by | Mar 22, 2022 | Covey, Douglas, Jiang, Xin
— Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University have developed a range of steroid anesthetic agents that share known neurosteroid structures but are more potent. These compounds share the basic structure of neurosteroids alphaxalone, allopregnanolone, and ent-androsterone, but the stru…
by | Mar 9, 2022 | Alhallak, Kinan, Azab, Abdel Kareem
— Disease indication – multiple myeloma
Drug format – antibodies conjugated to nanoparticles for T-cell immunotherapy
Drug class – improved delivery platform
Research stage and Preliminary data:
In vivo:
In vitro proof of concept – in a MM cell line: NanoMuTEs and NanoTC…
by | Feb 18, 2022 | Kreple, Collin, Miller, Timothy, Nielsen, Susan, Racette, Brad
— Technology Description
Researchers in Brad Racette and Tim Miller’s labs at Washington University have developed a therapeutic strategy for treating ALS by using statins to lower LDL. Statins were successful at prolonging both survival and time with a normal gait.
The researchers identif…
by | Feb 16, 2022 | Azab, Abdel Kareem, Muz, Barbara
— Researchers in Prof. Abdel Kareem Azab’s laboratory have developed a biologically-targeted cellular drug delivery system to precisely target therapeutic or diagnostic agents to a wide range of cancers. Delivering drugs directly to cancer cells and not to healthy cells could improve outcomes by…
by | Feb 16, 2022 | Azab, Abdel Kareem, Federico, Cinzia
— Technology Description
Researchers in Prof. Kareem Azab’s laboratory have developed a liposome drug delivery vehicle to improve efficacy and reduce side effects of multiple myeloma treatment. This system is designed to target compounds to the bone marrow microenvironment (BMME) and simultane…