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Converting Gram-Positive Antibiotics to Gram-Negative Bacteria

Dr. Hergenrother from the University of IL has developed a method to convert compounds of Gram-positive antibiotics to Gram-negative antibiotics. This method and...

Rapid detection of intact viruses

Professor Yi Lu from the University of Illinois has developed an aptamer-based method for virus detection that is able to distinguish infective viruses from non-infective...

Rapid detection of target DNA using gFET and LAMP

Researchers from the University of Illinois have developed a highly sensitive, graphene field effect transistor (gFET) that can detect DNA in samples. This technology uses...

Activate Capture + Digital Counting (AC+DC) for ultrasensitive label-free detection of miRNA

Professor Brian Cunningham's research group at the University of Illinois has created a technology for ultrasensitive detection of gold nanoparticles, allowing different...

SPOT (Rapid, Accurate, Scalable and Portable Testing) for COVID-Diagnosis

Researchers from the University of Illinois have developed a COVID-19 testing system named SPOT that consists of a rapid, highly sensitive and accurate assay and a battery...

A Multivalent Cholera Multiepitope Fusion Antigen (MEFA) and Application for Development of Effective Vaccines for Cholera

 

Dr. Zhang from the University of Illinois has developed a promising candidate protein for a vaccine against cholera. Cholera is an acute, diarrheal illness caused...

Chimeric Secretory IgA

Professor Beth Stadtmueller and Sonya Kumar Bharathkar have created a chimeric secretory immunoglobulin A (cSIgA) with a modified secretory component (SC) that can be used...

Combined Microfluidic & Nanofluidic System for SARS-CoV-2 Detection via Mass Spectrometry

RT-PCR RNA based approaches, the most popular method for SARS-CoV-2 detection, are limited by large numbers of consumables and reagents required, the need for well-...

Antibodies to target chicken herpes virus receptor protein

 

Professors Keith Jarosinski and Ying Fang at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have generated a panel of antibodies that target and bind an uncharacterized...

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