method for killing spore forming Gram positive organisms of the Bacillus species, most notably B. anthracis

44. Articulated Needle
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Medical Devices
Inventor:  Dupont, Pierre
The invention is a method for controlling the shape and/or stiffness of long and thin mechanical structures. The immedi ...

45. Polyclonal Antibody against lysyl oxidase propeptide
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents
Inventor:  Trackman, Philip C
A polyclonal antibody against the lysyl oxidase propeptide.

46. Anti Lysyl Oxidase Polyclonal
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents
Inventor:  Trackman, Philip C
A polyclonal antibody against the lysyl oxidase protein

47. Automated Workstation for Data Acquisition and Perfusion Control in Oocytel Electrophysiology
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Genomics/Proteomics
Inventor:  Farb, David H.
This invention provides novel apparatus and methods for the study of membrane physiology. The system is fully customizab ...

48. TROY is a Marker and Therapeutic Target in Melanoma and other Cancers
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Diagnostics/Biomarkers
Inventor:  Spanjaard, Remco A.
Even though melanoma represents only 4% of the total number of cases, it is responsible for 79% of all cancer deaths. ¥ ...

49. Viscoeleastic Salts or Ionic Viscoelastics
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Materials
Inventor:  Grinstaff, Mark W
The invention is a new class of ionic liquids with multiple anionic/cationic moieties. Can potentially be used in a vari ...

50. Compounds that Inhibit Hsp72-mediated Protein Refolding and Sensitize Cells to Stresses
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Discovery Tools
Inventor:  Sherman, Michael
This invention describes a screening assay to identify chemical inhibitors of Heat Shock Protein-72 (Hsp-72) function. ...

51. Anti-GLUT4 monoclonal antibody - 1F8 hybridoma
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents
Inventor:  Pilch, Paul
At least three different glucose transport systems exist in mammalian cells. These are: (1) the constitutively active, f ...

52. Dynamic Sectioning Microscopy
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Tools   |  Photonics/Optical Systems
Inventor:  Mertz, Jerome
The invention, dynamic sectioning microscopy (DSM), is a non-scanning optical microscopy technique that provides wide f ...

53. Detection of Protein Biomarkers on a Thermoplastic Microchip
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Tools   |  Research Tools   |  Research Tools   |  Research Tools
Inventor:  Klapperich, Catherine M
Application of Klapperich's Thermoplastic "Lab-on-a-Chip" Microchip (BU05-34): chemiluminescent protein detection with p ...

54. Method and Architecture for Robust Error Detection in Hardware for Protection against Fault Attacks, Jamming and Soft Errors
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Networking/Communications   |  Software/Algorithms
Inventor:  Karpovsky, Mark
The invention is a method and architecture for use with computational hardware, such as cryptographic hardware, that can ...

55. Laser Based Ultrasonic Generation and Detection of Zero Group Velocity Lamb Waves in Thin Plates
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Instrumentation   |  Manufacturing   |  Instrumentation   |  Instrumentation   |  Instrumentation
Inventor:  Murray, Todd W
The invention is a method and architecture for use with computational hardware, such as cryptographic hardware, that can ...

56. Mutated peptide of p53 to reduce TNF-alpha and LITAF production
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Drugs
Inventor:  Amar, Salomon
This invention is a 7 amino acid stretch of p53 (pep 12) that substantially modulates inflammatory cytokines and reduces ...

57. Novel Transcription Factor Regulating TNF-alpha
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Methods   |  Therapeutics - Methods   |  Therapeutics - Drugs   |  Therapeutics - Drugs   |  Therapeutics - Drugs   |  Therapeutics - Drugs
Inventor:  Amar, Salomon
This invention discloses an isolated polypeptide referred to as the LITAF protein. Polypeptides of human origin are spec ...

58. Use of Anti-Apoptotic Factors to Prolong Prodrug Activation in Prodrug Activation-based Gene Therapy
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Methods   |  Genomics/Proteomics
Inventor:  Waxman, David J.
This invention uses anti-apoptotic factors in a novel way to enhance prodrug gene-directed enzyme therapy (GDEPT) by del ...

