Six Vanderbilt technologies earn US patent protection in May

Vanderbilt University was awarded six U.S. patents for intellectual property (IP) during the month of May with technologies ranging from imaging techniques to therapeutics. 

9,042,623                             Automatic detection and correction of magnetic resonance imaging data

9,040,694                             Compounds and methods useful for directing stem cell differentiation

9,029,563                             Substituted 1-benzylindolin-2-one analogs as positive allosteric modulators of muscarinic acetylcholine M1 receptors

9,029,366                             Substituted bicyclic alkoxy pyrazole analogs as allosteric modulators of mGluR5 receptors

9,023,362                             Immunological compositions as cancer therapeutics

9,023,089                             System and methods for optical stimulation of neural tissues