SBIR/STTR Research Award
THERAPEUTIC ENZYMES FOR DISEASES INVOLVING ACTIVE OXYGEN
Award amount
$444,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Ert
- Proposal award date
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- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
ACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES ARE IMPLICATED IN MANY DISEASES. ENZON IS IMPROVING THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE AND CATALASE BY OUR PATENTED PROCESS SO THAT THESE ACTIVE OXYGEN-SCAVENGING ENZYMES CAN BE USED ROUTINELY AGAINST ACTIVE OXYGEN INDUCED OR EXACERBATED PATHOLOGIES. THE IMPROVED ENZYMES ARE BEING SUBMITTED TO A BATTERY OF TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF OBTAINING INVESTIGATIONAL
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