Blood biomarker for early blood brain barrier disruption in ischemic stroke

    公开(公告)号:US10591491B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-17

    申请号:US16262168

    申请日:2019-01-30

    Applicant: STC.UNM

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining blood brain barrier (BBB) damage and treating patients who may have suffered from BBB damage due to an ischemic event are provided. The methods and apparatus involve detecting the presence of cleaved occludin fragments in a sample of blood. According to some embodiments, the method further provides determining the degree of BBB damage based on the concentration of occludin fragments in the sample. In further embodiments the present disclosure provides kits for detecting the presence of occludin fragments in a blood sample.

    Control of chronic neuropathic pain and allodynia

    公开(公告)号:US10548994B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US14196343

    申请日:2014-03-04

    Applicant: STC.UNM

    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from chronic neuropathic pain and/or allodynia by administering a therapeutically-effective amount of at least one LFA1 antagonist to the subject. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from chronic neuropathic pain and/or allodynia, the method comprising administering intrathecally to the subject a therapeutically-effective amount of microparticles comprising PLGA-encapsulated pDNA-IL-10, optionally in combination with a therapeutically-effective amount of intrathecally-administered CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (CpG ODN) and/or at least one LFA1 antagonist.

    Nanowire bending for planar device process on (001) Si substrates

    公开(公告)号:US10483105B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-19

    申请号:US15573772

    申请日:2016-05-13

    Applicant: STC.UNM

    Abstract: Provided is a method for growing a nanowire, including: providing a substrate with a base portion having a first surface and at least one support structure extending above or below the first surface; forming a dielectric coating on the at least one support structure; forming a photoresist coating over the substrate; forming a metal coating over at least a portion of the dielectric coating; removing a portion of the dielectric coating to expose a surface of the at least one support structure; removing a portion of the at least one support structure to form a nanowire growth surface; growing at least one nanowire on the nanowire growth surface of a corresponding one of the at least one support structure, wherein the nanowire comprises a root end attached to the growth surface and an opposing, free end extending from the root end; and elastically bending the at least one nanowire.

    Innovative Nanopore Sequencing Technology
    19.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190227050A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-25

    申请号:US16215139

    申请日:2018-12-10

    Applicant: STC.UNM

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for long read, label-free, optical nanopore long chain molecule sequencing. In general, the present disclosure describes a novel sequencing technology based on the integration of nanochannels to deliver single long-chain molecules with widely spaced (>wavelength), ˜1-nm aperture “tortuous” nanopores that slow translocation sufficiently to provide massively parallel, single base resolution using optical techniques. A novel, directed self-assembly nanofabrication scheme using simple colloidal nanoparticles is used to form the nanopore arrays atop nanochannels that unfold the long chain molecules. At the surface of the nanoparticle array, strongly localized electromagnetic fields in engineered plasmonic/polaritonic structures allow for single base resolution using optical techniques.

    Blood biomarker for early blood brain barrier disruption in ischemic stroke

    公开(公告)号:US10254295B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-09

    申请号:US15463274

    申请日:2017-03-20

    Applicant: STC.UNM

    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining blood brain barrier (BBB) damage and treating patients who may have suffered from BBB damage due to an ischemic event are provided. The methods and apparatus involve detecting the presence of cleaved occludin fragments in a sample of blood. According to some embodiments, the method further provides determining the degree of BBB damage based on the concentration of occludin fragments in the sample. In further embodiments the present disclosure provides kits for detecting the presence of occludin fragments in a blood sample.

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