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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Frank Slack
University of California Los Angeles, Department: None
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Mira Dx, Inc and MiRNA Therapeutics
Intellectual property rights (e.g., royalties, patents, copyrights) not from the awardee Institution
Dr. Frank Slack Ph.D. (co-P.I) will supervise the experiments. Dr. Slack is an expert in miRNA biology as one of the founders of the field. He will plan and supervise the project.
MicroRNAs to Understand Cause and Outcome in Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is a common disease, with certain subtypes being very aggressive with poor outcome, such as triple negative breast cancer. While breast cancer for most women is likely due to multifactorial causes, there is a suspected inherited risk for some proportion of breast cancer cases, yet most of the genetic causes remain unknown. Through our understanding of breast cancer as well as microRNAs we have identified new biomarkers of breast cancer risk, which we believe will likely also be biomarkers of response to therapy, and will allow us to better prevent and treat breast cancer for women in the future.
Filed on October 09, 2015.
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Frank Slack filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Slack | University of California Los Angeles | Conflict of Interest | Mira Dx, Inc and MiRNA Therapeutics | Value cannot be readily determined |
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