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Development of Novel Compounds to Suppress Neuronal Stress and Cross the Blood Brain Barrier (UCLA Case No. 2021-165)
SUMMARY: An interdisciplinary group of UCLA researchers have developed and validated a library of compounds that alleviate symptoms of Rett Syndrome and hold enormous therapeutic potential for the long-term treatment of other intellectual disability syndromes. BACKGROUND: Intellectual disability (ID) affects more than 100 million people globally and...
Published: 5/8/2024   |   Inventor(s): William Lowry, Michael Jung, Xiaoguang Liu, Elena Korsakova
Keywords(s): blood-brain barrier, Drug, intellectual disability, Organoids, senescence
Category(s): Therapeutics > CNS and Neurology, Life Science Research Tools, Diagnostic Markers > Targets And Assays
mTOR Inhibition for the Prevention of Epithelial Stem Cell Loss and Mucositis
The integrity of the epidermis and mucosal epithelia is highly dependent on self-renewing stem cells and, therefore, is vulnerable to physical and chemical damage from common cancer treatments, such as radiation or chemotherapy. Consequently, many cancer patients undergoing these treatments develop mucositis, a debilitating condition involving painful...
Published: 12/26/2024   |   Inventor(s): Ramiro Iglesias-Bartolome, Vyomesh Patel, Ana Cotrim, Alfredo Molinolo, James Mitchell, J Silvio Gutkind
Keywords(s): CBXXXX, Cell, CXXXXX, Epithelial, inhibition, mTOR, Mucositis, PREVENTS, PROTECTS, Radiation-induced, Senescence, Stem
Category(s): Application > Therapeutics, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, Collaboration Sought > Licensing