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Non-Invasive Molecular Diagnostic Platform for Multiple Sclerosis
SHORT DESCRIPTION
A non-invasive blood biomarker technology that analyzes plasma cfDNA methylation to diagnose multiple sclerosis, classify its subtypes, and predict disease progression.
INVENTORS
Yaping Liu* (Northwestern University)
Zongqi Xia* (University of Pittsburgh)
* Principal Investigator
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Published: 6/30/2026
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Category(s): Life Sciences > Biomarkers & Biomedical Research Tools, Life Sciences > Therapeutics, Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT
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Northwestern Startup: Zylem Biosciences, Inc.
Founded: 2018
Northwestern Inventor:
C. Shad Thaxton
Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Urology
Zylem Biosciences is a startup biotechnology company developing targeted medicines that uniquely mimic features of natural biologics. Zylem’s lead compound (ZYL-001) directly targets pathologic cholesterol metabolism in cancer, heart disease...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Category(s): Life Sciences > Biomarkers & Biomedical Research Tools, Life Sciences > Therapeutics, Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT
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Northwestern Startup: Wearifi, Inc.
Founded: 2015
Northwestern Inventor:
John Rogers
McCormick School of Engineering
Department of Materials Science
Wearifi delivers advanced miniaturized wearables that continuously provide highly accurate, clinically relevant, and objective data for enhanced health insights, facilitating seamless real-world data collection from preclinical discovery,...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Category(s): Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT, Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology
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Northwestern Startup: Surgical Innovation Associates (Acquired by Integra)
Founded: 2016
Northwestern Inventor:
John Kim
Feinberg School of Medicine
Plastic Surgery Division
Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. (SIA) is now part of Integra LifeSciences, a world leader in medical technologies. At Integra LifeSciences, we are driven by our purpose of restoring patients’ lives. We innovate treatment pathways to advance...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: StimuSIL Inc.
Northwestern Inventor:
John Rogers
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Stimusil is a medical device company developing new technologies for safer and more effective photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy, targeting multiple indications in dermatology and aesthetics.
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Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: Skyway Biosciences, LLC
Founded: 2021
Northwestern Inventor:
Thomas McDade
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Anthropology
William Funk
Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Preventive Medicine (Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention)
Skyway Biosciences is commercializing an innovative blood collection technology that enables accurate and reliable testing...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: Sibel Health, Inc.
Founded: 2018
Northwestern Inventor:
John Rogers
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Materials Science and Engineering
Steve Xu
Feinberg School of Medicine
Dermatology
Through wireless vital signs monitoring and data integration, Sibel’s wearables transform healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes worldwide.
Sibel...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Category(s): Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes
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Northwestern Startup: Rhaeos, C-Corp
Founded: 2018
Northwestern Inventor:
John Rogers
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Materials Science and Engineering
Rhaeos, Inc. is a VC backed, clinical stage medical device company developing FlowSense, a patent protected platform technology and a noninvasive wireless, wearable skin patch that can assess and monitor fluid flow...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Updated: 6/22/2026
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Northwestern Startup: QuesTek Innovations, LLC
Founded: 1999
Northwestern Inventor:
Greg Olson
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Material Science and Engineering
QuesTek provides innovative materials solutions. It designs and develops new advanced materials in less than 50% of the time and at less than 30% of the cost of traditional empirical methods. By leveraging...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Category(s): Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT, Physical Sciences > Materials and Industrial Processes, Physical Sciences > Software & Services
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Northwestern Startup: Pearl Bio, Inc.
Founded: 2020
Northwestern Inventor:
Michael Jewett
McCormick School of Engineering
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Pearl Bio has developed a proprietary biomaterial manufacturing platform that unites the precision of biology with the vast diversity of chemistry to create template-directed biomaterials with tunable properties. They are harnessing...
Published: 6/22/2026
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Category(s): Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT, Life Sciences > Biomarkers & Biomedical Research Tools
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