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Novel epipolythiodioxopiperazine alkaloid natural product derivatives for the treatment of cancer and other diseases
TS-047118 —
Analogues of verticillin with significantly improved drug-like properties, including increased solubility, absorption, and stability, while maintaining similar anticancer potency as the verticillin parent compounds.
Verticillins, which are epipolythiodioxopiperazine (ETP) alkaloids, have shown promising anticancer qualities; these fungal metabolites have exhibited high potency against a variety of tumor cell types, with IC50 values typically in the 10-500 nanomolar range. However, these compounds suffer from …
- College: College of Pharmacy
- Inventors: Fuchs, James; Huntsman, Andrew
- Licensing Officer: He, Panqing
Novel Antibiotics for Controlling Foodborne Diseases; Campylobacter
TS-044474 — The Need
Foodborne illnesses caused by bacterial pathogens like Campylobacter pose a significant public health concern worldwide, leading to millions of illnesses and thousands of deaths each year. Increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics is creating an urgent need for new and novel antibioti…
- College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
- Inventors: Rajashekara, Gireesh; Acuna, Ulyana Munoz; Antwi, Janet; Carcache de Blanco, Esperanza; Fuchs, James; Kumar, Anand; Nislow, Corey; Pascall, Melvin
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Novel Immunomodulators and Vaccine Adjuvants
TS-038032 — A class of compounds possessing potent immunomodulatory activity, to enhance the protection of vaccines against infectious agents.
While vaccines are commonly used today for a variety of diseases and have proven efficacious for disease prevention, some vaccines do not efficiently activate an immune response. About 10% of vaccinations fail to mount adequate antibody levels to routine vaccinations. Also, many viruses rapidly mu…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Satoskar, Abhay; Ainslie, Kristy; Bachelder, Eric; Fuchs, James; Kinghorn, Alan "Dr. A. Douglas Kinghorn"; Parinandi, Narasimham
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Phyllanthusmin and acutissimalignan A compound derivatives for anticancer and immunostimulation
TS-037721 — A group of potential antitumor arylnapthalene lactone derivatives, which may be developed as novel anticancer and immunostimulant agents.
Natural products and semi-synthetic derivatives derived from them have been used for anticancer drugs or drug leads for many years. However, side-effects such as myelosuppression and secondary leukemia have been reported. Furthermore, these natural products can be difficult to use for targeting sp…
- College: College of Pharmacy
- Inventors: Kinghorn, Alan "Dr. A. Douglas Kinghorn"; Fuchs, James; Huntsman, Andrew
- Licensing Officer: He, Panqing
Small Molecule Modulators as a Means to Control Tomato Bacterial Canker
TS-014936 — Small molecule modulators of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (Cmm) as a means to control tomatobacterial canker.
The Need: Revolutionizing Plant Disease Management
Plant diseases caused by Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies, particularly bacterial canker in tomatoes, pose significant challenges to the agriculture industry. Conventional methods of control, such as clean seed usage and chemical treatments, ha…
- College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
- Inventors: Rajashekara, Gireesh; Fuchs, James; Miller, Sally; Nislow, Corey; Xu, Xiulan
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
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
