Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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James Tour
Baylor College of Medicine, Department: Neurology
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Acelerox LLC
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
The activities with the Company involve the same materials utilized in the funded research. Rice University determined that this relationship may constitute a conflict of interest because it may be perceived that Dr. Tour’s relationship with the Company could affect the design, conduct, or reporting of his research.
Novel carbon nanoparticle superoxide dismutation pathways
While oxygen is essential for life, it is also a highly reactive molecule that needs a complex biological system to prevent it from causing damage after nervous system injury. However, approaches to treat this injury have not worked in patients. Our laboratories have identified that new carbon based nanomaterials have a remarkably favorable profile that could overcome limitations of current therapies and in this project we will determine what are the key features that lead to this protection and test whether simpler materials can be developed that are more likely to be translatable to the patient.
Filed on January 15, 2016.
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