Grant R. Zimmermann

Managing Director of Business Development, Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator

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The next generation of cholesterol screening - A personalized diagnostic index for the improved assessment of cardiovascular risk using a novel method for the measurement of lipoprotein subtypes

OpportunityThis program offers the next generation of cholesterol screening. In 2013, 96 million visits to doctors' offices in the US included a cholesterol test.Problem/Unmet needCurrent practice of measuring total HDL level in serum does not…

Investigators

  • Frank Sacks

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Inhibitors of protein-processivity factor

Harvard investigators have discovered that Pol interacts with a processivity factor at a site that is distinct from sites of normal interaction between known Pol family members and other cellular factors. Unlike most protein-protein interactions,…

Investigators

  • Donald M. Coen
  • James M. Hogle
  • Harmon Zuccola
  • Kristie Grove Bridges
  • Carl Elkin
  • Scott R. Lokey

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A fusion intermediate state of HIV-1 gp41, targeted by broadly neutralizing antibodies, for purposes of vaccination

HIV infection generally induces a strong antibody response to the envelope glycoprotein, the sole antigen on the virion surface. Most of the induced antibodies are ineffective in preventing infection, however, as they are either non-neutralizing or…

Investigators

  • Stephen C. Harrison
  • Gary H. Frey
  • Bing Chen

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Method for producing site-specific recombination of DNA in a transgenic non-human mammal at chromosomal regions containing Flp-recognition sites

A method is disclosed for producing site-specific recombination of DNA in a transgenic non-human mammal at chromosomal regions containing Flp-recognition sites (e.g., a DNA sequence containing an FRT site). The invention in particular discloses the…

Investigators

  • Susan M. Dymecki
  • A. Francis Stewart

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Gluconeogenesis as a pro-survival treatment for neurons under stress

A series of AAV-based gene therapy approaches to reprogram certain metabolic enzymes in rod and cone cells in the eye to promote survival in degenerative conditions such as retinitis pigmentosa. Additionally, an independent series of such vectors…

Investigators

  • Constance L. Cepko
  • Claudio Punzo

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Metabolic labeling and direct imaging of choline-containing phospholipids in vivo

A functional analog of a metabolic phospholipid precursor has been devised that, when contacted with cells, becomes incorporated into a cells endogenous phospholipids through cellular metabolic processes. The resulting phospholipids contain a moiety…

Investigators

  • Adrian Salic

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anti-MARCO monoclonal antibody

The monoclonal antibody recognizes the Macrophage Receptor with Collagenous structure (MARCO). The scavenger receptors (SRs) expressed by macrophages are thought to play an important role in the immune response against bacteria by mediating binding…

Investigators

  • Lester Kobzik
  • Aiyappa M. Palecanda

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Homozygous IKKepsilon knockout mouse as an animal model for influenza virus infection

Homozygous IKKepsilon (inhibitor of kappaB kinase epsilon) mutant mice are used as animal models for influenza virus infection. Homozygous deletion results in a complete loss of the endogenous kinase function in lung, spleen, and embryonic…

Investigators

  • Thomas Maniatis
  • Benjamin R. tenOever

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Absolute quantification of Proteins (AQUA)

This invention provides methods, reagents and kits for obtaining absolute quantification of proteins and their modifications directly from cell lysates. In particular, the invention provides peptide internal standards for use in high performance…

Investigators

  • Steven P. Gygi
  • Scott A. Gerber

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Protein-based therapies using quantitatively designed proteins

A bipartite, quantitatively designed protein having two discrete ligands and a linker; one ligand having the ability to strongly bind to a particular cell, the other having the ability to affect a target only when the previous ligand binds. For many…

Investigators

  • Pamela A. Silver
  • Pablo Cironi
  • David G. Miguez

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