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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Haval Shirwan
University of Louisville, Department: Microbiology/immun/virology
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FasCure
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
FasCure is a start up company owned by Dr. Shirwan. If the research is successful, FasCure would be interested in licensing the intellectual property.
Engineering pancreatic islets with TGβ protein to overcome rejection
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that affects more than 1% of the population worldwide. Insulin as a standard treatment, although effective in treating T1D, has major long-term complications, therefore, the development of novel approaches to prevent and treat T1D is a significant therapeutic goal. In this application, we propose a novel engineering approach to display an immunomodulatory protein on the surface of allogeneic pancreatic islets (a source of insulin producing beta cells) and use the engineered islets to cure T1D in a mouse model (NOD) of the human disease without continuous use of immunosuppressive drugs; If effective, this approach may have immediate and important implications for the use of allogeneic islets for the treatment of T1D in humans.
Filed on June 02, 2015.
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Haval Shirwan filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haval Shirwan | University of Louisville | Conflict of Interest | FasCure | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Haval Shirwan | University of Louisville | Conflict of Interest | FasCure Therapeutics, LLC | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Haval Shirwan | University of Louisville | Conflict of Interest | FasCure | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Haval Shirwan | University of Louisville | Conflict of Interest | FasCure | Value cannot be readily determined |
| Haval Shirwan | University of Louisville | Conflict of Interest | FasCure | Value cannot be readily determined |
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