Skip to main content
Method for the in vitro differentiation of human dendritic cells from hematopoietic stem cells for research and immunotherapy development

Method for the in vitro differentiation of human dendritic cells from hematopoietic stem cells for research and immunotherapy development

Unmet Need Dendritic cells (DCs) play a critical role in the adaptive immune response by capturing and presenting antigens to activate cytotoxic T-cells. As such, naturally occurring DCs are thought to have crucial antitumor activity…

Read More

Method to overcome treatment resistant cancer by rescuing STING signaling

Method to overcome treatment resistant cancer by rescuing STING signaling

Unmet Need Among types of brain cancer, glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and the most devastating. Over 8000 patients are diagnosed annually in the United States, accounting for half of all primary malignant brain…

Read More

Topical MEK inhibition as a new modality for inflammatory skin diseases and cancers

Topical MEK inhibition as a new modality for inflammatory skin diseases and cancers

Unmet Need Inflammatory skin conditions affect many people, with a wide range of severities. Common skin disorders, such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis, affect close to 20% of the population. Skin lesions associated with bone…

Read More

A genomics-based method to identify cancer patients that will benefit from immune checkpoint therapy

A genomics-based method to identify cancer patients that will benefit from immune checkpoint therapy

Unmet Need Non-small-cell lung cancer accounts for 82% of all lung cancer diagnoses. Immune checkpoint blockade treatment is an exciting new course of action among advanced stage non-small-cell lung cancer patients. However, only a minority…

Read More

Method to regulate tumor growth and immunosuppression by GABA inhibition

Method to regulate tumor growth and immunosuppression by GABA inhibition

Unmet Need Non-small cell lung cancer has an incidence of more than 200,000 cases with a survival rate of less than 50%. There are nearly 150,000 new cases of colorectal cancer each year and more…

Read More

Melanoma treatment method using estrogen modulating small molecules

Melanoma treatment method using estrogen modulating small molecules

Unmet Need Metastatic melanoma, skin cancer that has spread, is an incredibly deadly cancer, with a median survivorship of 6-9 months. For patients with melanoma, a frequently used therapy is immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). These…

Read More

CaMKK2 as a target for cancer immunotherapy

CaMKK2 as a target for cancer immunotherapy

Tumor cells have the remarkable ability to block the immune system, and in such a way escape the immune response. This is a major problem that causes cancer development and metastasis. The ability of tumor…

Read More

A new method for treating chronic pain including cancer pain

A new method for treating chronic pain including cancer pain

Unmet Need According to the CDC, chronic pain has been linked to numerous physical and mental conditions and contributes to high health care costs and low productivity. Available studies estimate that the prevalence of chronic…

Read More

Beta-arrestin inhibition to prevent S1P1 internalization as a treatment for intracranial diseases

Beta-arrestin inhibition to prevent S1P1 internalization as a treatment for intracranial diseases

Value Proposition Glioblastomas (GBMs) are among the most common and deadly malignant brain tumors with a mean survival time of approximately 14-15 months following diagnosis. Current treatments for GBMs include surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, however,…

Read More

Methods for treating pain and predicting cancer immune therapy efficacy

Methods for treating pain and predicting cancer immune therapy efficacy

Value proposition Chronic pain is a major health problem that affects approximately 1.5 billion people worldwide. The annual economic cost of chronic pain in the United States, including both treatment and lost productivity is estimated…

Read More

Components of the Wnt-Beta-catenin paracrine signaling pathway as predictive biomarkers for cancer immunotherapy

Components of the Wnt-Beta-catenin paracrine signaling pathway as predictive biomarkers for cancer immunotherapy

Value Proposition Immunotherapy is a promising approach for the treatment of many cancers. However, despite early success, majority of patients with advanced cancer fail to respond or become resistant. In even the most immunogenic cancer…

Read More

Induction of immunogenic cell death in cancer cells using modified ssRNAs

Induction of immunogenic cell death in cancer cells using modified ssRNAs

Value proposition Cancer immunotherapy is showing great promise against numerous cancer types in clinical trials. Consequently, this market is projected to rapidly grow to over $200 billion by 2021. Among the list of effective immunotherapies…

Read More

Have Questions?

Please contact us or subscribe for more opportunities

Stay in Touch with Us