Abstract: The present inventions describes a Facile Accelerated Specific Therapeutic (FAST) pipeline to rapidly design, built and test peptide nucleic acid treatments against mammalian or microbial genes of interest. The invention may include a bioinformatics application for facile and accelerated high throughput design of peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) that act as inhibitors of expression of specific targeted genes by binding to their mRNA to block translation, or PNA activators that can activate expression of target genes by binding to the respective promoter regions and recruitment of transcriptional activators. The invention may further involve automated and high throughput parallel synthesis of a PNA inhibitor/activator library for generation of on-site therapeutic molecules, which may reduce storage requirements, and the development of efficient delivery of therapeutic PNAs to host cells to overcome challenges of transport, toxicity, and bioavailability.

Abstract: The inventive technology generally relates to systems, methods, and compositions for the treatment of viral infections, as well as novel use of antisense technology to rationally design antiviral compositions that can be applied to clinical cases and human infections. In one preferred aspect, the inventive technology includes methods, and compositions to treat COVID-19 in humans through the targeted inhibition of viral genome expression.

Abstract: The inventive technology generally relates to systems, methods, and compositions for the treatment of viral infections, as well as novel use of antisense technology to rationally design antiviral compositions that can be applied to clinical cases and human infections. In one preferred aspect, the inventive technology includes methods, and compositions to treat COVID-19 in humans through the targeted inhibition of host-derived miRNAs.

Abstract: The present inventions relates to systems, methods and compositions for the rational design of a new classes of antibiotics targeting non-traditional pathways and genes including metabolism, cell signaling, and stress response using sequence-specific peptide nucleic acids (PNAs). The invention further includes systems, methods and compositions for the efficient delivery of PNAs to intracellular pathogens through a novel use of the bacterial secretion system in combination with a cell lysis switch.

Abstract: Embodiment disclosed herein concern compositions and methods for altering bacterial fitness. In certain aspects, altering bacterial fitness slows or prevents development of adaptive resistance to antibiotics in bacteria. In certain embodiments disclosed herein, bacterial fitness is altered by perturbing expression of a group of target genes.

Abstract: The invention includes light-activated compositions and methods that are useful for promoting cell death or growth. In certain embodiments, the compositions comprise quantum dots (QD).

Abstract: The invention includes light-activated compositions and methods that are useful for promoting cell death or growth. In certain embodiments, the compositions comprise quantum dots (QD).

Abstract: Techniques, methods, devices, and compositions are disclosed that are useful in identifying and sequencing natural and synthetic, and modified and unmodified DNA, RNA, PNA, DNA/RNA nucleotides. The disclosed techniques, methods, devices, and compositions are useful in identifying various modifications, DNA/RNA damage, and nucleotide structure, using nanoelectronic quantum tunneling spectroscopy, which may be referred to as QM-Seq. The methods and compositions can include the use of a charged, smooth substrate for deposition of single stranded nucleotides and polynucleotide macromolecules, scanning the modified or unmodified DNA/RNA/PNA, comparing the electronic signatures of an unknown nucleobase against a database of electronic fingerprints of known nucleobases, including natural and synthetic, modified and unmodified nucleobases, and secondary/tertiary structure, obtained under the same or similar conditions, for example where the nucleobase is in an acidic environment.

Abstract: Techniques, methods, devices, and compositions are disclosed that are useful in identifying and sequencing natural and synthetic, and modified and unmodified DNA, RNA, PNA, DNA/RNA nucleotides. The disclosed techniques, methods, devices, and compositions are useful in identifying various modifications, DNA/RNA damage, and nucleotide structure, using nanoelectronic quantum tunneling spectroscopy, which may be referred to as QM-Seq. The methods and compositions can include the use of a charged, smooth substrate for deposition of single stranded nucleotides and polynucleotide macromolecules, scanning the modified or unmodified DNA/RNA/PNA, comparing the electronic signatures of an unknown nucleobase against a database of electronic fingerprints of known nucleobases, including natural and synthetic, modified and unmodified nucleobases, and secondary/tertiary structure, obtained under the same or similar conditions, for example where the nucleobase is in an acidic environment.

Abstract: Described herein are RNA-based antisense therapeutics to target antibiotic resistant bacteria. The antisense therapeutics disclosed herein can be useful in re-sensitizing drug-resistant bacteria to antibiotics, as well as developing antibiotics that have bactericidal or bacteriostatic effects on the drug-resistant bacteria or are capable of preventing emergence of antibiotic resistance. Also described herein are methods for re-sensitizing a subject to one or more antibiotics in need thereof, methods for identifying target genes involved in adaptive antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and methods for developing antibacterial antisense therapeutics.

Abstract: Techniques, methods, devices, and compositions are disclosed that are useful in identifying and sequencing natural and synthetic, and modified and unmodified DNA, RNA, PNA, DNA/RNA nucleotides. The disclosed techniques, methods, devices, and compositions are useful in identifying various modifications, DNA/RNA damage, and nucleotide structure, using nanoelectronic quantum tunneling spectroscopy, which may be referred to as QM-Seq. The methods and compositions can include the use of a charged, smooth substrate for deposition of single stranded nucleotides and polynucleotide macromolecules, scanning the modified or unmodified DNA/RNA/PNA, comparing the electronic signatures of an unknown nucleobase against a database of electronic fmgerprints of known nucleobases, including natural and synthetic, modified and unmodified nucleobases, and secondary/tertiary structure, obtained under the same or similar conditions, for example where the nucleobase is in an acidic environment.