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PROJECT SUMMARY Sarya LLC (Sarya) is a nuclear medicine technology company formed to commercialize radiopharmaceuticals. The goal of this Fast-Track STTR is to develop a new specific imaging agent for diagnosis, staging, and treatment of the hematological cancer, multiple myeloma (MM). MM is the 2nd most common blood cancer with an estimated 32,000 new cases and 13,000 deaths per year. Accurate de ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) is a degenerative disease of cartilage brought on by traumatic injury to the articular joints. Acute joint injury is followed by severe joint pain and inflammation. This results in much more rapid degeneration of cartilage than in other forms of osteoarthritis, due to the joint instability caused by trauma as well as the increase in pro ...

Abstract: The objective of this project is to perform the required (and previously approved) IND-enabling experimental work for E1v1.11, a novel drug candidate for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). SMA is an autosomal recessive disorder that is the leading genetic cause of infantile death worldwide, occurring in ~1:10,000 live births. The gene responsible for SMA is called survival motor neuron-1 (SM ...

ABSTRACT Current therapeutic antibodies target the cell surface and within the external cellular environment. Yet intracellular proteins make up half of the proteome. Having a facile means of targeting those intracellular proteins for the generation of therapeutic antibodies would be highly desirable. Targeting MHC complexed with neoantigens from intracellular proteins would greatly allow the gene ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide at 3.23 million (2019), while nearly 400 million suffer its effects. COPD is a heterogeneous, multi-phenotypic disease with lung damage derived from smoking, vaping, cooking, forest fires, pollution, chemical exposure, and numerous occupational hazards (e.g., 1st responders, military, agricul ...

ABSTRACT The HIV pandemic has caused an estimated 33 million deaths to date. In the U.S. alone, 1.2 million people currently live with HIV and 34,800 new cases were diagnosed in 2019. This adds up to an estimated $16.4 billion for a lifetime of HIV treatment for patients in the U.S. HIV infects immune cells which express the CD4 and CXCR4/CCR5 co-receptors including helper T-cells. Even after a pa ...

More than 1 in 4 people 65 and older fall each year, leading to more than $50 billion in annual spending for treatment. This cost is on an upward trajectory. We have less understanding of the impact of falls and risk in the Spanish-speaking Hispanic/Latino population. Although a variety of community-based public health programs are addressing fall prevention, these programs are in English and are ...

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The mission of Antiger Therapeutics Inc. is to develop novel immunotherapies for transplant recipients to improve long-term graft outcomes and minimize adverse effects. Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is a leading cause of graft loss, with over 3000 new cases per year in the United States and estimated market size of $90 million. However, this estimate is likely to under ...

ABSTRACT We present a complete platform for the rapid generation and validation of recombinant mAbs. The innovations of this proposal include: (1) the pATHENA vector system for overnight conversion of phage display scFv or Fab clones into IgG molecules, (2) the Epivolve method for the isolation of site-specific Abs, (3) the incorporation of yeast display into pATHENA to allow biophysical measureme ...

Project SummaryIntracranial aneurysm (IA) rupture is the primary cause of non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage, a catastrophic event that carries high rates of mortality (rt50%) and permanent disability (rt50% among survivors). When an unruptured IA is discovered, clinicians face the difficult decision of whether or not it should be treated. Since rupture rates are low (risk of rupture ~ 0.5-1% p ...