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Noninvasive & High-Contrast Imaging of Kidney Function Enabled by Renal Clearable Nanofluorophores

The University of Texas at Dallas is seeking companies interested in commercializing a renal-clearable contrast agent that is the first to enable high-resolution, noninvasive, fluorescent imaging of kidney function. Kidney disease affects more than 10% of adults worldwide and the current technologies used to detect and track the progress of renal complications...

Published: 4/26/2019 | Inventor(s): Jie Zheng, Mengxiao Yu

Keywords(s): Biocompatible, Biomarkers, Chemistry, Diagnostics, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Medical, Molecular Biology, Nanotechnology, Research Tools

Category(s): Biomedical, Imaging

Novel Class of pH Responsive and Renal Clearable Tumor Imaging Agents

Non-Confidential Description:The technology is a novel class of pH responsive luminescent gold nanoparticles that are renal clearable and that selectively bind to cells in an acidic environment such as tumor cells. An advantage of these novel pH responsive nanoparticles is that they can be used to specifically target the acidic microenvironment of tumor...

Published: 4/23/2021 | Inventor(s): Jie Zheng

Keywords(s): Biocompatible, Biomarkers, Biomaterials, Diagnostics, Healthcare, Imaging, Life Sciences, Materials, Medical, Nanotechnology, Research Tools, Therapeutics

Category(s): Biomedical, Imaging