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Mercaptor Introduces Powerful CAPTON™️ Platform for Precision Neurology

New Technology Addresses Brain Trauma Including Alzheimer’s, TBI, and Epilepsy SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Mercaptor Inc, a privately held pharmaceutical company, today announced a breakthrough platform for the CNS. The pivotal technology overcomes challenges that have limited the development of meaningful treatments for the brain. The chemistry improves distribution, proportionates drug activity based on pathology […]

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Update on COVID-19: Its Treatment and its Cure, Horasis Global Meeting 2021

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Mercaptor Discoveries advances drug candidate to treat brain inflammation in people with long COVID

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mercaptor-discoveries-advances-drug-candidate-to-treat-brain-inflammation-in-people-with-long-covid-301318107.html Mercaptor Discoveries (Mercaptor) today advanced their therapeutic candidate to treat brain-inflammation found in patients with long COVID, also known as post-acute sequelae of COVID-19. Long COVID is characterized by persistent or new symptoms that develop at least four to eight weeks after the initial infection with COVID-19.¹ The company also revealed efficacy and safety data […]

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Dr. Adriano Aguzzi, MD, PhD

Dr. Adriano Aguzzi, MD, PhD, is heading up the formation of Mercaptor’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Aguzzi is a world-renowned neuropathologist, whose research has garnered numerous accolades including the Marcel-Benoist Prize, the Robert-Koch Prize, the Antonio-Feltrinelli Award and the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences, which are among the highest recognitions […]

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Paul Zabierek | Chief Information Officer

Paul directs the technical operations at Enabled Therapeutics.

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Mercaptor Discoveries Uses its Proprietary Neurotherapeutic Platform to Develop Treatment for COVID-19

NOVATO, Calif., May 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Mercaptor Discoveries (Mercaptor), a platform company with preclinical programs in epilepsy and TBI, today announced that it is pivoting its proprietary neurotherapeutic development plan toward COVID-19. While emphasis has been on systemic viral mechanisms of respiratory failure, COVID-19 is also a neurotropic virus, triggering neuroinflammation in the brainstem that is […]

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Every Glove Counts: Mercaptor Donates to First Responders

I am so proud of the Mercaptor team, talented scientists and researchers who have shown their dedication to health once again during a time of crisis. We run a lean operation: our small lab has few supplies, but the need is so great, we feel it’s our responsibility to give all we can. This is […]

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Women Who Inspire: Annie Verde on Jane Goodall

For Women’s History Month we’re celebrating all of the women who have inspired us. Today’s installment is from Annie Verde, who is inspired by Jane Goodall. Name: Annie Verde Title: VP of Finance and Administration Inspired By: Jane Goodall For women’s history month, I’d like to acknowledge Jane Goodall, the primatologist, anthropologist, and activist who […]

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Tune into the Concussion Matters Podcast with guest Sara Isbell from Mercaptor Discoveries

The purpose of Concussion Mom is to educate and raise awareness about concussions. Concussion Mom began as a way to coach and educate concussion survivors and their caregivers, and now provides education and awareness to a broader audience. Our own Sara Isbell catches up with the good people at Concussion Mom to talk about Captons™ […]

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Women Who Inspire: Victoria Mendonca on Marie Curie and Maria Lewis

For Women’s History Month we’re celebrating all of the women who have inspired us. Today’s installment is from Victoria Mendonca, who is inspired by Marie Curie and Maria Lewis.   Name: Victoria Mendonca Title: Manager of Business Development & Portfolio Management Inspired By: Marie Curie and Maria Lewis Why these women? Selecting just one individual […]