Award Data

Annually, approximately 100,000 patients in the USA suffer from intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), which is associated with high mortality rates and poor long-term cognitive and physical recovery. At present, no pharmacological therapies have been demonstrated to improve functional outcomes after ICH. However, we have successfully demonstrated that CN-105, a pentapeptide derived from the receptor bin ...

ABSTRACT Advances in molecular biology and genetic engineering have led to the design and use of modified T cells recognize tumors to achieve significant tumor control upon adoptive cell transfer (ACT) to patients. These T cells are either transduced with tumor antigen reactive T cell receptors (TCR), or chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). Recently, a surge in studies with neo-antigen reactive T ce ...

ABSTRACT: Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi’s) have emerged as important therapeutic agents targeting a broadening class of gene mutations approved for treatment of breast, ovarian, prostate, and other cancers. Genomic assays of BRCA-related genes and tumor homologous repair deficiency are used as companion diagnostics for PARPi therapy but have imperfect predictive efficacy for PAR ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Immune evasion is a hallmark of cancer. Various tumor immunotherapy treatments, such as immune checkpointblockade and cancer vaccination, have been developed to overcome cancer’s ability to avoid immune detectionand destruction; however, the result of these endeavors have not been satisfactory given a number of criticalbarriers. One of these barriers, and a prominent mechanism by ...

Abstract Respana Therapeutics is advancing a proprietary first-in-class therapeutic monoclonal antibody (mAb), RT- 002, for the treatment of debilitating and often lethal inflammatory complications associated with acute respiratory conditions. We have identified a lead candidate, RT-002, and an equally promising alternative. RT-002 targets the surfactant protein A receptor SP-R210, a host-mediated ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Decades of modulating the anti-cancer activity of fluoropyrimidine drugs (FPs) thru schedule optimization, biochemical modulation, and drug combinations have provided a significant, but limited, survival advantage for treating colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with locally advanced or metastatic disease (mCRC). However, outcomes remain poor for patients with mCRC and since targeted ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability. It is estimated that 5.8–6.5 million people currently live with stroke related disability in the US and that this number will increase by 20.5% by 2030. The current US health infrastructure is not prepared for these increasing numbers. Limitations in health insurance coverage and the shortage of rehabilitation practitio ...

Project Summary Sialoglycans are sialic acid-containing oligosaccharides that play important biological roles in human biology and pathology and are indispensable molecular probes for research related to bacterial and viral infection, cancer metastasis, immune regulation, etc. The multifaceted functions of sialoglycans in human milk are also being explored. Nevertheless, sialoglycan-related resear ...

Abstract The overall goal of Skyran Biologics is to develop a potent topical therapeutic for diabetic retinopathy (DR), a leading cause of vision loss globally. Our research team identified Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor (PEDF) and showed it is expressed in the eye and provides significant protection to the injured retina. Since its discovery, we identified a 44-mer N-terminus bioactive region ...

Summary Being able to predict interactions with important human transporters would be of value to new drug design to avoid compounds that interact with them and cause undesirable side effects. Conversely, some drug transporters can be used for targeting molecules to specific organs and this may have considerable utility. Understanding the interactions of novel drugs, natural products and environme ...