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Non-Invasive Molecular Diagnostic Platform for Multiple Sclerosis
SHORT DESCRIPTION
A non-invasive blood biomarker technology that analyzes plasma cfDNA methylation to diagnose multiple sclerosis, classify its subtypes, and predict disease progression.
INVENTORS
Yaping Liu* (Northwestern University)
Zongqi Xia* (University of Pittsburgh)
* Principal Investigator
NU Tech ID NU...
Published: 6/30/2026
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Updated: 6/30/2026
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Category(s): Life Sciences > Biomarkers & Biomedical Research Tools, Life Sciences > Therapeutics, Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT
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Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (PRC1) Inhibitors to Restore Immune Response in B-Cell Lymphomas
SHORT DESCRIPTION
A therapeutic approach that restores MHC-II expression using PRC1 inhibitors to reactivate anti-tumor immunity in B-cell lymphomas.
INVENTORS
Lu Wang*
Zibo Zhao
* Principal Investigator
NU Tech ID: NU 2025-010
IP STATUS
U.S. Provisional Patent Application has been filed.
THERAPEUTICS...
Published: 6/25/2026
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Updated: 6/23/2026
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Keywords(s): Cancer/Oncology, Immunotherapy, Therapeutics
Category(s): Life Sciences > Therapeutics
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Northwestern Startup: Zylem Biosciences, Inc.
Founded: 2018
Northwestern Inventor:
C. Shad Thaxton
Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Urology
Zylem Biosciences is a startup biotechnology company developing targeted medicines that uniquely mimic features of natural biologics. Zylem’s lead compound (ZYL-001) directly targets pathologic cholesterol metabolism in cancer, heart disease...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Category(s): Life Sciences > Biomarkers & Biomedical Research Tools, Life Sciences > Therapeutics, Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT
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Northwestern Startup: Tract Therapeutics, Inc. (Clybourn)
Founded: 2014
Northwestern Inventor:
Joseph Leventhal
Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
TRACT Therapeutics, Inc. has developed a patented technology utilizing T regulatory cells (Treg) for modulation of the immune system. TRACT will commercialize this technology to become a premier global provider of an autologous (patient’s...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: Thyreos, Inc.
Founded: 2020
Northwestern Inventor:
Gregory Smith
Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology
Thyreos is developing herpesvirus vaccines and vaccine vectors for the animal health and human health markets using breakthrough patented technology that protects the nervous system from infection.
Thyreos Website
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Category(s): Life Sciences > Therapeutics, Life Sciences > Biomarkers & Biomedical Research Tools
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Northwestern Startup: Temprian Oncology Inc.
Founded: 2023
Northwestern Inventor:
Caroline LePoole
Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Dermatology
SonBinh Nguyen
Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Temprian Oncology develops highly selective supercarriers for the treatment of cutaneous and ocular melanoma.
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: Sera Biopharma Inc.
Northwestern Inventor:
Catalina Lee Chang
Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Neurological Surgery
Provides early-pregnancy risk biomarkers.
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Category(s): Life Sciences > Biomarkers & Biomedical Research Tools, Life Sciences > Therapeutics
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Northwestern Startup: RMD Sciences Inc.
Founded: 2022
Northwestern Inventor:
Kazuhiro Shimomura
Former NU Faculty Founder
RMD Sciences is pioneering a novel Alzheimer’s disease therapy that selectively promotes the growth of specific gut flora to improve brain function.
RMD Sciences Website
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Category(s): Life Sciences > Therapeutics
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Northwestern Startup: PreDx, Inc.
Founded: 2023
Northwestern Inventor:
Thomas J. Meade
Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Chemistry
By creating unique bio-responsive contrast agents (BCAs), PreDx's technology allows for the real-time, non-invasive monitoring of gene expression in living organisms, a breakthrough of significant importance that stands alone in...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: NUAgo Therapeutics, Inc.
Northwestern Inventor:
Marcus Peter
Feinberg School of Medicine
Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
NUAgo is developing single construct short RNAs that kill tumor cells selectively as a therapy for treatment resistant cancers.
NUAgo Therapeutics, Inc. Website
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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