Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

This database was last updated in December 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. There may be new or amended records not reflected here.

Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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Mark Kester

Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med Ctr, Department: Biochemistry

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

Keystone Nano, Inc.

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)

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Listed Research Project
Novel Nanoparticle Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer remains one if not the most resistant cancers to standard chemotherapy and has the worse prognosis of all solid tumors with a 5-year survival of less than 1%. Our research team includes a multidisciplinary approach of experts who have developed nontoxic, physiologic, biocompatible nanoparticles that are target specific in that they selectively bind to and are taken up into pancreatic cancer cells through cancer cell receptors. We have successfully filled these nanoparticles with tumor-specific gene therapies or chemotherapeutic agents and plan to test their safety and efficacy in a preclinical setting.

Filed on January 14, 2016.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Mark Kester Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med Ctr Conflict of Interest Keystone Nano, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
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