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Non-invasive Serological Assay to predict Toxoplasma-associated disease in at-risk populations

Unmet Need: Toxoplasmic Encephalitis (TE) is a life-threatening central nervous system (CNS) disorder that results from the reactivation of a chronic brain infection with Toxoplasma gondii. Chronic T. gondii infection poses a constant and severe danger in situations of immunodeficiency as can occur in HIV infection, organ transplantation, or cancer...

Published: 4/24/2026 | Inventor(s): Jianchun Xiao, Raphael Viscidi, Robert Yolken

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Category(s): Clinical and Disease Specializations > Infectious Diseases > Toxoplasmosis, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics > In Vitro Diagnostics, Technology Classifications > Research Tools > Assays

Polyomavirus Like-particles for Diagnostics and Antibody Development

Novelty: This tangible material is polyomavirus virus like-particles that can be used to measure human antibodies to polyomaviruses in diagnostic assays and to introduce polyomavirus capsid specific antibodies by immunization.Value Proposition: Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) is a recently discovered polyomavirus in Merkel Cell Carcinoma, a rare and...

Published: 4/23/2026 | Inventor(s): Raphael Viscidi

Keywords(s): Basic Research Biomarker, Discovery/Research Tools, Disease Indication, Infectious Diseases, Other Virus, Research Reagent, Viral Infections, Viruses

Category(s): Clinical and Disease Specializations, Clinical and Disease Specializations > Infectious Diseases > Viral Infections, Technology Classifications > Research Tools > Viruses, Clinical and Disease Specializations > Infectious Diseases, Technology Classifications > Research Tools