by | Dec 1, 2019 | Hawkins, William, Hotchkiss, Richard, Spitzer, Dirk
— WUSTL Technology 007646
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed a novel TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand)-based anticancer drug platform, designated TR3. TRAIL has potent and specific apoptotic activity against tumor cells. Thus,…
by | Dec 1, 2019 | Hawkins, William, Spitzer, Dirk
— WUSTL Technology 016481
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed an additional targeting strategy to provide more flexibility and improve the bioactivity of the anticancer therapeutic TR3. This strategy targets TR3 to mesothelin, a tumor biomarker fr…
by | Nov 25, 2019 | Henderson, Jeffrey P.
— Technology Description
Researchers in Prof. Jeffrey Henderson’s laboratory have discovered a drug target and a class of small molecule candidates that could be used to selectively prevent pathogenic enterobacteria from causing diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Currently, UTI…
by | Nov 18, 2019 | Dantas, Gautam, Forsberg, Kevin, Gasparrini, Andrew, Park, Jooyoung, Tolia, Niraj, Vogel, Joseph, Wencewicz, Timothy
— Disease indication – Tetracycline resistant infections
Drug format – Small molecule (anhydrotetracycline (aTC) or analogs)
Drug class – Combination therapy
Research stage and Preliminary data
Target – Tetracycline destructases (Tet(X), Tet(50), etc)
Background &ndas…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Finkbeiner, Stacy, Virgin, Herbert, Wang, David, Zhao, Guoyan
— Technology Description
A team of researchers at Washington University and the Centers for Disease Control discovered, sequenced and patented a novel human astrovirus that can cause encephalitis and gastroenteritis (non-etiologic diarrhea), offering a path to detection and diagnostics.
The virus (…