Absci Corp. has released new preclinical data for ABS-201, an AI-designed antibody targeting the prolactin receptor (PRLR) designed to stimulate hair follicle regeneration and promote durable hair regrowth for the potential management of androgenetic alopecia.
The collaboration brings together Relation’s AI-powered drug discovery platform and human data generation capabilities with Novartis’s expertise in immuno-dermatology to identify, validate and advance potential first-in-class targets in atopic diseases driven by immune dysregulation.
Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation has described peptides acting as Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling inhibitors and antioxidants reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer as well as immunological, dermatological and inflammatory disorders.
Humanwell Healthcare (Group) Co. Ltd. has disclosed Mas-related G-protein coupled receptor member X4 (MRGPRX4; SNSR5; SNSR6) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of pruritus.
Fibrobiologics Inc. has received public and private Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approvals in Australia for a phase I/II trial evaluating CYWC-628 for the treatment of refractory diabetic foot ulcers.
South Korean researchers led by Lee In-suk of Yonsei University have reported the most complete oral microbiome catalog to date, with more than 72,000 genomes. Detailed in Cell Host & Microbe on Nov. 12, 2025, the database is expected to serve as a universal platform for academia and enable “precision microbiome medicine” for the industry, Lee told BioWorld.
South Korean researchers led by Lee In-suk of Yonsei University have reported the most complete oral microbiome catalog to date, with more than 72,000 genomes. Detailed in Cell Host & Microbe on Nov. 12, 2025, the database is expected to serve as a universal platform for academia and enable “precision microbiome medicine” for the industry, Lee told BioWorld.
Keythera (Suzhou) Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. has divulged mas-related G-protein coupled receptor member X2 (MRGPRX2) antagonists reported to be useful for the treatment of urticaria, allergy, asthma, pruritus, arthritis, nasal polyps, dermatitis and irritable bowel syndrome, among others.
Eluciderm Inc. has identified compounds acting as inhibitors of Wnt signaling and/or poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase tankyrase-2 (TNKS2; PARP5B) and/or poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1; ARTD1) and/or PARP-2 (ARTD2) reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer, acne, rosacea, psoriasis and scleroderma.
In a new publication in Molecular Therapy, researchers from Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, and collaborators present a promising prime editing strategy for junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) treatment.