Lixte Biotech (LIXT.OB) was originally founded as a diagnostics company in 2005 evaluating biomarkers (indicators of disease at the molecular level), but has shifted its focus to cancer drug discovery research that is primarily focused on the development of compounds for malignancies with few effective treatment options - such as certain types of brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme or GBM, neuroblastoma, and medulloblastoma) and pancreatic cancer. Areas of secondary focus for the Company include the early-stage, preclinical drug discovery of improved anti-fungal treatments for patients with compromised immunity (e.g. HIV/AIDS and bone marrow transplant patients) and the treatment of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease).