Innovation & Technology
Our Lab’s Innovation & Technology Lead to New Cancer-Fighting Drugs
Our research has been used to help create several successful start-ups to develop pharmaceuticals for the treatment of brain cancer.
Patents
- Dayu Teng, Shu Chein, Santosh Kesari, Pengfei Jiang. Small Molecule Microarrays and Methods for Making and Using Them. UCSD SD2011-024, U.S. Provisional Patent 61/375,373, filed August 20, 2010. PCT: PCT/US2011/048395; WO/2012/024574 on Aug 19, 2011
- Anna M. Krichevsky, Nadiya M Teplyuk, Brit Mollenhauer, Santosh Kesari. Diagnosing and Monitoring CNS Malignancies Using MicroRNA. UCSD SD2012-165-1/BWH 29618-0012P01, U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 61/457,000, filed on November 10, 2010. PCT: PCT/US2011/061047; WO/2012/068288 on Nov 16, 2011
- Santosh Kesari, Rajesh Mukthavaram, Milan Makale, Wolf Wrasidlo. Liposomal Encapsulation of Drugs. UCSD SD2012-176-1, U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 61/569,146, filed on December 9, 2011. PCT: PCT/US2012/068813; WO/2013/086526
- Santosh Kesari, Rajesh Mukthavaram, Igor Tsigelny, Milan Makale, Wolf Wrasidlo. Novel therapeutics for brain cancers. UCSD SD2011-212, PCT International Application No. PCT/US2013/045968, filed on June 14, 2013
Start-ups founded based on our translational research
- 2012: DrugArray
- 2013: Curtana Pharmaceuticals
- 2014: Lemma Pharmaceuticals
- 2015: MD2 Biosciences