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Revolutionizing Corneal Repair: Advanced MG53-Based Treatment for Enhanced Ocular Health
TS-066878 — New and more effective treatments for corneal injuries.
Current treatments for corneal injuries often have side effects that can compromise vision, highlighting the need for a new method that enhances ocular tissue repair without such drawbacks.
The Need
Injuries to the cornea can lead to severe pain, infection, and vision loss due to scarring and abno…
- College: College of Optometry
- Inventors: Chandler, Heather; Ma, Jianjie; Tan, Tao; Zhu, Hua
- Licensing Officer: Schultz, Teri
MG53: Enhancing Tissue Performance and Repairing Damaged Tissue
TS-066191 — , T2019-164, T2020-002, T2020-159, T2020-222: Using rhMG53 to treat conditions involving damaged tissue, including corneal repair, hepatic tissue injury, inflammatory bowel disease, and other tissue injury.
The Need
While MG53 is naturally present in skeletal and cardiac muscle, its levels are often insufficient to optimize tissue performance. Current treatments leveraging exogenous MG53 are therapeutically ineffective for conditions like multiple sclerosis, viral infections, radiation-induced tissue …
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Ma, Jianjie; Tan, Tao; Zhu, Hua
- Licensing Officer: Schultz, Teri
MicroRNA profile predicts colon cancer prognosis
TS-065453 — The Need:
Colon cancer remains one of the most prevalent and lethal forms of cancer worldwide. Timely and accurate diagnosis is critical for effective treatment and improved patient outcomes. Current diagnostic methods often lack the precision and sensitivity needed for early detection and prognosi…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Croce, Carlo
- Licensing Officer: Schultz, Teri
DAT-CI knock-in mouse model carrying a modified dopamine transporter that maintains the transport function but resistant to cocaine inhibition and thus showing no rewarding cocaine effects
TS-058669 — A knock-in mouse model carrying a modified dopamine transporter that is resistant to cocaine inhibition and thus showing no rewarding cocaine effects.
Cocaine abuse has been an issue in the United States since the late 1980s. The highly addictive qualities along with the low cost ruined people’s lives and destroyed communities. Naloxone (marketed as Narcan) is highly effective but can only be used in the event of an overdose. Therefore, th…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Gu, Howard
- Licensing Officer: Schultz, Teri
NET-CI knock-in mouse model with a modified norepinephrine transporter carrying triple mutations that maintains the transport function and makes the transporter protein resistant to cocaine and antidepressants
TS-058668 — A knock-in mouse model with a modified norepinephrine transporter carrying triple mutations that makes the transporter protein resistant to cocaine and antidepressants.
Cocaine abuse has been an issue in the United States since the late 1980s. Furthermore, antidepressants also quite dangerous, with nearly 14% of users (who have bipolar disorder) experiencing dependence. Naloxone (marketed as Narcan) is highly effective but can only be used in the event of an over…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Gu, Howard
- Licensing Officer: Schultz, Teri
Topical Compounds to Treat Leishmania
TS-014819 — A new class of drugs for the treatment of Leishmania.
Leishmaniasis is an infection caused by Leishmania parasites, spread by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies. It is prevalent in the tropics, subtropics, and southern Europe and is considered a neglected disease. Over a million people are infected with the parasite yearly, leading to skin sores and i…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Satoskar, Abhay; Fuchs, James; Isaac-Marquez, Angelica; Kinghorn, Alan "Dr. A. Douglas Kinghorn"; Lezama-Davila, Claudio; Pan, Li
- Licensing Officer: Schultz, Teri
