QSAM Biosciences, Inc. Appoints Richard K. Burt, M.D., Pioneer in the Use of Stem Cell Transplants to Treat Autoimmune Diseases, to Scientific Board of Advisors
April 28, 2021 at 06:30 pm IST
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QSAM Biosciences, Inc. announced the appointed Richard K. Burt, M.D., to its Scientific Board of Advisors. Over the last 35 years, Dr. Burt pioneered the use of hematopoietic stem cells to treat autoimmune diseases and he was among the first doctors in the United States and the World to perform autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants for numerous immune–mediated diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Crohn’s disease, type 1 diabetes, and other serious conditions. He was the first Autoimmune Committee Chairperson for the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry (IBMTR) and was the principal investigator of a National Institute of Health (NIH) $10 million multi-center contract to develop stem cell clinical trials for autoimmune diseases.
QSAM Biosciences, Inc. is developing nuclear medicines for the treatment of cancer and related diseases. The Companyâs technology, CycloSam (Samarium-153 DOTMP), is a clinical-stage bone targeting radiopharmaceutical developed by IsoTherapeutics Group, LLC. Iso Therapeutics Group LLC also developed a commercial radiopharmaceutical on the market, Quadramet (Samarium-153 EDTMP), which is indicated for pain palliation. CycloSam consists of a combination of the radioactive isotope Samarium-153 with a chelating agent, DOTMP (1, 4, 7, 10-tetraazacyclododecane-1, 4, 7, 10-tetramethylenephosphonic acid). Its combination delivers a radioactive dose to sites of bone mineral turnover, such as bone cancers and tumors. CycloSam has a physical half-life of approximately 46 hours and emits both medium-energy beta particles, which produce the therapeutic effect and gamma photons that make it possible to take images of the skeleton and locate and characterize the size and nature of tumors.
QSAM Biosciences, Inc. Appoints Richard K. Burt, M.D., Pioneer in the Use of Stem Cell Transplants to Treat Autoimmune Diseases, to Scientific Board of Advisors