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Summary Acne is the most common skin condition, with direct treatment costs totaling over $3 billion each year. Vanderbilt researchers have developed a photodynamic therapy (PDT) for effectively and specifically treating Propionibacterium acnes infections, enabling improved clinical support for patients. Addressed Need More than 90% of the global...

Published: 9/4/2024 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Dermatology, Infectious Disease

Category(s): Therapeutics

Targeted photodynamic therapy for S. aureus infections

Summary Staphylococcus aureus is among the most prevalent pathogens in skin and soft tissue infections, with treatments becoming increasingly compromised by the emergence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Vanderbilt researchers have developed a combination photodynamic therapy (PDT) for targeting MRSA infections in skin that is not only effective...

Published: 8/9/2023 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Dermatology, Infectious Disease

Category(s): Therapeutics

New antibiotics against new targets in multi-drug resistant microorganisms

Technology DescriptionDeveloping antibiotics with new targets will be essential in combatting multiple drug resistant pathogens. In 2016 both our collaborators and subsequently Nobel prize winning crystalographer Ada Yonath revealed the surprising discovery that a class of natural product antibiotics known as orthosomycins act on a novel site in the...

Published: 5/31/2023 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Infectious Disease

Category(s): Therapeutics

Non-Invasive Bacterial Identification for Acute Otitis Media using Raman Spectroscopy

Summary Vanderbilt researchers have developed an optical-based method for real-time characterization of middle ear fluid in order to diagnose acute otitis media, also knows as a middle ear infection. The present technique allows for quick detection and identification of bacteria and can also be applied to other biological fluids in vivo.Addressed NeedOtitis...

Published: 7/9/2024 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Infectious Disease

Category(s): Diagnostics, Medical Imaging, Medical Devices

New Molecules Clear Chronic Infections by Disrupting Bacterial Energy Production Pathways

http://vanderbilt.technologypublisher.com/files/sites/skaar-mrsa-fermentation-inhibitor-ncs1.pdf

Published: 11/27/2013 | Inventor(s): Eric Skaar, Laura Anzaldi, Gary Sulikowski, Alex Waterson, Paul Reid

Keywords(s): Infectious Disease

Category(s): Therapeutics

Luciferase Reporter System for Viral Detection in Vitro and in Vivo

This research targets Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

Published: 4/11/2023 | Inventor(s): R. Stokes Peebles, Martin Moore, Melanie Aston, Michael Chi, Monica Deterding, Matthew Huckabee

Keywords(s): Cardiovascular, Infectious Disease

Category(s): Research Tools