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Methods for Building RNA Organelles in Vitro (UCLA Case No. 2023-286)

UCLA researchers from the Department of Bioengineering have developed artificial RNA sequences that can form condensates in vitro, allowing customization of cellular function in membrane-less organelles. BACKGROUND: RNA condensates are intracellular membrane-less compartments formed by phase separation, involving RNA and proteins. These RNA condensates...

Published: 5/12/2025 | Inventor(s): Elisa Franco

Keywords(s): Nanotechnology, RNA, synthetic biology

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Life Science Research Tools > Plasmids/Vectors

AI-Powered System for Objective Surgical Skill Assessment in Open Procedures (Case No. 2025-207)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Surgery have developed a deep-learning architecture to efficiently and accurately assess surgeon skill level for improved medical training. TITLE: AI-Powered System for Objective Surgical Skill Assessment in Open Procedures Background: Objectively assessing surgical trainee performance during open...

Published: 4/10/2025 | Inventor(s): Peyman Benharash, Armin Alipour

Keywords(s): AI, Artifical Intelligence (Machine Learning, Data Mining), Artificial Intelligence, deep-learning analysis algorithms, Education technology, image-guided surgery, medical bias reduction, Quality Control, Surgery, Surgical Instrument, Surgical Tools, teaching

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Lab Equipment, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Medical Devices > Hospital Systems, Medical Devices > Monitoring And Recording Systems, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools, Software & Algorithms > AI Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > Communication & Networking, Software & Algorithms > Digital Health

A Ventilated Artificial Human Lung Exposure System to Analyze and Test Human Exposures to Inhaled Substances (Case No. 2023-306)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Medicine and Environmental Health Sciences have developed a ventilated human lung system for laboratory testing of inhaled substances. Background: Measuring the toxicology of inhaled air, aerosols and other substances is challenging due to the complexity of human studies and limitations in existing...

Published: 3/27/2025 | Inventor(s): Michael Roth, Airi Harui, Yifang Zhu, Haoxuan Chen

Keywords(s): aerosol, Angiogenesis Acute Lung Injury, bioaerosol, cardiopulmonary illness, Cellular Respiration, consumer goods and products, Lung, Lung Pulmonology, non-small cell lung cancer, Preclinical model development, Preclinical surgical innovation, pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP), pulmonary failure, Pulmonary fibrosis, Respiratory & Pulmonary, respiratory failure, right atrial to pulmonary canula, Simulation & Modeling, simulation model, small cell lung cancer

Category(s): Platforms, Platforms > Drug Delivery, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Therapeutics, Therapeutics > Respiratory And Pulmonary, Mechanical, Mechanical > Sensors

Functional Enrichment and Purification of a Therapeutically Superior Population of Cells (Case No. 2024-024)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Departments of Bioengineering and Biological Chemistry have developed a method for identifying and enriching therapeutically useful cell sub-populations based on their secretions (SEC-seq). Background: Cell function is defined by a myriad of biomolecules that they secrete; over 3 thousand proteins are estimated to...

Published: 3/3/2025 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Kathrin Plath, Shreya Udani, Justin Langerman

Keywords(s): Cell Surface Receptor, Cytometry, Flow Cytometry, Functional Genomics, High-Throughput Screening, hydrogel, Microfluidics, single cell analysis, Therapeutics

Category(s): Therapeutics > Immunology And Immunotherapy, Therapeutics, Therapeutics > Oncology > Oncology Immunotherapy, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Diagnostic Markers > Targets And Assays, Therapeutics > Cell Therapy

Identifying Desirable T Lymphocytes by Change in Mass Responses (Case No. 2013-183)

Summary: UCLA researchers from the Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine have developed a novel method for the identification of T lymphocytes using live cell interferometry Background: The identification of T cell receptors (TCRs) that are specific to antigens is crucial for advancing various immunotherapies. Existing methods of characterizing...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Michael Teitell, Owen Witte, Thomas Zangle, Daina Burnes Linton