59. Inactivation of DEAR prevents blood vessel formation
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Methods   |  Therapeutics - Methods   |  Therapeutics - Methods
Inventor:  Herrera, Victoria Lourdes
The inventors have identified a novel receptor that is a Dual ET-1/AngII Receptor (DEAR). DEAR is important for angioge ...

60. Polyclonal Antibody to Nox4
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents
Inventor:  Keaney, John F.
Polyclonal antibody directed against NADPH oxidase isoform Nox4. This antibody can be used for Western blotting, immunop ...

61. Tumor vaccine development from dendritic cell-tumor cell fusions
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Methods
Inventor:  Gong, Jianlin
Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) peptide complexes derived from the fusion of dendritic cells and tumor cells are superior ...

62. Inhibition of Growth of Keratinocytes by AMPK Activation
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Drugs
Inventor:  Holick, Michael F
Use of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activators to inhibit growth of keratinocytes. Useful for treatment of hyper ...

63. A High Field External Source Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer Operated in the Cold Bore of a Superconducting Magnet
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Sensing/Imaging   |  Materials Diagnostics
Inventor:  OÕConnor, Peter B.
This new FTMS design provides reduced base pressure, increased magnetic field, and cryogenic cooling of the amplifier le ...

64. A Tunable Genetic Switch Based on RNAi and Repressor Proteins for Regulating Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Tools   |  Drug Discovery Tools
Inventor:  Collins, James J
A system for tight, tunable control of mammalian gene expression that couples repressor proteins and a novel RNAi target ...

65. Multiple myeloma and AL amyloid immunotherapy targeting immunoglobulin light chains
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Drugs
Inventor:  Sherr, David
The invention represents the application of a potential vaccine to prevent or treat nearly universally fatal diseases, A ...

66. Designing weakly-damped Bio-NEMS for resonant sensing in aqueous solutions
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Microfluidics/Fluidics   |  Sensing/Imaging   |  Sensing/Imaging
Inventor:  Ekinci, Kamil
A novel high frequency bio-functionalized nanoelectromechanical systems (Bio-NEMS) in aqueous solutions. When in fluid, ...

67. High-Flux Entangled-Photon Generation via Parametric Processes in a Laser Cavity
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Photonics/Optical Systems
Inventor:  Teich, Malvin C.
A new technique for the generation of radiation that may have high flux by the used of a parametric process or simultane ...

68. PIMA Software
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Bioinformatics   |  Software/Algorithms
Inventor:  Smith, Temple
Pattern-induced multi-sequence alignment program

69. PSDM Software
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Software/Algorithms   |  Bioinformatics
Inventor:  Smith, Temple
Protein Structure Domain Modeling

70. Modulating Light in Diffusive Optical Tomography Using Ultrasound
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Instrumentation   |  Instrumentation   |  Instrumentation   |  Instrumentation
Inventor:  Murray, Todd W.
The invention is an improvement on diffusive optical tomography. More specifically the invention improves upon acoustic ...

71. Polar Nephelometer based on azimuthally deflected light
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Instrumentation   |  Photonics/Optical Systems
Inventor:  Bigio, Irving
The use of a polar nephelometer as a rapid particle sizer. A polar nephelometer based on a CCD imaging technique of ligh ...

72. A Novel Pump Combiner for High Power Fiber Lasers
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Photonics/Optical Systems
Inventor:  Morse, Theodore F
Novel configuration for efficiently pumping fiber lasers by distributing pump radiation across an aggregate of double cl ...

73. High Definition X-ray Scintillation Detector
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Electronics   |  Electronics   |  Electronics
Inventor:  Morse, Theodore F
This invention allows the replacement of expensive single crystal or transparent polycrystalline elements with less expe ...

74. A Method for the Extension in Two and Three Dimensions of Deterministically Generated Aperiodic Optical Materials
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Materials   |  Materials   |  Materials
Inventor:  Dal Negro, Luca
The invention provides a deterministic method for creating aperiodic structures in 2d and 3d materials. Aperiodic struct ...

75. Games on the Sperner Triangle
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Software/Algorithms
Inventor:  Burke, Kyle
This invention is a two-player game called Atropos based on SpernerÕs lemma. In this game there is always a decisive w ...

76. Killing of Tumor Cells Containing an Activated Ras Gene Effector Pathway by Inhibition of Protein Kinase C Delta
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Discovery Tools
Inventor:  Faller, Douglas V
The concept of targeting cancer therapeutics towards specific mutations or abnormalities in tumor cells which are not fo ...

77. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Lyme Disease
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Drugs   |  Diagnostics/Biomarkers
Inventor:  Donta, Sam T.
A 37kD protein expressed from the DNA of B. burgdorferi was found to be toxic to cells of the nervous system. Antibodies ...

78. Natural and Engineered Bacteriophage as Adjuvants for Antibiotic Therapy
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Drugs
Inventor:  Collins, James J
General concept of combining engineered phage with antibiotics to enhance antibiotic activity. Engineered phage would l ...

79. In Vivo Gene Sensors with Flexible Effector Gene Circuits for Smart Therapeutics
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Methods
Inventor:  Collins, James J
The invention is a synthetic sensor to detect antibiotic-resistance mRNAs, as assayed by GFP output. In addition, they ...

80. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Detection of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Medical Imaging
Inventor:  Hamilton, James A
This is a method of using MRI to detect vunerable atherosclerotic plaques. There are no test currently available to det ...

81. Electro-Optical Sensor for Peripheral Nerves
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Medical Imaging   |  Instrumentation
Inventor:  Bergethon, Peter
An electro-optical sensor for the study of peripheral nerves by electrically stimulating a nerve and detecting the asso ...

82. Pacemaker with Neurocardiogenic Syncope Detection and Therapy Utilizing Minute Ventilation Input
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Medical Devices
Inventor:  LeLorier, Paul, A
We describe the development of a novel pacing and sensing algorithm which uses respiratory input to detect impending neu ...

83. Neutron Detector
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Electronics   |  Electronics   |  Electronics
Inventor:  Ahlen, Steven P
This invention is a detector that can be used to identify neutrons emitted during the spontaneous fission of plutonium. ...

84. Hydrogen Separation Membranes
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Chemical Methods/Libraries   |  Energy
Inventor:  Gopalan, Srikanth
The technology is a method of extracting hydrogen from water. The membrane materials are known, but their application t ...

85. Composite Mixed Oxygen Ionic and Electronic Conductors for Hydrogen Separation
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Energy   |  Materials
Inventor:  Gopalan, Srikanth
The invention is a stable material system for gas separation membranes that is chemically compatible, i.e., a non-intera ...

86. Surface Exchange Electrocatalysts for Ceramic Membrane Based Steam-Methane Reformation
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Materials   |  Materials   |  Materials   |  Materials
Inventor:  Gopalan, Srikanth
The invention is a method and architecture for use with computational hardware, such as cryptographic hardware, that can ...

87. Supramolecular Bioconjugates
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Tools
Inventor:  Cantor, Charles R.
This invention relates to supramolecular bioconjugates and to methods for assembling and utilizing supramolecular biocon ...

88. Method and Apparatus for Submicron Particulate Eviction
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Semiconductors
Inventor:  Madanshetty, Sameer
The invention relates to the surgical cleaning of a semiconductor wafer through the inducement of cavitation on the sur ...

89. Needle Software for Protein Threading
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Bioinformatics
Inventor:  Smith, Temple
In its most basic usage, needle finds the optimal alignment of a protein sequence with a core model under a given score ...

90. Radio-Opaque Paint for Medical Stents
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Medical Devices
Inventor:  Giordano, Russell, A.
A dispersion of BaSO4 in a solution of hydroxypropyl-cellulose, acetic acid, benzaldehyde and glycerol in ethanol is use ...

91. Diagnostic Tool for the Detection of Alzheimer's Disease in Living Patients with Advanced Dementia
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Diagnostics/Biomarkers   |  Diagnostics/Biomarkers
Inventor:  Simons, Elizabeth R.
This invention provides the first blood test for detecting, monitoring and staging Alzheimer's Disease in living patient ...

92. Low Powered Digital Filtering
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Electronics
Inventor:  Nawab, Hamid
This invention describes a method of digital filtering and a digital filter having a filter response with a predetermine ...

93. Amplification and Spatial Detection of DNAs Immobilized on Solid Surfaces
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Tools
Inventor:  Cantor, Charles R.
The present invention generally relates to high density nucleic acid arrays and methods of synthesizing nucleic acid seq ...

