by | Dec 1, 2019 | Covey, Douglas, Izumi, Yukitoshi, Zorumski, Charles
— Technology Description
Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and colleagues have identified ent-allopregnanolone (ent-AlloP) as a potential therapeutic to treat glaucoma. Glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness, results from damage to the retinal ganglion cells (RGSs) t…
by | Dec 1, 2019 | Caparon, Michael, Flores-Mireles, Ana, Hultgren, Scott, Pinkner, Jerome
— Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a vaccine strategy to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). CAUTIs are the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections. Many of these are caused by Enterococcus bacteria. CAUTIs a…
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 | Apte, Rajendra
— Technology Description
Researchers in Prof. Rajendra Apte’s laboratory developed novel methods for treating macular degeneration and other eye diseases by targeting a cholesterol transport pathway involved in the formation of new blood vessels. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a lea…