Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

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Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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Stephen Vatner

Rbhs New Jersey Medical School, Department: Anatomy/cell Biology

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

Vasade Biosciences

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Salary not from the awardee Institution

The stated goal of Vasade is “...the rational discovery, design and development of small molecules, peptides, and gene therapies targeting novel cell-signaling molecules that influence cardiac cell growth and survival.” This NIH proposal aims to inhibit the regulator of G protein signaling 14 (RGS14 KO), believed to be a key regulator of healthy cardiac growth and function, likely important in longevity and exercise. Due to this considerable relatedness between the efforts of Vasade and the current study, the perception of a conflict of interest (COI) exists.

Listed Research Project
RGS 14 Disruption, Vascular Effects Leading to Cardioprotection

Cardiovascular disease is America's leading health problem, and the leading cause of death. This application will study ischemic heart disease, the most common type of heart disease, in order to identify new treatments for this serious condition. We have identified a novel gene mechanism that protects against acute and chronic ischemia resulting in tissue death in the heart by reducing remodeling and heart failure via increasing blood flow to the ischemic heart.

Filed on July 12, 2016.

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