Bi-specific T-Cell Engagers as Anti-cancer Therapeutics
TS-062677 — Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020, or nearly one in six deaths. The most common cancers are breast, lung, colon and rectum and prostate cancers.
The Need
Current cancer treatments mainly rely on chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and bon…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Caligiuri, Michael; Chan, Wing; Yu, Jianhua
- Licensing Officer: Taysavang, Panya
Addressing the Treatment Gap in Advanced Liposarcoma
TS-062480 — Novel therapeutic compounds to treat advanced liposarcoma.
Patients diagnosed with advanced liposarcoma (LPS) face a significant treatment challenge, as current chemotherapy approaches exhibit low response rates of only 25%, leading to a dismal overall survival at 5 years, ranging between 20% to 34%.
The Need
Despite extensive efforts, there has been no s…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Beane, Joal; Goryunova, Marina; Hadad, Christopher; He, Yiran; Zhu, Hua
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis with Small Molecule IL-6/STAT3 Inhibitors
TS-038701 —
Small-molecule prodrugs that target IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS), an unpredictable and disabling autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system, is the leading cause of non-traumatic neurological disability in young adults. There have been important advances in MS therapy, such as drugs that slow the progression of the disease a…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Yang, Yuhong; Li, Chenglong; Racke, Michael
- Licensing Officer: He, Panqing
Development of STAT3 dimerization inhibitors for cancers
TS-037569 —
The constant activation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3) is frequently detected in many cancer patients with advanced diseases. About 80% of all cancers overexpress STAT3, including solid tumors, lymphoma, and leukemia. Constant activation of STAT3 activities in nonmal…
- College: College of Pharmacy
- Inventors: Li, Pui-Kai "Tom"; Li, Chenglong; Lin, Jiayuh
- Licensing Officer: He, Panqing
Potential uses of IgG Fc for treating human diseases
TS-036778 —
Infectious diseases present a problem for treatment, with concerns for the overuse of antibiotic medicine, inefficiency of modern medicines, and a need in the market for novel technologies that will target and work in conjunction with the host immune system, rather than depending on external mecha…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Dai, Hongsheng; Caligiuri, Michael; Yu, Jianhua
- Licensing Officer: Taysavang, Panya