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Use of delta 8 THC to treat inflammatory and autoimmune diseases

Reference #: 01583 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for Use of delta 8 THC to treat inflammatory and autoimmune diseases Background: There are millions of people who suffer from debilitating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases against which there is no cure. Delta-8 THC is present in small quantity in cannabis...

Published: 10/26/2023 | Inventor(s): Prakash Nagarkatti, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Khadija Kakar

Keywords(s): anti-inflammatory biotech, anti-inflammatory pharma, autoimmune diseases, cannabinoids, inflammation

Category(s): Biomedical and Life Sciences, Health Sciences

Methods and Compositions for Treating Obesity

Reference #: 01347 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for Targeting MicroRNA-466 Family and MicroRNA-762 to Prevent Inflammation Driven Obesity Background: The incidence of obesity has grown significantly in the last 25 years leading to upwards of 1.45 billion overweight adults in the world, of which approximately...

Published: 9/1/2022 | Inventor(s): Prakash Nagarkatti, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Pegah Mehrpouya-Bahrami

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Category(s): Biomedical and Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Immune CB1 Activation for Obesity Therapy

Reference #: 01478 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for Immune CB1 activation for obesity therapy Background: The endocannabinoid system regulates various physiological processes such as inflammation and metabolism, and is comprised of cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2, as well as their ligands called endocannabinoids....

Published: 5/22/2024 | Inventor(s): Prakash Nagarkatti, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Kathryn Miranda

Keywords(s): anti-inflammatory pharma, cannabinoids, CB1, inflammation, metabolic syndrome, Obesity, weight loss

Category(s): Health Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences

Methods and Compositions for Modulating the WNT-Signaling Pathway as Treatments for Inflammatory Diseases

Reference #: 01371 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for IWR1 as an Immunosuppressant and Anti-inflammatory Agent Background: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder accompanied by chronic peripheral inflammation. It is currently unclear what triggers inflammation in PTSD. In the present study,...

Published: 9/1/2022 | Inventor(s): Prakash Nagarkatti, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Bam Marpe

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Category(s): Biomedical and Life Sciences, Health Sciences

Compositions and Methods for Inducing a Treg Phenotype and Methods for Use for the Same

Reference #: 01346 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for Compositions and Methods for Inducing a T-reg Phenotype and Methods for Use for the Same Background: The T cell phenotype is important for controlling the immune response generate due to different stimuli. Viral infection requires the generation of killer...

Published: 9/1/2022 | Inventor(s): Prakash Nagarkatti, Mitzi Nagarkatti, William Becker

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Category(s): Biomedical and Life Sciences, Health Sciences

MicroRNA-30 in Therapy/Prevention of Inflammation, Obesity, and Metabolic Syndrome

Reference #1298The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for the use of MicroRNA-30 in Therapy/Prevention of Inflammation, Obesity, and Metabolic Syndrome.Background:Obesity is a global health issue that promotes risk for cardiometabolic diseases and some cancers. During obesity, adipose tissue macrophages (ATM) drive chronic...

Published: 5/27/2021 | Inventor(s): Prakash Nagarkatti, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Kathryn Miranda

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Category(s): Biomedical and Life Sciences, Health Sciences

Leukocyte miRNAs as Biomarkers for Endometriosis

Reference #: 01010The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for this novel use of miRNAs in the treatment of endometriosis.Invention Description:This invention identifies specific leukocyte miRNAs to be used as diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets for endometriosis. In order to determine if leukocyte miRNAs may be used...

Published: 1/4/2019 | Inventor(s): Mitzi Nagarkatti, Juhua Zhou, Bruce Lessey, Prakash Nagarkatti, Steven Young

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Category(s): Biomedical and Life Sciences, Health Sciences

Specific Gene Polymorphisms in Cancer Disease Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment

Reference #: 00687 The University of South Carolina is offering licensing opportunities for a direct nucleotide sequencing strategy that identifies polymorphisms of CD44, which may account for 80% of breast cancer cases. Potential Applications: This nucleotide sequencing strategy is used in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer. Advantages...

Published: 10/31/2024 | Inventor(s): Juhua Zhou, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Prakash Nagarkatti

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Category(s): Biomedical and Life Sciences