NIAID Awards $225,000 to Karyopharm to Develop a SINE Compound to Treat SLE
The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) has awarded $225,000 to Karyopharm Therapeutics to advance the development of its SINE nuclear transport compound, KPT-350, to treat neurological, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The grant will be used in preclinical trials of the compound as a treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which will…