Disease Focus: Wounds, ulcers

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Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Heal Chronic Diabetic Wounds

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), chronic, non-healing wounds on the feet of diabetic patients, present a serious challenge to global health. These ulcers affect between 15-25% of the 18-21 million Americans who have diabetes (world-wide incidence of diabetes: 366 million people). DFUs have a huge impact on our health care system, not only in terms of […]

Modulation of oral epithelium stem cells by RSpo1 for the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis

Research Objective Locally delivered formulation of RSpo1 protein as an activator of Lgr5+ epithelial stem cells in chemotherapy- or radiation therapy-induced oral mucositis Impact Oral mucositis Major Proposed Activities RSpo1 formulation design and selection for optimal oral delivery Activation of Wnt pathway by formulated RSpo1 in-vitro Production of RSpo1 protein Oral stem cell expansion by […]

Skin regeneration and wound healing with a topical BRAF inhibitor

Therapeutic Candidate or Device LUT017 gel is a small molecule inhibitor of BRAF Indication Venus leg non-healing ulcerous wounds Therapeutic Mechanism The administration LUT017 gel will regenerate cutaneous stem cells and induce keratinocyte proliferation resulting in an improvement of VLU non-healing wounds. Unmet Medical Need There are no previously approved FDA drugs for this condition […]