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Category(s): Therapeutics, Therapeutics > Immunology And Immunotherapy, Therapeutics > Autoimmune, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Life Science Research Tools > Lab Equipment

Physical Separation of Ultrashort Single-Stranded Cell-Free DNA in Biofluids Using Differential Filtration and Next-Generation Sequencing Pipeline to Detect Methylation Status of Ultrashort Single-Stranded Cell-Free DNA (UCLA 2023-077, 2023-082)

UCLA researchers in the Department of Dentistry have established novel extraction and bioinformatics pipeline of ultrashort single-stranded cell-free DNA for the use in liquid biopsy diagnostics. BACKGROUND: Liquid biopsy is a critical diagnostic tool for various human diseases. The rapid market growth of liquid biopsy is primarily driven by novel...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): David Wong

Keywords(s): Cancer, cell-free DNA, circulating DNA, Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, DNA methylation, liquid biopsy, next generation sequencing (NGS)

Category(s): Software & Algorithms > Bioinformatics, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies

Cell Type Scanner (UCLA Case No. 2021-115)

UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry have developed a novel technology for spatial cell-type mapping in 2D and 3D tissue samples. BACKGROUND: Cell type mapping has become an integral component for many biomedical research studies and diagnostic technologies. However, a major challenge in single cell data is accurately...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Roy Wollman

Keywords(s): 3D tissue imaging, cell mapping, Principal component analysis, RNA imaging, single cell analysis, Single cell data

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Software & Algorithms > Data Analytics

A Programming Language to Execute Biological Experiments (Command Line Biology/Biowrapper) (Case No. 2024-049)

Intro Sentence: UCLA researchers in the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology have developed a programming language to automate biological experiments. Background: Manual labor is a common bottleneck in biological sciences, with automation technology still being unobtainable and impractical for most scientists in biomedical research....

Published: 5/8/2025 | Inventor(s): Robert Damoiseaux, Michael Mellody, Ronan Bennett, Alejandro Huerta, Rutu Shah

Keywords(s): Artifical Intelligence (Machine Learning, Data Mining), Artificial Intelligence, artificial intelligence augmentation, Artificial Neural Network, artificial-intelligent materials, Automation, generative artificial intelligence, Machine Learning, machine learning modeling, Medical artificial intelligence (AI), Programmable Logic Device

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Data Analytics, Software & Algorithms > Programs, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > Image Processing, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods

Swabseq Agnostic Diagnostic Platform (Case No. 2023-293)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Departments of Computer Science and Anatomic Pathology have developed an untargeted NGS diagnostic tool capable of detecting all known and emerging respiratory RNA viruses in a single test, enhancing our capacity to rapidly address public health crises through improved diagnostics. Background: Most clinical diagnostic...

Published: 3/20/2025 | Inventor(s): Eleazar Eskin, Valerie Arboleda

Keywords(s): agnostic detection, Bioinformatics, bioinformatics pipeline, Computer-Aided Diagnosis, Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, Diagnostic Test, DNA Sequencing, Medical diagnostics, metagenomic diagnostic platform, meta-genomics, next generation sequencing (NGS), Pathogen, Pathogenesis, Sequencing

Category(s): Platforms, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Diagnostic Markers > Targets And Assays, Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Digital Health, Software & Algorithms > Bioinformatics

Core-Shell Hydrogel Particles With Tunable Porosity for Digital Nucleic Acid Assays (Case No. 2023-058)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed a novel method to perform ultra-high sensitivity, low-cost nucleic acid amplification assays utilizing porous microdroplets. Background: Nucleic acid concentration measurement is essential in biological research and diagnostics. The 2020 pandemic underscored the importance...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Dino Di Carlo, Michael Bogumil

Keywords(s): Diagnostic Markers & Platforms, Diagnostic Platform Technologies (E.G. Microfluidics), Diagnostic Test, Flow Cytometry, Medical diagnostics

Category(s): Diagnostic Markers > Cancer, Diagnostic Markers > Targets And Assays, Chemical > Emulsions, Life Science Research Tools > Microfluidics And Mems, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Platforms > Diagnostic Platform Technologies

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