Patents Assigned to THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, A CONGRESSIONALL A CONGRESSIOY CHARTERED NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIO
  • METHODS AND COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING MALARIA
    Publication number: 20190030056
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition includes a small molecule and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The small molecule interacts with a deoxyxylulose phosphate reductoisomerase (Dxr). A method for treating or preventing a microbial infection in a subject in need thereof includes administering the pharmaceutical composition. A method for inhibiting the growth of a eukaryotic pathogen includes contacting the eukaryotic pathogen with an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicants: THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, A CONGRESSIONALL A CONGRESSIOY CHARTERED NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIO, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS
    Inventors: Cynthia DOWD, Audrey ODOM, Rachel Edwards, Robert BROTHERS