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GSPT1 chat favorable as Monte Rosa scores in prostate phase I/II

Dec. 16, 2025

Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc. plans a signal-verifying phase II trial next year after making known the positive interim data from an ongoing phase I/II trial testing molecular glue degrader MRT-2359 in combination with androgen receptor (AR) inhibitor Xtandi (enzalutamide, Astellas Pharma Inc.). The investigation targeted heavily pretreated patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer bearing AR mutations.

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Inhibiting the NLRP3 inflammasome for cognitive impairment, stroke

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Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) and cerebral small vessel disease are among the leading causes of dementia, where inflammation is known to play...

New mechanism of action identified for QC-6352

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QC-6352 is a small molecule developed to inhibit the histone demethylase 4 (KDM4) that has shown potent antitumoral activity and which has a derivative named...

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First-in-class pan-inflammasome blocker for hidradenitis suppurativa

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Researchers from Paratus Sciences Corp. presented the preclinical profile of PS-1001, a novel pan-inflammasome inhibitor designed to prevent IL-1β and IL-18 release.

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SCAN is core circuit affected in Parkinson’s disease

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Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement, and tremor is one of its signatures. But it is a much more wide-ranging disorder, and...