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Cyclodextrin Functionalized Nanoparticles for Quenching Bacterial Communications

Reference #: 01089 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for a novel method of combating bacterial infections without using antibiotics.Invention Description: The subject invention disrupts bacterial chemical communication using nanoparticles engineered with cyclodextrin compounds that bind and remove the molecules...

Published: 2/23/2022 | Inventor(s): Lei Wang, Kirsten Miller, Alan Decho, Brian Benicewicz (USC)

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Category(s): Nanotechnology, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Anion-paired Cationic Metallocene-containing Compounds and Polymers as Antimicrobial Agents

Reference #: 01016 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for new types of cationic organometallic compounds and metal-containing polymers, or "metallopolymers," for drug-resistant, antimicrobial applications. Invention Description: The subject invention demonstrates the utilization of cationic metallocene moeities that...

Published: 11/17/2017 | Inventor(s): Chuanbing Tang, Jiuyang Zhang, Yung-Pin Chen, Alan Decho

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Category(s): Chemistry and Biochemistry

High-throughput Cell-free Assay for Detection of Quorum Sensing Signals, Acyl-Homoserine Lactones (AHLs)

Reference #: 00653The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for high-throughput cell-free assay for detection of QS chemical signals.Background/Challenges:Quorum sensing (QS) is an emerging research field in health and environmental sciences during the past decade. QS is the ability of bacteria to communicate and coordinate...

Published: 4/4/2017 | Inventor(s): Alan Decho, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Yung-Pin Chen

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Category(s): Biomedical and Life Sciences

Rosin-derived Cationic Compounds and Polymers and their Methods of Preparation

Reference #: 00891 Invention Description: Dr. Tang’s invention describes methods for preparing rosin-containing cationic compounds and cationic polymers. The major components from resin acids (or rosin acids), including levopimaric acid, abietic acid, hydroabietic acid, dehydroabietic acid, and maleopimaric acid, are used as substrates to prepare...

Published: 9/2/2022 | Inventor(s): Chuanbing Tang, Jifu Wang, Alan Decho, Yung-Pin Chen

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Category(s): Chemistry and Biochemistry