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RaeSedo Inc. awarded $3.4M STTR Grant to Develop New Asthma Therapies

RaeSedo Inc., a spin-out of the University of Arizona developing novel therapies for asthma, is pleased to announce the award of a Phase 2 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant awarding $3.4 million over two years to continue developing potential therapeutics. Founded and led by researchers from the University of Arizona, RaeSedo Inc. moves into this next…

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SSTR awarded to RaeSedo, LLC: Development of surfactant protein A-derived peptidomimetics for the treatment of asthma

Drs. Monica Kraft and Julie Ledford received SSTR funding for a Phase I proposal to develop new, short peptide derivatives and mimetics of the active region of surfactant protein-A (SP-A), a protein that regulates key innate immune functions in the lung, and perform a drug screen that identifies those most active and stable with similar…