Narayanan developing treatments for alphaviruses
2024-01-08
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Aarthi Narayanan, Professor, Biology, received funding for the project: "Further the development of Omaveloxolone and Bardoxolone methyl as broadly effective countermeasures against alphaviruses to Support the Battelle Accelerated Therapeutics for Combating Acute Viral Epidemics (BAT-CAVE) Program."
The principal purpose of this program is to conduct Research and Development into medical, pharmaceutical, and diagnostic technologies to enhance mission effectiveness of military personnel, collaborating with industry partners for the advanced development of medical countermeasures for chemical and biological defense.
For her part, Narayanan will further the development of Omaveloxolone and Bardoxolone methyl as broadly effective countermeasures against alphaviruses.
Narayanan received $1,000,000 from Battelle Memorial Institute on a subaward from Medical CBRN Defense Consortium. This funding began in Nov. 2023 and will end in late Dec. 2025.
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