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Pollen grains for treatment of peanut and other allergies

Peanut allergy is a life-threatening condition that affects approximately 3 million people in the United States. It is typically diagnosed early in life, and only 20% of children outgrow their allergy. Currently, there are no FDA approved methods of treatment, so those affected must avoid peanut products entirely and carry an epinephrine injection in...

Published: 12/6/2018 | Inventor(s): Harvinder Gill, Akhilesh Shakya

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Category(s): Immunology

A novel method for producing hollow exine shells from pollen grains

Pollen grains are naturally occurring microcapsules produced by plants. Hollow pollen shells have been found useful for pharmaceutical drug delivery among other uses. To be of use for these purposes, pollen shells must be emptied of their proteinaceous material. The conventional method uses an organic solvent to defatten the pollens, then applies an...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Harvinder Gill, Shashwati Atwe, Pedro Gonzalez-Cruz

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Category(s): Vaccines, Therapeutics

Immunomodulation Using Spores and Pollen Grains

This technology provides that pollen grains and plant spores can be very effective biomaterials for achieving oral vaccination. Oral vaccination continues to be one of the ’holy grails’ in the field of vaccinology. Oral vaccination is needle-free, child friendly, convenient, painless, amenable to self-administration, and is safer because...

Published: 11/19/2018 | Inventor(s): Harvinder Gill, Shashwati Atwe, Yunze Ma

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Category(s): Vaccines

Influenza Vaccine Based on Synthesized Particles

This synthetic flu vaccine, which uses gold nanoparticles as the platform, does not need to be adapted annually, like existing influenza vaccines. Furthermore, it has the potential to be a universal vaccine. Influenza vaccines have to be adapted every flu season to follow the shifts of the two antigenic membrane proteins expressed on influenza A viruses:...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Harvinder Gill, Wenqian Tao

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Category(s): Vaccines