94. Dual Anti-Sense Expression Regulation System
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Tools
Inventor:  Smith, Cassandra L.
This invention describes compositions and methods for the control of genetically engineered organisms. A more effective ...

95. Multiflavor Streptavidin
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents   |  Research Tools
Inventor:  Cantor, Charles R.
Compounds and methods are described for producing streptavidin mutants with greater affinity for biotin substitutes than ...

96. Antibody-Red Blood Cell Complex for Treating Solid Tumors and Methods of Use
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Delivery
Inventor:  Bitensky, Mark W.
Molecules attached to the patient's red blood cells are used to achieve therapeutic results. Attachment of tumor-specifi ...

97. Methods for Rational Development of Vaccines and Ribotype-Based Speciation
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Discovery Tools   |  Vaccines
Inventor:  Goldstein, Richard
The invention allows for a rapid and inexpensive evaluation of a vaccine target, without resorting to Òtrial and errorÓ ...

98. Decorated Red Blood Cells
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Delivery
Inventor:  Bitensky, Mark W.
The present invention is based on the discovery that red blod cells, modified as described herein, can function as a suc ...

99. Compositions and methods for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) using Rolipram and other Type 4 cyclic adenosine monophosphate phosphodiesterase inhibitors
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Drugs
Inventor:  Lerner, Adam
Method of treating patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) using Rolipram and other Type 4 cyclic adenosine mon ...

100. Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation System
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Medical Devices
Inventor:  Collins, James J.
This invention describes a system and method of altering the output of a vestibular system including providing a source ...

101. Fas Apoptosis Inhibitory Molecule (FAIM) A Novel Gene that Inhibits Apoptosis
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Discovery Tools
Inventor:  Rothstein, Thomas L.
This invention generally relates to the nucleic acid sequences of a novel gene called the Fas Apoptosis Inhibitory Molec ...

102. Very Large Angle Integrated Optical Scanner Made With An Array of Piezoelectric Monomorphs
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Sensing/Imaging   |  Sensing/Imaging   |  Sensing/Imaging
Inventor:  Smits, Johannes G.
The proposed optical scanner has a static, nonresonant mirror rotation of up to 180 degrees for modest voltages of up to ...

103. Enhanced Activation of Deep Acceptors in Semiconductors
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Microelectronics/MEMS   |  Nanotechnology/NEMS   |  Microelectronics/MEMS   |  Nanotechnology/NEMS   |  Microelectronics/MEMS   |  Nanotechnology/NEMS   |  Microelectronics/MEMS   |  Nanotechnology/NEMS
Inventor:  Schubert, Eric Fred
This invention discloses a semiconductor having enhanced acceptor activation which overcomes the large acceptor binding ...

104. Multi-level Silicon-on-insulator Process for the Fabrication of Optically Reflecting Substrates
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Materials   |  Materials   |  Materials
Inventor:  ?nl?, M Selim
This invention describes a process of fabricating a variety of photo-electronic devices, especially photo-detectors and ...

105. Endogenous macromolecules that inhibit angiogenesis
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Drug Discovery Tools
Inventor:  Moulton, Steven
This invention describes a critical biological suppressor of tumors. The moleculeÕs antagonists have also been found to ...

106. Photodynamic Therapy Using Nuclear Receptors to Target Photosensitizers
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Therapeutics - Methods
Inventor:  Ray, Rahul
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new and promising method for the treatment of cancer. However, developing an effective m ...

107. Isolated Apoa-I Gene Regulatory Sequence Elements
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Genomics/Proteomics
Inventor:  Zannis, Vassilis I.
The present invention provides isolated apolipoprotein transcription factors and gene regulatory elements. The invention ...

108. Reduced Affinity Streptavidin (also) Streptavidin Mutants
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Research Reagents   |  Research Tools
Inventor:  Cantor, Charles R.
The invention relates to a mutated streptavidin protein having a reduced affinity for biotin and to methods which involv ...

109. Variable Peak Pressure Ventilation - Improved method of enhancing mechanical ventilation that can be retrofitted to commonly used ventilators
IP Type:  Licensable Technology
Organization:  Boston University
Tech Type:   Medical Devices
Inventor:  Suki, Bela
This invention is an improvement in the way of enhancing mechanical ventilation, termed variable peak pressure. In addit ...














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