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A Gene Knockout Mouse Model to Study Lung Disease and a Lung Disease Drug Target

Our researchers have created a gene knockout mouse model that lacks the cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV-2 in order to study the gene’s effects on controlling asthma. Background & Unmeet Need: Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways that affects 155 million people of all ages worldwide. Cytochome c oxidase (CcO) is a multi-subunit...

Published: 9/17/2019 | Inventor(s): Maik Huettemann, Lawrence Grossman, David Bassett

Keywords(s): Asthma, Disease, Drug Target, Gene, Knock-out, Lung, Mouse Model

Category(s): Animal models, Biological materials, Life Science, Research tools, Protein/peptides

Inhibitors of the ubiquitin E3 ligase BCA2 as anti-cancer therapeutic agents

Background:Breast cancer associated protein 2 (BCA2) is a ubiquitin E3 ligase found in invasive breast cancer. Studies have shown that by decreasing its activity, breast cancer cell growth and invasiveness are diminished. Targeting this ligase and inhibiting its activity could play a role in treatment of breast cancer. A molecular approach to inhibiting...

Published: 8/3/2017 | Inventor(s): Angelika Burger, Andrew Westwell

Keywords(s): Analog or Analogue, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Disease, Drug Target, Enzyme

Category(s): Diseases, Oncology, Therapeutics, Life Science, Research tools

Modified Ectodomain of Human EGFR as a Potential Anticancer Agent

Development of a protein that attenuates EGFR and/or EGFR family members and is comprised of a modified EGFR ectodomain. The protein inhibits signaling via the EGFR and/or EGFR family members. The protein includes a portion of the EGFR (or EGFR family member) and the "U" region epitope of EGFR related protein (ERRP), wherein the portion of...

Published: 8/3/2017 | Inventor(s): Adhip Majumdar, Arun Rishi, Yingjie Yu

Keywords(s): Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Therapies, Disease, Drug Target, Protein, Therapeutics

Category(s): Life Science, Biologicals, Diseases, Oncology

Antibacterial activity of natural compounds and their synthetic analogue: A potential new antibiotic with potent activity against multiple drug resistant bacterial pathogens

Our researchers have developed novel compounds that are potential new anti-infective therapeutics useful for treatment against the deadly bacteria MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), VRE (vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium), and several other well-known common infectious agents.Background & Unmet Need:Before antibiotics became...

Published: 5/12/2015 | Inventor(s): Hossein Salimnia, Fazlul Sarkar, Subhash Padhye, Bernhard Biersack

Keywords(s): Analog or Analogue, Antibiotics, Anti-infective, Anti-microbial, Disease

Category(s): Biologicals, Diseases, Infectious disease, Life Science, Therapeutics

DNA Molecule Encoding the B3 Adrenegic Receptor

This technology describes the correct protein sequence of the β3 receptor to aid in the development of adult-onset diabetes drugs. Background & Unmet Need: The β3 receptor is currently being developed as a therapeutic target for human obesity and adult onset diabetes mellitus by several pharmaceutical companies. In order to develop...

Published: 5/18/2010 | Inventor(s): James Granneman, Kristine Lahners, Donald Rao

Keywords(s): Diabetes, Disease, DNA, Drug Target, Obesity, Therapeutics

Category(s): Life Science, Metabolic disorders, Diagnostics, Research tools, Receptors/targets