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Small Molecules with Antifungal Activity for Cryptococcosis
Researchers at the University of Arizona have found 140 novel antifungal compounds with the potential to treat cryptococcosis. These compounds have anti-Cryptococcus neoformans activity with IC50 less than 10 uM.
Background:
Fungal infections, although not very contagious, have affected 300 million people worldwide. Cryptococcosis is caused by opportunistic...
Published: 1/10/2024
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Inventor(s): Hongmin Li, Anil Tharappel, Zhong Li
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Life Sciences > Therapeutics, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Infectious Diseases
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Broad Spectrum Inhibitors against Viral Methyltransferases
This innovation is a universal high throughput screening (HTS) assay to identify inhibitors targeting a binding site of viral methyltransferases (MTases) with a methyl donor. The inventors developed a fluorescence polarization (FP)-based HTS assay to target reference MTases, an essential enzyme to methylate the 5’-cap of viral RNA genome on SARS-CoV-2...
Published: 11/16/2023
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Inventor(s): Hongmin Li, Zhong Li
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Life Sciences > Therapeutics, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Infectious Diseases
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Allosteric Inhibitors of the Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2
In this report, the SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro was expressed and purified. By using a FRET-based enzymatic assay, the researchers have screened a library consisting of more than 300 different niclosamide derivatives and identified three molecules JMX0286, JMX0301, and JMX0941 as potent allosteric inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro, with IC50 values like that...
Published: 4/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Hongmin Li, subodh samrat, Zhong Li, Jia Zhou, Jimin Xu
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Category(s): Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Life Sciences > Therapeutics, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Infectious Diseases
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Calcimycin as Antifungals
A new antifungal treatment is necessary, as pathogens evolve and develop immunity to current methods. Here, the inventors present calcimycin (CMN) as a novel treatment of cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans (Cne) and likely Cryptococcus gattii (Cga). CMN prevents the protein from continuing to splice. While the current treatment methods...
Published: 2/13/2024
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Inventor(s): Hongmin Li, Zhong Li, Qing-yu Zhang
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Category(s): Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Life Sciences, Technology Classifications > Life Sciences > Therapeutics, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Infectious Diseases
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Distributed Feedback Fiber Laser Pumped by Multimode Diode Lasers
Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences and Canada's Carleton University recently succeeded in fabricating high reflectivity (>99%) Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) into phosphate glass fibers using UV light and a phase mask technique. With this new manufacturing technique, fiber lasers can be created as single monolithic...
Published: 4/3/2023
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Inventor(s): Nasser Peyghambarian, Axel Schülzgen, Li Li, Jacques Albert
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lasers & Other Sources
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All-Fiber Multicore Fiber Laser Devices
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a compact, power-scalable, alignment-free fiber laser that takes a new approach to stabilizing phase-locked operation of multi-core fiber lasers by completely removing all free space optical components. This high-brightness, all-fiber laser package uses passive optical fiber spliced at both ends...
Published: 4/3/2023
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Inventor(s): Nasser Peyghambarian, Axel Schülzgen, Li Li
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Fiber Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lasers & Other Sources
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