WARF Advances in Health Care | June 2025

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Top licensing prospects from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Novel Methods for In Vivo Cell Tracking
This novel cell radiolabeling technology involves chemical modifications of surface glycans and tracks the in vivo fate of cells using PET imaging.
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A High Throughput Newborn Screening Assay for Angelman and Prader-Willi Syndromes
This higher throughput method to detect the methylation pattern of the alleles involved in Prader-Willi and Angelman disorders provides a means of screening for these disorders in newborn dried blood spots at state testing labs.
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Single Sensor Tensiometer
The compact shear wave sensor employs a single sensor/actuator pair to provide a smaller skin contact footprint suitable for a wider variety of tissue measurements, including stress that ligaments, tendons or muscle experience in vivo.
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Hemoglobin-Based Nanoparticles
UW-Madison researchers have developed a multi-functional antibiotic nanoparticle that incorporates hemoglobin and the clinically approved antifungal agent naftifine in the core, which is coated with red blood cell membranes.
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Advancing T Cell-Based Immunotherapies
New methods and technologies developed by researchers at UW-Madison aim to improve the process of producing biologic drugs - such as CAR T cells - at every stage, from the manufacturing process to therapeutic application.
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