by | Oct 22, 2019 | Blumer, Kendall, Onken, Michael
— Disease indication – Uveal melanoma and other G protein-driven disorders, including other cancers (certain vascular tumors, colon, lung, adenocarcinoma, skin melanoma, thyroid adenoma), cholera and Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Drug format – small molecule (FR900359, a bioavailable inhibitor of…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Doray, Balraj, Kornfeld, Stuart, Lee, Wang, Liu, Lin
— Lysosomal storage disorders result in severe, multi-system dysfunction and frequently, early death. Currently, a number of lysosomal storage disorders are treated with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), which requires periodic infusions of the deficient enzyme. However, in a number of instances the…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Mennerick, Steven, Sun, Min-Yu, Taylor, Amanda, Zorumski, Charles
— Disease indication – neuroprotection in stroke/ischemia with potential for treating other neurodegenerative diseases
Drug format – neurosteroid
Drug class – drug repurposing (25-hydroxycholesterol)
Research stage and Preliminary data:
In vitro – The inventors demonstrated…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Berrien-Elliott, Melissa, Fehniger, Todd, Romee, Rizwan
— Background: Natural Killer (NK) and T cells are the primary immune cells being explored for cancer immuntherapy. NK cells are relatively short-lived, making the therapy less susceptible to some of the side effects currently associated with using T cells for immunotherapy. Unlike T cells, NK cells ar…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Hallahan, Dennis, Kapoor, Vaishali, Yan, Heping
— Background: Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In the United States, it is second most common cancer for men and women and the leader for cancer-related death. Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 85% of all reported lung cancer cases and is relat…