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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Richard H. Finnell
University of Texas, Austin, Department: None
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TeratOmic Consulting, LLC
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)
The Covered Individual is CEO of TeratOmic Consulting, LLC, a company that provides expert opinion for legal matters related to toxic compounds that cause birth defects. The business interests of TeratOmic Consulting, LLC overlap with the Covered Individual's area of research.
Folic Acid, Parental Mutation Rates and the Risk for Neural Tube Defects
Folic acid supplementation has proven to be an effective intervention in the prevention of neural tube defects (NTDs). Despite decades of investigation, it is far from clear how this beneficial effects is achieved, and why over 30% of remaining cases of NTDs are not folate responsive. We hypothesize that folic acid reduces the mutation rates, thereby limiting combinations of rare mutations that have been associated with increase NTD risks. We believe that paternal supplementation with folic acid can further reduce NTD prevalence. These hypotheses will be tested in human NTD samples as well as in newly developed mouse model systems.
Filed on September 18, 2015.
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Richard H. Finnell filed other conflict of interest disclosures with the NIH:
| Name | Institution | Type | Company | Disclosed Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Finnell | University of Texas, Austin | Conflict of Interest | TeratOmic Consulting, LLC | $80,000 - $99,999 |
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