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The National Institute on Aging (NIA) seeks research co-development partners and/or licensees for the development of Cα-peptide as a therapeutic for the treatment of islet amyloidosis in diabetes.

The National Eye Institute (NEI) seeks research collaborations and/or licensees for the use of induced pluripotent stem cells (IPS cells) derived from patients with CEP290 associated ciliopathies. IPS cells were derived from patients with Leber-congenital amaurosis and their unaffected relatives.

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), developed a tetrahedral-shaped RNA nanoparticle for the delivery of siRNA to activate RNAi. The tetrahedral RNA nanoparticles can contain twelve Dicer substrate RNA duplexes for gene silencing. The NCI seeks parties interested in co-development or licensing of these tetrahedral RNA nanoparticles.

Researchers at the NCI seek licensing for novel anti-HIV peptide therapeutics. The researchers developed novel proteins for HIV inhibition. Scytovirin is a potent anti-HIV protein with two domains having strong symmetry. NCI researchers produced a much smaller, functional, scytovirin domain polypeptide – SD1 – for use as a HIV therapeutic.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) seeks licensees for a monoclonal antibody specific to the GalNAc1-3Gal antigen that is present in human carcinomas. The antibody can be used as a research tool for a variety of purposes, including immunohistochemical staining of various human carcinomas. The antibody may also be useful as a prognostic marker for cervical cancer.

Novel Furoquinolinediones derivatives may act as an anti-cancer agent by the inhibition of tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 2 (TDP2), an enzyme involved in DNA repair and transcription factor activation. These Furoquinolinediones derivatives may also be used in combination therapies to effectively kill cancer cells.

Computer automated segmentation of high variability organs and disease features in medical images is uniquely difficult. The application of deep learning and specialized neural networks may allow for automation of such interpretation tasks that are currently only performed by trained physicians. Computer automation may improve image analysis capabilities and lead to better diagnostics, disease monitoring, and surgical planning for many diseases. To help solve this challenge, researchers at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (NIHCC) have developed a technology that trains a computer to read and segment certain highly variable image features, and this technology is available for licensing.

Researchers at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) have developed a cell line that stably over-expresses GPR101. GPR101 inhibitors and agonists may be used to treat gigantism, acromegaly or dwarfism. The NICHD seeks licensing and/or co-development research partners to collaborate on the identification and characterization of GPR101 inhibitors (antagonists and inverse agonists) and agonists with the goal of identifying agents to treat gigantism, acromegaly or dwarfism.

Scientists at the National Cancer Institute have developed a cell line designated A549 that was derived from explanted cultures of human lung cancer tissue. The A549 cell line has been tested under the guidance of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) so, under current Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), these cells may be suitable for use in manufacturing constructs for use in clinical trials. The National Cancer Institute seeks parties to non-exclusively license this research material.