Discovery of potent HPSE1 inhibitor with improved selectivity over GUSβ and GBA

Nov. 2, 2023

Researchers from Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have discovered new heparanase-1 (HPSE1) inhibitors for the treatment of cancer and proteinuric kidney diseases.

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NIH changes set industry up for workforce, ideas drought

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On March 1, 2025, former NIH director Francis Collins’ announced that he had fully resigned from the NIH, where he continued to lead a laboratory after his...

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BioWorld briefs for March 14, 2025.

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BioWorld MedTech briefs for March 14, 2025

At CROI, HIV cure trials raise hopes for broader applicability

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At the 2025 meeting of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. On the first full...

Clinical trial fraud ends with guilty pleas

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In another real-life episode of “sponsor beware,” the owners of a clinical research facility pleaded guilty March 10 in U.S. district court to fraud charges...