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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project develops A2A adenosine receptor (A2AAR) agonists as adjuncts to antibiotics for the treatment of anthrax septicemia. It responds to the urgent need for better treatment of highly lethal infections by this bioterrorism/biowarfare agent. Phase I has two aims, pharmaceutical development and documentation of efficacy in clinically relevant settings. Th ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diabetic nephropathy (DN) accounts for approximately 40% of the cases of renal failure requiring dialysis or transplantation. Moreover, diabetic nephropathy is associated with markedly higher morbidity and mortality rates. It is important to develop novel interventions to prevent complications of diabetes. Inflammation in the genesis of diabetes, as well as its ...

epsis syndrome is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States ( about 900,000 new cases per year) with a mortality of about 35 percent. The need for adjunctive therapies is urgent. In Phase I of this SBIR award we documented the anti-inflammatory effects of adenosine A2A receptor (A2AAR) agonists on isolated immune cells and have observed ramatically improved survival in mouse models of I ...

epsis syndrome is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States ( about 900,000 new cases per year) with a mortality of about 35 percent. The need for adjunctive therapies is urgent. In Phase I of this SBIR award we documented the anti-inflammatory effects of adenosine A2A receptor (A2AAR) agonists on isolated immune cells and have observed ramatically improved survival in mouse models of I ...

DESCRIPTION (PROVIDED BY APPLICANT): Selective antagonists of A2A adenosine receptors have proven to be effective for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) both in animal models and in a human trial. However, the initial clinical trial was stopped in phase 3 due to detection of animal toxicity of KW6002. Other investigational compounds lack sufficient potency, selectivity or bioavailability to ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a phase I STTR application to study the efficacy of selective adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR) agonists developed in the laboratories of Adenosine Therapeutics (ATL) in models of Gram-positive bacterial sepsis which will be conducted in the University of Virginia (UVA) laboratories of Dr. Michael Scheld, an expert in the field of infectious disease. Sepsis ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the first revision of a phase I STTR proposal to develop new therapies for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is collaboration between a biotechnology company, Adenosine Therapeutics, LLC (ATL) based in Charlottesville, VA, and the University of Virginia laboratory of Dr. Donald L. Kimpel, a Rheumatologist experienced in the study of RA. Hum ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Therapy for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD), slow-progressing neurodegenerative diseases, remains elusive. Therapeutic approaches focusing on beta amyloid (Aβ) removal from the brain or on targeting genes for which strong associations between their polymorphism and AD/ADRD are established, have had a mixed record of success. We propose a novel strategy to rev ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over 60,000 prosthetic grafts, which are comprised of either polyethylene terephthalate (polyester) or expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE), are implanted in the United States each year. Medium (6-8mm) and small (l t5mm) internal diameter (I.D.) prosthetic arterial grafts continue to have unacceptably high failure rates when used in the clinical setting. T ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over 60,000 prosthetic grafts, which are primarily comprised of polyethylene terephthalate (polyester) or expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE), are implanted in the United States each year. Unfortunately, these grafts continue to have high failure rates due to secondary complications associated with acute thromboses and incomplete, unregulated cellular prol ...