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CAREER: mON-SHOT : Training Environmental Engineers to Track the Fate of Emerging Therapeu — NSF Award to University of Colorado a

Using modified short strands of genetic material, known as oligonucleotides, to treat disease is revolutionizing medicine. Many different types of oligonucleotides are being used to treat common and rare diseases. These therapeutics remain active and stable in the body. Some pass through patients into wastewater system

Award titleCAREER: mON-SHOT : Training Environmental Engineers to Track the Fate of Emerging Therapeu
Award ID2542554
AwardeeUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
CityBOULDER
StateCO
Amount obligated$597,676
Principal investigatorCresten Mansfeldt
ProgramEnvE-Environmental Engineering
Start date07/01/2026
AbstractUsing modified short strands of genetic material, known as oligonucleotides, to treat disease is revolutionizing medicine. Many different types of oligonucleotides are being used to treat common and rare diseases. These therapeutics remain active and stable in the body. Some pass through patients into wastewater systems. However, there are no tools available to track these genetic materials in water systems or to guide wastewater treatment approaches. This project will develop methods to detect
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