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Available Technologies

NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute is actively looking for companies to co-develop and/or license numerous opportunities in the oncology, diagnostics, and medical device arenas.  

Oncology Opportunities  
Cancer Tumor

• Novel Cancer Therapy for Epithelial Cancers potentially treats 80% of all 
   cancers

• Chemotherapy Sensitizer drastically improves the selectivity and efficacy
   of chemotherapy while reducing negative side effects

• New Oncolytic Adenovirus Therapy potentially treats both the primary
   tumor as well as the metastases 
Novel Targets, Methods, and Markers
Cell Cluster

• New Acute Myocardial Infarction Biomarker could lead to the next
   generation of diagnostics and therapeutics for AMI.

• Novel Molecular Target that effectively controls cell proliferation and
   migration could be used for the treatment of cancer, atherosclerosis,
   wound healing, and inflammation control

• First Known Schizophrenia Susceptibility Gene could be utilized for new
   treatments and diagnostics. 

• New DNA Sequencing Method improves scanning resolution by 1000-fold

• A suite of MRA Enhancements drastically improves current High
   Resolution, Non-Contrast MR Angiography 
Medical Device Opportunities  
MRI Scan

• Surgical Device:  A surgical device that drastically reduces operating
   time and complexity for procedures requiring tissue separation

• MRI Coil:  A new MRI component that drastically improves image quality
   and contrast.