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Retargetable and Metabolically Tunable CAR Cell Platforms for Durable, Antigen‑Specific Cancer Therapy
SHORT DESCRIPTION
A modular immunotherapy platform that combines hapten‑redirectable chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) constructs with itaconate‑programmed, memory‑like immune cells to deliver safer, more durable, and tunable antigen‑specific responses across hematologic and solid tumors.
NU TECH ID
NU 2023-021, NU 2024-077
INVENTORS
Ashima...
Published: 6/10/2026
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Updated: 6/10/2026
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Keywords(s): Autoimmune disease, Cancer Treatment, Cancer/Oncology, Cell therapy, Immunology, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Targeted therapy, Therapeutics
Category(s): Life Sciences > Therapeutics
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STING Agonist 8803 for Blood-Brain Barrier Opening in Glioblastoma Treatment
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Chemical compound that opens the blood-brain barrier to enhance delivery of therapeutics for treating glioblastoma.
INVENTORS
Amy Heimberger*
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery
* Principal Investigator
NU Tech ID: NU 2025-212
IP...
Published: 6/16/2026
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Updated: 4/27/2026
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Inventor(s):
Keywords(s): AD - Alzheimer’s Disease, Adjunct therapy, ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Animal Model, Autoimmune disease, BIO2026, Bladder cancer, Brain cancer, Breast cancer, Cancer Treatment, Cancer/Oncology, Cervical cancer, CNS - Central Nervous System, Colon cancer, Drug delivery, Endometrial cancer, Gastric cancer, GBM - Glioblastoma, Head and neck cancer, Immunology, Immunotherapy, Liver cancer, Lung cancer, MS - Multiple Sclerosis, Neurodegenerative disease, Neurologic disease, Ovarian cancer, Pancreatic cancer, PD - Parkinson's Disease, Prostate cancer, Repurposed Drugs, Research tool, Small molecule, Targeted therapy, TBI - Traumatic brain injury, Therapeutics
Category(s): Life Sciences > Therapeutics, Life Sciences > Biomarkers & Biomedical Research Tools
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Targeting EGFR Co-Amplified Long-Noncoding RNA for Glioblastoma Treatment
NU 2025-335
INVENTORS
Shi-Yuan Cheng*
Xiaozhou Yu
Bo Hu
Runxin Wu
Xiao Song
SHORT DESCRIPTION
This invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting ELDR and HELDR, two long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) that are frequently co-amplified in glioblastoma (GBM) with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene, and which drive tumorigenesis...
Published: 3/30/2026
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Updated: 3/30/2026
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Keywords(s): Brain cancer, Cancer Treatment, Cancer/Oncology, Therapeutics
Category(s): Life Sciences > Therapeutics
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Retinoic Acid Agonists for Attenuation of Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity
SHORT DESCRIPTION
A method for preventing cardiotoxicity in patients undergoing anthracycline-based chemotherapy using retinoic acid receptor gamma (RARG) agonists.
INVENTORS
Paul W Burridge*, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
* Principal Investigator
NU...
Published: 2/6/2026
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Updated: 2/6/2026
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Inventor(s):
Keywords(s): Cancer Treatment, Cancer/Oncology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular disease, Chemotherapy, Therapeutics
Category(s): Life Sciences > Therapeutics
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