Orunmila Pharma has developed small peptide therapeutics derived from HIV-1 that target the HSP-70 family members mortalin and DnaK for the treatment of cancer, viral infections, inflammation, and bacterial infection with low toxicity. They have been granted multiple patents and filed several patent applications related to the composition and use of these small membrane-regulating region (SMR) peptides that demonstrate efficacy by binding to and inhibiting mortalin and DnaK.