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Researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) seek licensing or co-development of a Human Research Information System (HuRIS) software that automates all major functions of a clinical-research entity. The system is designed for commercial healthcare providers, community treatment centers, and clinical research facilities.

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) seeks research licensees and/or co-development partners under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to advance preclinical and clinical development of repurposed compounds to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) seeks research co-development partners and/or licensees for the development of multidimensional MRI-based methods.

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) developed a novel mouse for the detection of TGF-ß signaling. This mouse provides the opportunity to study TGF-ß signaling in vivo and may be a useful model for preclinical pharmacology studies. The NCI seeks licensees for the TGF-ß reporter mouse.

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) seeks research and co-development partners or licensees for an invention that discloses the diagnosis of pathologies in tissue related to changes in cell size, cellularity, cell infiltration, and other abnormalities detected by bulk water diffusion changes.

Investigators at the National Center for Complimentary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and the University of Tennessee Health and Science Center have shown that administration of margaric acid can ameliorate pain induced by a variety of noxious stimuli in mice. In vitro and ex vivo studies in human and murine neural cells indicate that the mechanism of action of margaric acid is mediated by PIEZO2 (Piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2) function. NCCIH seeks research co-development partners and/or licensees for methods of using the fatty acid, margaric acid to treat pain.

Scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have developed novel dopamine D3 receptor (D3R) agonists with high affinity and selectivity. Two lead compounds, 53 and eutomer 53a, have demonstrated significantly higher D3R binding selectivity than reference compounds. Moreover, 53 and 53a showed metabolic stability in liver microsomes, which is favorable for the future use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for diseases related to dopamine system dysregulation such as Parkinson’s Disease and Restless Legs Syndrome. Researchers at NIDA seek licensing and/or co-development research collaborations for the use of these D3R agonists as molecular tools for the study of D3R physiology and as potential therapeutics to treat neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.

The Section on Translational Neuroscience of NICHD seeks parties interested in licensing and/or collaborative research to co-develop this therapeutic management of Menkes Disease and related copper transport disorders.

A library of novel compounds that selectively bind the dopamine D3 receptor have been designed and characterized extensively.  In vivo rodent studies indicate selected lead  molecules may be useful to treat drug addiction/dependence.