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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 the EGFR...

Published: 2/6/2014 | 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

67DHB Grapefruit Inhibitor

The invention comprises a composition and methods for inhibiting cytochrome P450 enzyme activity and, in particular, inhibiting the activity of the cytochrome P450 3A sub-family of enzymes, specifically, CYP3A4. It is believed that 6',7'-dihydroxybergamottin, a furanocoumarin, is the compound primarily responsible for the inhibitory effects of grapefruit...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Patrick Woster, David Edwards

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Category(s): Therapeutics, Life Science, Oncology

New Immunotherapies for Cancer

Background Wayne State University researchers have developed a novel strategy to fight cancer and eradicate tumors through stimulation of the immune system. Curing cancer via the activation of patients’ immune system is considered an ideal strategy due to the potentially high potency and specificity of the human immune system to eradicate tumors....

Published: 3/31/2014 | Inventor(s): Zhongwu Guo, Qianli Wang, Shouchu Tang

Keywords(s): Cancer Therapies, Drug Delivery, Pharmaceuticals, Therapeutics, Vaccines

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

Repurposing AKT Inhibitors for the Treatment of Protein Misfolding and Protein Trafficking Diseases

Wayne State University researchers have demonstrated that inhibition of pro-survival kinase, AKT, using the transgene, Trb3, expressed in oligodendrocytes, leads to less brain white matter than controls. Moreover, Trb3 introduction into an animal model of the human disease, Pelizaeus Merzbacher disease (PMD) leads to less myelin thickness and fewer...

Published: 3/31/2014 | Inventor(s): Alexander Gow, Cherie Southwood

Keywords(s): Alzheimer's Disease, Anti-cancer, Neuro-disorders, Parkinson's

Category(s): Biotechnology, Life Science, Neurological disorders, Oncology, Therapeutics

Folate Receptor Targeted Therapeutics for Cancer

Collaborative researchers at WSU and Duquesne University have developed a series of novel folate analogs that show selective toxicity toward tumor cells expressing high levels of the surface protein folate receptor. Typically, normal cells express low levels of folate receptors or such receptors exhibit apical localization and are not exposed to...

Published: 2/6/2014 | Inventor(s): Larry Matherly, Aleem Gangjee

Keywords(s): Biotechnology, Cancer, Cancer Therapies

Category(s): Therapeutics, Life Science, Oncology

Tumor Targeting by Small Molecule Therapeutics for a Proton-Coupled Folate Transporter (PCFT)

WSU and Duquesne University scientist have isolated a unique series of pyrrolopyrimidine antifolate analogs that show selective cytotoxicity toward solid tumors such as ovarian, prostate or breast cancer cells that express the low pH “proton-coupled folate transporter” (PCFT). The acidic pH optimum (pH 5.5-6.5) of PCFT makes it an ideal target...

Published: 3/31/2014 | Inventor(s): Larry Matherly, Aleem Gangjee

Keywords(s): Analog or Analogue, Breast Cancer, Cancer Therapies, Drug Delivery, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer

Category(s): Therapeutics, Life Science, Small molecule, Oncology

Galectin-3 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs4644 Predicts Human Cancer Risk Associated with Racial Disparity

This invention is a new diagnostic tool which allows prediction of cancer risk based on a single nucleotide polymorphism of a gene whose protein is over-expressed in various cancers. The polymorphism results in a single amino acid change. DNA analysis demonstrated that 98% of cancer patients tested had the mutation while normal donors did not....

Published: 3/31/2014 | Inventor(s): Avraham Raz, Pratima NangiA-Maker, Vitaly Balan

Keywords(s): Biotechnology, Cancer, Cancer risk, Diagnostics

Category(s): Diagnostic, Life Science, Oncology

Method For Treating and/or Imaging Breast Cancer Using Radioactive Iodine

This invention involves treating a breast cancer patient by the administration of a radioisotope of iodine in a dosage of between 5 and 50 milliCuries over the course of a day. The therapeutic composition is designed for mammary tissue uptake and includes an inorganic radioactive iodide salt (e.g., alkali metal, alkali earth or transition metal...

Published: 3/31/2014 | Inventor(s): James Rillema

Keywords(s): Anti-cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer Therapies, Imaging, Therapeutics

Category(s): Therapeutics, Life Science, Oncology, Receptors/targets, Diagnostic, Imaging

Dual action nanocarrier combining CXCR4 antagonist and polyplex gene delivery for treatment of metastatic cancer and other diseases

Novel bio-reducible polymer compositions which combine the ability to act as a CXCR4 antagonist and simultaneously provide enhanced gene delivery through the formation of inert nanocarrier polyplexes have been developed. As would be expected for biodegradable polymers, the cytotoxicity of these nanocarrier compositions are very low with measured IC50...

Published: 3/31/2014 | Inventor(s): David Oupicky, Jing Li

Keywords(s): Cancer, Cancer Therapies, Compound, Drug Delivery, Drug Target, Formulation, Imaging, Nanomaterials, Pharmaceuticals, Therapeutics

Category(s): Drug Delivery, Gene Therapy, Therapeutics, Life Science, Oncology, Nano-based, Metabolic disorders, Biologicals

Establishment of a Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma Tumor Model in Mice

A Wayne State University researcher has developed new tumorigenic cell lines from the human prostate carcinoma cell line PC-3. These cell lines, known as PC-3/PI, are highly tumorigenic when implanted in the prostate of nude mice, providing a xenograft tumor model of prostate carcinoma. In this model, lymph node metastases form from the primary...

Published: 3/31/2014 | Inventor(s): Gilda Hillman

Keywords(s): Animal Model, Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Research Tool

Category(s): Drug Discovery, Animal models, Cell lines, Life Science, Oncology, Research tools

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