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Novel Chemoattractant-Based Toxins To Improve Vaccine Immune Responses for Cancer and Infectious Diseases

Abstract: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in United States and it is estimated that there will be more than half a million deaths caused by cancer in 2009. A major drawback of the current chemotherapy-based therapeutics is the cytotoxic side-effects associated with them. Thus there is a dire need to develop new therapeutic strategies...

Published: 4/8/2024 | Inventor(s): Bira Arya, Kouji Matsushima, Dolgor Bataar

Keywords(s): AIDS/HIV, Chemoattractant toxins, Immune Diseases, immunosuppressant, T regulatory (Treg) cells, TUBERCULOSIS

Category(s): TherapeuticArea > Immunology, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, Application > Therapeutics, Collaboration Sought > Licensing

Anti-bacterial Treatments Using Peptide-Based Inhibitors of the STAT3-IL10 Pathway

Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that typically affects the lungs. Current therapies include a panel of antibiotics given over a range of 6-9 months. As a result of the expense of treatment, the extended timeframe needed for effective treatment, and the scarcity of medicines in some developing countries, patient compliance with TB...

Published: 4/8/2024 | Inventor(s): Nadya Tarasova, Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarreto

Keywords(s): Anti-infective, IL-10, immunomodulatory, Immunotherapy, INTERLEUKIN, STAT3, TUBERCULOSIS

Category(s): Application > Therapeutics, Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Collaboration Sought > Collaboration, TherapeuticArea > Immunology, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease

Diagnostic Antigens for the Identification of Latent Tuberculosis Infection

CDC researchers have developed technology for sero-diagnosis of typically symptomless latent stage tuberculosis disease, posing a threat to individuals under immunosuppressive or anti-inflammatory therapies. Specifically, this diagnostic approach exploits M. tuberculosis secreted latency specific antigens, such as alpha-crystallin, in the blood or urine...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Manon Deslauriers, Kristin Birkness, Peter King, Bernard Beall, Frederick Quinn

Keywords(s): ANTIGENS, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, DA3XXX, DAXXXX, DC4XXX, DCXXXX, DDXXXX, DEXXXX, diagnostic, DXXXXX, Granuloma, Human, IA3XXX, Identification, Latent, Methods, Model, OID-NCHHSTP-DTE, TUBERCULOSIS, VAXXXX, Vitro, VJXXXX, WBXXXX, WFXXXX, WIXXXX, XAXXXX, XCXXXX, YBXXXX, YDXXXX

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, TherapeuticArea > Geriatrics, TherapeuticArea > Immunology, Application > Consumer Products, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, Application > Research Materials, Application > Diagnostics, ResearchProducts > Antibodies, Application > Vaccines, Application > Occupational Safety and Health

Novel In Vitro Granuloma Model for Studying Tuberculosis and Drug Efficacy

CDC researchers have developed an in vitro model system designed to simulate early-stage Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and induced granuloma formation. This modeling platform can be used for studying tuberculosis pathogenicity, identifying phenotypically-interesting clinical isolates, studying early-stage host cytokine/chemokine responses, and...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Manon Deslauriers, Kristin Birkness, Peter King, Bernard Beall, Frederick Quinn

Keywords(s): AC4XXX, AC5XXX, ACXXXX, ANTIGENS, AXXXXX, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, DA3XXX, DAXXXX, DC4XXX, DCXXXX, DDXXXX, DEXXXX, diagnostic, DXXXXX, Granuloma, Human, IA3XXX, Identification, Latent, Methods, Model, OID-NCHHSTP-DTE, TUBERCULOSIS, Vitro, VJXXXX, WBXXXX, WFXXXX, WIXXXX, WMXXXX, XHXXXX, YBXXXX, YFXXXX

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, Application > Vaccines, Application > Consumer Products, Application > Occupational Safety and Health, ResearchProducts > Research Equipment, TherapeuticArea > Immunology, Application > Research Materials, Application > Diagnostics

Select M. tuberculosis Peptides as Mucosal Vaccines Against Pulmonary Tuberculosis

This CDC-developed technology relates to novel vaccines or boosters directed against pulmonary tuberculosis. There is currently only a single vaccine against tuberculosis, the (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) BCG vaccine. Reports suggest widely variable effectiveness for the BCG vaccine and that BCG administration has very limited success against prevention...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Bonnie Plikaytis, Thomas Shinnick, Rama Amara, Mani Cheruvu, Suraj Sable

Keywords(s): Alaine, ANTIGEN, CDC Docket Import, CDC Docket Import CDC Prosecuting, DA3XXX, DAXXXX, DC1XXX, DC4XXX, DCXXXX, DXXXXX, Identification, Mucosal, MYCOBACTERIUM, OID-NCHHSTP-DTE, PROLINE, Pulmonary, respiratory, Respiratory Diseases, respiratory INFECTION, Rich, TUBERCULOSIS, Vaccine, VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, VJXXXX, VPXXXX, WIXXXX, WJXXXX, XCXXXX, XEXXXX, XHXXXX, YBXXXX, YCXXXX

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Therapeutics, Application > Vaccines, Application > Research Materials, TherapeuticArea > Endocrinology, TherapeuticArea > Oncology, Application > Diagnostics, TherapeuticArea > Dental, TherapeuticArea > Ophthalmology, TherapeuticArea > Cardiology, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, ResearchProducts > Research Equipment

Rapid Detection of Multi-Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using Real-Time PCR and High-Resolution Melt Analysis

CDC scientists have developed a rapid, sensitive, and specific real-time PCR assay that is capable of detecting the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and determining its resistance profile to antibiotics, such as rifampicin and isoniazid. Currently, there are few assays available that are capable of both detecting M. tuberculosis and determining...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Jonas Winchell, Kelley Cowart, Melissa Ramirez, James Posey

Keywords(s): analysis, DA3XXX, DAXXXX, Detection, DXXXXX, High, Melt, Multidrug, PCR, PROCESS, REAL-TIME, RESISTANT, RESOLUTION, TUBERCULOSIS, Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, Application > Diagnostics

Method of Diagnosing Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis

The invention can be used to develop tests that are much more rapid than conventional tests for determining drug resistance. It relates to the discovery that a putative gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) with no previously identified function is responsible for the ability of the bacteria to activate a class of second line thioamide drugs used...

Published: 7/25/2024 | Inventor(s): Andrea Debarber, Khisimuzi Mdluli, Clifton Barry

Keywords(s): DA3XXX, DAXXXX, DB3XXX, DBXXXX, DIAGNOSING, Duke DNA Project, DXXXXX, Methods, Multidrug, RESISTANT, TUBERCULOSIS, Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), UA1XXX

Category(s): Collaboration Sought > Licensing, Application > Therapeutics, TherapeuticArea > Infectious Disease, TherapeuticArea > Rare / Neglected Diseases, Application > Diagnostics