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Antibacterial Adjuvants for Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Antibacterial Adjuvants for Reduced Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide Dosing and Combination TherapyPrinceton Docket # 20-3616-1 Researchers in the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University and the Department of Chemistry at San Jose State University have discovered compounds which increase the susceptibility of both CAP-resistant as well...

Published: 2/15/2023 | Inventor(s): Laura Conrad, Martin Semmelhack, Zinan Zhang, Minh Tran, Lauren Blankenship

Keywords(s): antibiotics

Category(s): Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals

Enhanced Adjunctive Therapies for Microbial Infections and Imaging

Princeton Docket # 16-3183-1Researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University have developed a nanocarrier based approach to enable and enhance adjunctive therapies for microbial infections by simultaneous encapsulation and delivery of all components.Microbial infections have become increasingly difficult to...

Published: 9/11/2024 | Inventor(s): Robert Prud'homme, Hoang Lu

Keywords(s): antibiotics, drug delivery, Imaging, nanotechnology

Category(s): Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals

Blocking bacterial infection by inhibiting surface-regulated virulence induction

Princeton Docket # 15-3090Researchers in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University and the School of Medicine at Dartmouth College have identified a novel strategy for inhibiting the pathogenesis of the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa by regulating its virulence factors upon surface contact instead of inhibiting its growth. ...

Published: 3/30/2022 | Inventor(s): Zemer Gitai, Albert Siryaporn, George O'toole, Sherry Kuchma

Keywords(s): antibiotics, biomarker/diagnostic, Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals, drug discovery, infectious disease, life science research tools, small molecule, therapeutic

Category(s): Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals, Chemistry, Medical Devices/Diagnostics

ClpP is a Major Regulator in NO Stressed E Coli

Discovery of ClpP Protein, a Major Regulator in Nitric Oxide Stressed Escherichia coli, for Anti-infective Development Strategies Princeton Docket # 15-3064 Antibiotic resistance has become a public health crisis, while the rate of new antibiotic development declines. A promising solution is antivirulence therapy, which targets host-pathogen interactions,...

Published: 2/14/2024 | Inventor(s): Mark Brynildsen, Jonathan Robinson

Keywords(s): antibiotics, anti-infectives, biomarker/diagnostic, life science research tools, metabolic engineering, protein engineering

Category(s): Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals, Chemistry

A Novel Adjuvant for Improved Immunological Stimulation

Princeton Docket # 14-3007 Researchers in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University have isolated a mutant strain of Escherichia coli that is specifically more resistant to vancomycin than is its wild-type parent. The resistance mutation in this strain alters an enzyme normally involved in LPS biosynthesis causing it to synthesize...

Published: 9/8/2022 | Inventor(s): Thomas Silhavy, Marcin Grabowicz, Daniel Kahne, Matthew Lebar, Dorothee Andres

Keywords(s): antibiotics, antibody, immunology, therapeutic, vaccines

Category(s): Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals

Microfluidic Device for the Study and Treatment of Biofilm Formation in Environmental, Medical, or Industrial Devices

Methods and Microfluidic Device for the Study, Testing and Treatment of Biofilm Formation in Environmental, Medical, or Industrial Devices Docket # 13-2880Researchers at Princeton University have developed a microfluidic system and method to investigate biofilm morphologies under more realistic physical conditions which could be used to screen potential...

Published: 9/8/2022 | Inventor(s): Bonnie Bassler, Howard Stone, Martin Semmelhack, Knut Drescher, Yi Shen, Colleen O'loughlin, Laura Miller Conrad

Keywords(s): antibiotics, anti-infectives, Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals, life science research tools, medical device

Category(s): Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices/Diagnostics

Novel Compounds for Treating Cholera and Other Infections: Potent Agonists of the Quorum Sensing Circuit

Princeton Dockets # 08-2418, 12-2775 & 12-2776 Cholera, an infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, is a life-threatening disease. It is estimated that cholera affects 3-5 million people worldwide, and causes 100,000-130,000 deaths a year as of 2010. Antibiotics such as doxycycline and cotrimoxazole have been used to shorten the...

Published: 3/30/2022 | Inventor(s): Martin Semmelhack, Bonnie Bassler, Lark Perez, Megan Bolitho, Matthew Koch, Wai-Leung Ng

Keywords(s): antibiotics, Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals, small molecule

Category(s): Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals

Resistant-Prone Small Molecule Anti-Bacterial Antagonists and Targets for Anti-Bacterial Drug Development

Princeton Docket # 08-2467 & 08-2486 Researchers at Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology, have identified and synthesized small molecule antagonists that could serve as broad spectrum lead compounds for the disruption of quorum sensing in pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria. In proof of principle experiments, potent antagonist...

Published: 1/23/2024 | Inventor(s): Bonnie Bassler, Lee Swem, Scott Ulrich, Colleen O'loughlin

Keywords(s): antibiotics, drug target, small molecule

Category(s): Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals

Novel Variants of Microcin J25 with Increased Potency against Gram Negative Bacteria

Princeton Docket # 11-2663 Researchers at Princeton University created novel peptide derivatives of the antimicrobial peptide Microcin J25 (MccJ25) with multiple amino acid substitutions and potent activity against Gram-negative bacteria. The most potent MccJ25 variants displayed up to a nearly 5-fold improvement in bacterial growth inhibition...

Published: 7/29/2024 | Inventor(s): Aaron James Link, Si Jia Pan

Keywords(s): antibiotics, drug discovery, platform technology, therapeutic

Category(s): Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals

Quorum Sensing: Cell-to-Cell Communication of Pathogenic Bacteria

Quorum Sensing is an essential form of intercellular communication used by many types of common bacteria, and many pathogenic bacteria use quorum sensing to attack and invade the human host. Quorum Sensing is used by bacteria to detect a critical cell number, which is the cell population required for pathogenic bacteria to release effective...

Published: 11/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Bonnie Bassler, Michael Surette

Keywords(s): antibiotics, drug target, small molecule

Category(s): Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals