University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140051751 | ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY ANTIFOULANTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF BIOFOULING - Environmentally-friendly alternatives to organometallic antifoulants that are efficacious at preventing biofouling by organisms such as the zebra mussel. Preferred antifoulant compositions utilize compounds having a Lipophilic-Amide-Spacer-ElectroNegative (“LASEN”) structural motif, such as capsaicin, and compounds having a TetraHydroCannibinoid (“THC”) structural motif. The antifoulant compositions are non-toxic, and effective. | 02-20-2014 |
20120207857 | Compositions and Methods for Potentiation of Cancer Agents - The present invention includes compositions and method to improve the therapeutic index of anti-cancer agents using a novel anti-cancer agent and a modulator or potentiator thereof | 08-16-2012 |
20120040914 | ENHANCING EFFECTIVENESS OF GLIAL CANCER THERAPIES - A method of enhancing the effectiveness of a chemotherapeutic agent, such as Temozolomide (TMZ), or ionizing radiation against glioblastoma is described in the present invention. The method comprises targeting putative membrane androgen receptor (termed mAR) in glioma cells to enhance the cytotoxic effects of a chemotherapeutic agent or ionizing radiation while simultaneously affording protection to neighboring neurons. | 02-16-2012 |
20110207614 | Polarized Flourescent Nanospheres - The present invention provides partially fluorescent nanoparticles and methods of making and using the partially fluorescent nanoparticle having a nanoparticle with a matrix and a fluorescent dye dispersed in or about the matrix, wherein at least a portion of the fluorescent dye has been anisotropically bleached. | 08-25-2011 |
20100290982 | SOLID IN OIL/WATER EMULSION-DIFFUSION-EVAPORATION FORMULATION FOR PREPARING CURCUMIN-LOADED PLGA NANOPARTICLES - The present invention includes compositions and methods of making an activated polymeric nanoparticle for targeted drug delivery that includes a biocompatible polymer and an amphiphilic stabilizing agent non-covalently associated with a spacer compound that includes at least one electrophile that selectively reacts with any nucleophilic on a targeting agent and places the targeting agent on the exterior surface of a biodegradable nanoparticle, wherein an active agent is encapsulated in or about the nanoparticle. | 11-18-2010 |
20090269281 | Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase as a Control Point for Cardiac Hypertrophy - The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating a patient with cardiac hypertrophy by providing the patient with an effective amount of a Calmodulin kinase kinase inhibitor that is sufficient to treat cardiac hypertrophy. | 10-29-2009 |
20090218516 | Ratiometric Surface Plasmon Coupled Emission Detector - The present invention includes methods for ratiometric detection of analytes by surface plasmon coupled emission detection that includes disposing a target on the metal layer of a surface plasmon resonance detection system; coupling a first analyte to a first fluorescent dye and a second analyte to a second fluorescent dye; contacting the first and second analytes to the target on the surface plasmon resonance detection system; and measuring the intensity of a first and a second surface plasmon resonance enhanced fluorescence emission ring, wherein the first and second rings, respectively, quantitatively represents the amount of first and second analyte within 50 nanometers of the metal surface. | 09-03-2009 |
20090075888 | Cardiovascular and Brain Cell Therapy Using Intracellular Ryanodine Receptor Modulation by the Estrogen Receptor Beta - The present invention includes compositions and methods for screening for a candidate substance with ryanodine receptor (RyR)-modulatory activity, the method including: determining the ion-conducting ability and ability to change the concentration of the free cytoplasmic intracellular Ca | 03-19-2009 |
20080253961 | Formulation of Active Agent Loaded Activated PLGA Nanoparticles for Targeted Cancer Nano-Therapeutics - The present invention includes compositions and methods of making an activated polymeric nanoparticle for targeted drug delivery that includes a biocompatible polymer and an amphiphilic stabilizing agent non-covalently associated with a spacer compound that includes at least one electrophile that selectively reacts with any nucleophilic on a targeting agent and places the targeting agent on the exterior surface of a biodegradable nanoshell, wherein an active agent is loaded with the nanoshell. | 10-16-2008 |
20080231834 | SURFACE PLASMON ASSISTED MICROSCOPE - The present invention includes a microscope and a method for using the microscope for single molecule with reduced photobleaching of a fluorophore ( | 09-25-2008 |