New partnership, NIH grant push research forward

Shelby Kutty, M.D., Ph.D. was recently informed that the project, “Fibrin Targeted Microbubbles and Ultrasound for Treatment of Endocarditis,” has been funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Dr. Kutty is co-principal investigator with Evan Unger, M.D., co-founder of NuvOx Pharma. Dr. Unger also is professor of radiology at University of Arizona Health Sciences.

NuvOx will develop microbubbles specifically designed to target fibrin. UNMC will use ultrasound to break the bubbles, and with them, the vegetation, while co-administering an antibiotic and also using ultrasound for live imaging purposes.

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