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Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

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Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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William Murphy

University of Wisconsin Madison, Department: Physical Medicine & Rehab

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc.

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Payment for services (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship)

An outside activity has a nexus with an individual's research activities if the outside activity arises from, relies upon or is related to the academic expertise that qualifies that individual to participate in federally funded research or human subjects research. The Institution has reasonably determined that the significant financial interest could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the PHS-funded research and so requires management.

Listed Research Project
Matrices for optimal endogenous progenitor cell recruitment and function

Insufficient neovascularization is often the cause of poor clinical outcome during wound healing, and remains one of the foremost challenges in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Many strategies have been designed to induce neovascularization in healing tissues, including delivery of pro-angiogenic proteins and pro- angiogenic cells. However, clinical strategies have not yet achieved a high level of efficacy for treatment of ischemic conditions. A compelling approach to this problem involves delivery of circulating angiogenic cells (CACs), which can secrete multiple pro-angiogenic cues that induce neovascularization at sites of tissue damage. Recent CAC delivery strategies have demonstrated some efficacy for treatment of coronary artery disease, myocardial ischemia, and myocardial infarction, and CAC delivery is also being used to treat diabetic wounds and large bone defects. Taken together, these studies suggest that CAC delivery is a promising clinical approach. However, clinical applications of CACs are limited by low prevalence in blood and challenging regulatory approval for strategies that involve ex vivo cell manipulation. We propose an approach to discover materials that optimally recruit functional CACs already present in the human bloodstream. Our proposed approach to leverage endogenous CACs could have a substantial impact on treatments of diseases (e.g. diabetes, coronary artery disease), as well as emerging tissue regeneration schemes.

Filed on February 25, 2016.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
William Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Conflict of Interest Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc. $60,000 - $79,999
William Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Conflict of Interest Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc. $20,000 - $39,999
William Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Conflict of Interest Morgridge Institute for Research $5,000 - $9,999
William Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Conflict of Interest Stem Pharm, Inc. $5,000 - $9,999
William Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Conflict of Interest Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
William Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Conflict of Interest Dianomi Therapeutics Value cannot be readily determined
William Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Conflict of Interest Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
William Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Conflict of Interest Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
William Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Conflict of Interest Stem Pharm, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
William Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Conflict of Interest Stem Pharm, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
William Murphy University of Wisconsin Madison Conflict of Interest Stem Pharm, Inc. Value cannot be readily determined
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